December 29
Rev 20:1-15
I saw an angel coming
down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his
hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished.
After this, he must be freed for a short time. I saw thrones, and they sat
on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had
been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such
as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on
their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years. The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who
has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no
power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with
him one thousand years.
And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, and he
will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom
is as the sand of the sea. They went up over the width of the earth, and
surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out
of heaven from God, and devoured them. The devil who deceived them was
thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false
prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. I saw the dead,
the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out
of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The
sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who
were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake
of fire. If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast
into the lake of fire.
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