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Revelation 20 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:4 - Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:5 - The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:6 - Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.

Satan Freed, Doomed

(cf. Eze 38; 39 )
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:9 - And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:10 - and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Judgment at the Throne of God

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:11 - Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, by what they had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:13 - And the sea gave up the dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by what they had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:14 - Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:15 - and if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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