Revelation 20:1–7

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