20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of
the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is
the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and
set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no
more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after
that he must be loosed a little season.
20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given to them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded
for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who
had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had
received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand
years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.
20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him
a thousand years.
20:7 And when the thousand years have expired, Satan shall be
loosed from his prison,
20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the
four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them to
battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea.
20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and
encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city: and
fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of
fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
[are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there
was found no place for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
[the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things
which were written in the books, according to their works.
20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death
and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they
were judged every man according to their works.
20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This
is the second death.
20:15 And whoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire.
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