Revelation 20:4–9

THE SAINTS REIGN WITH CHRIST

4 Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.i I also saw the souls of thosej who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesusk and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.l They came to lifem and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.n 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.

This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessedo and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second deathp has no powerA over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.q

SATANIC REBELLION CRUSHED

7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nationsr at the four corners of the earth,s Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle.t Their number is like the sand of the sea.u 9 They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city.v Then fire came down from heavenB and consumed them.w