Revelation 20

Satan Bound

20Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss ^fand a great chain ^gin his hand. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, ^hiand bound ^jhim for 1,000 years. ³He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it ^kso that he would no longer deceive the nations ^luntil the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

The Saints Reign with the Messiah

⁴Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. ^mI also saw the people ^nowho had been beheaded ^pbecause of their testimony about Jesus ^qand because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. ^rThey came to life ^sand reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. ^t5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed ^uand holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death ^vhas no power ^wover them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. ^x

Satanic Rebellion Crushed

⁷When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out to deceive the nations ^yat the four corners of the earth, ^zGog and Magog, to gather them for battle. ^aTheir number is like the sand of the sea. ^b9They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. ^cThen fire came down from heaven ^dand consumed them. ^e10The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, ^fand they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. ^g

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. ^h12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. ⁱAnother book was opened, which is the book of life, ^jand the dead were judged according to their works ^kby what was written in the books.

¹³Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades ^lgave up their dead; all ^mwere judged according to their works. ¹⁴Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. ⁿThis is the second death, the lake of fire. ^o15And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.