Revelation 20–22

CHAPTER 20

Christ’s Thousand Year Reign

¹Then I saw ^aan angel coming down from heaven, having the ^bkey of the abyss and a great chain ¹in his hand.

²And he laid hold of the ^adragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^bbound him for a thousand years;

³and he threw him into the ^aabyss, and shut it and ^bsealed it over him, so that he would ^cnot deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴Then I saw ^athrones, and ^bthey sat on them, and ^cjudgment was given to them. And I saw ^dthe souls of those who had been beheaded because of ¹their ^ewitness of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who also had not ^fworshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^gmark on their forehead and on their hand. And they ^hcame to life and ⁱreigned with Christ for a thousand years.

⁵The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished. ^aThis is the first resurrection.

^6aBlessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over these the ^bsecond death has no authority, but they will be ^cpriests of God and of Christ and will ^dreign with Him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

⁷And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be ^areleased from his prison,

⁸and will come out to ^adeceive the nations which are in the ^bfour corners of the earth, ^cGog and Magog, to ^dgather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^esand of the ¹seashore.

⁹And they ^acame up on the ¹broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^bcamp of the saints and the ^cbeloved city, and ^dfire came down from heaven and devoured them.

¹⁰And ^athe devil who ^bdeceived them was thrown into the ^clake of fire and ¹brimstone, where the ^dbeast and the ^efalse prophet are also, and they will be ^ftormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹Then I saw a great white ^athrone and Him who sits upon it, from whose ¹presence ^bearth and heaven fled away, and ^cno place was found for them.

¹²Then I saw the dead, the ^agreat and the small, standing before the throne, and ^1bbooks were opened; and another ²book was opened, which is ^cthe book of life. And the dead ^dwere judged from the things which were written in the ³books, ^eaccording to their deeds.

¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and ^adeath and Hades ^bgave up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every one of them ^caccording to their deeds.

¹⁴Then ^adeath and Hades were thrown into ^bthe lake of fire. This is the ^csecond death, the lake of fire.

¹⁵And if ¹anyone’s name was not found written in ^athe book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

CHAPTER 21

The New Heaven and Earth

¹Then I saw ^aa new heaven and a new earth; for ^bthe first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

²And I saw ^athe holy city, ^bnew Jerusalem, ^ccoming down out of heaven from God, ^dmade ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

³And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, ^athe tabernacle of God is among men, and He will ^1bdwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among ²them,

⁴and He will ^awipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^bthere will no longer be any death; ^cthere will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. ^dThe first things passed away.”

⁵And ^aHe who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am ^bmaking all things new.” And He ^*said, “Write, for ^cthese words are faithful and true.”

⁶Then He said to me, “^aThey are done. I am the ^bAlpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^cI will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^dwater of life without cost.

⁷“^aHe who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^bI will be his God and he will be My son.

⁸“^aBut for the cowardly and ¹unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in ^bthe lake that burns with fire and ²brimstone, which is the ^csecond death.”

^9aThen one of the seven angels who have the ^bseven bowls ¹full of the ^cseven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “^dCome here, I will show you the ^ebride, the wife of the Lamb.”

New Jerusalem, the Holy City

¹⁰And ^ahe carried me away ^1bin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^cthe holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

¹¹having ^athe glory of God. Her ¹brilliance was like precious stone, as a ^bstone of ^ccrystal-clear jasper.

¹²¹It had a great and high wall. ²It had ^atwelve ^bgates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names ³have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

¹³There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.

¹⁴And the wall of the city had ^atwelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^btwelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵And the one who spoke with me had a ¹gold measuring ^arod to measure the city and its ^bgates and its wall.

¹⁶And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ¹rod, ²12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal.

¹⁷And he measured its wall, ¹144 cubits, according to ^ahuman ²measurements, which are also ^bangelic measurements.

¹⁸And the material of the wall was ^ajasper, and the city was ^bpure gold, like pure ^cglass.

^19aThe foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^bjasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^cemerald;

²⁰the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^asardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

²¹And the twelve ^agates were twelve ^bpearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^cpure gold, like transparent ^dglass.

²²And I saw ^ano sanctuary in it, for the ^bLord God the Almighty and the ^cLamb are its sanctuary.

²³And the city ^ahas no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^bthe glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the ^cLamb.

^24aAnd the nations will walk by its light, and the ^bkings of the earth ¹will bring their glory into it.

^25aAnd its gates ^bwill never be closed by day, for ^cthere will be no night there;

²⁶and ^athey will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

²⁷And ^anothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ¹whose names are ^bwritten in the Lamb’s book of life.

CHAPTER 22

The River and the Tree of Life

¹Then ^ahe showed me a ^briver of the ^cwater of life, bright ^das crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ¹the Lamb,

²in the middle of ^aits street. ^bOn either side of the river was ^cthe tree of life, bearing twelve ¹kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

^3aAnd there will no longer be any curse; and ^bthe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will ^cserve Him;

⁴and they will ^asee His face, and His ^bname will be on their ^cforeheads.

⁵And ^athere will no longer be any night, and they ¹will not have need ^bof the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will ^creign forever and ever.

⁶And ^ahe said to me, “^bThese words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the ^cGod of the spirits of the prophets, ^dsent His angel to show to His slaves the things which must soon take place.

⁷“And behold, ^aI am coming quickly. ^bBlessed is he who keeps ^cthe words of the prophecy of this book.”

^8aI, John, am the one who was hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, ^bI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

⁹But ^ahe ^*said to me, “¹Do not do that! I am a ^bfellow slave with you and your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of ^cthis book. Worship God!”

The Final Message: Come

¹⁰And he ^*said to me, “^aDo not seal up ^bthe words of the prophecy of this book, ^cfor the time is near.

¹¹“^aLet the one who does unrighteousness, still do unrighteousness; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still do righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”

¹²“Behold, ^aI am coming quickly, and My ^breward is with Me, ^cto render to every man ¹according to his work.

¹³“I am the ^aAlpha and the Omega, ^bthe first and the last, ^cthe beginning and the end.”

¹⁴Blessed are those who ^awash their robes, so that they may have the authority to ^bthe tree of life and may ^center by the ^dgates into the city.

^15aOutside are the ^bdogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

¹⁶“^aI, Jesus, sent ^bMy angel to bear witness to you of these things ^1cfor the churches. I am ^dthe root and the ^edescendant of David, the bright ^fmorning star.”

¹⁷And the ^aSpirit and the ^bbride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ^clet the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the ^dwater of life without cost.

¹⁸I bear witness to everyone who hears ^athe words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone ^badds to them, God will add to him ^cthe plagues which are written in ^dthis book.

¹⁹And if anyone ^atakes away from the ^bwords of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from ^cthe tree of life and ¹from the holy city, ^dwhich are written in this book.

²⁰He who ^abears witness to these things says, “Yes, ^bI am coming quickly.” Amen. ^cCome, Lord Jesus.

^21aThe grace of the Lord Jesus be with ¹all. Amen.