Revelation 20:1–15

SATAN BOUND

20Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss^c and a great chain^d in his hand. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan,^Ee and bound^f him for a thousand years. ³He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it^g so that he would no longer deceive the nations^h until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

THE SAINTS REIGN WITH CHRIST

⁴Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.ⁱ I also saw the souls of those^j who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus^k 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 life^m 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. ⁶Blessed^o and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death^p has no power^A 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

⁷When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out to deceive the nations^r 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 heaven^B and consumed them.^{w 10}The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are,^x and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.^y

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.^{z 12}I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.^aa Another book was opened, which is the book of life,^ab and the dead were judged according to their works^ac by what was written in the books. ¹³Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades^ad gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works. ¹⁴Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.^ae This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.