20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, n holding in his hand the key to o the bottomless pit [1] and a great chain. 2 And he seized p the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and q bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into o the pit, and shut it and r sealed it over him, so that s he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
4 Then I saw t thrones, and u seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw v the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those w who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. x They came to life and y reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 z Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such a the second death has no power, but they will be b priests of God and of Christ, and they c will reign with him for a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are ended, d Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out e to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, f Gog and Magog, g to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And h they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded i the camp of the saints and j the beloved city, but k fire came down from heaven [2] and consumed them, 10 and the devil l who had deceived them was m thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where n the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence o earth and sky fled away, and p no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and q books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is r the book of life. And s the dead were judged by what was written in the books, t according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, u Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, t according to what they had done. 14 Then u Death and Hades v were thrown into the lake of fire. This is w the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, x he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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