Revelation 19–22

Chapter 19

The Fourfold Hallelujah

¹After these things I heard something like a ^aloud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“^bHallelujah! ^cSalvation and ^dglory and power belong to our God;

^2abecause His ^bjudgments are ^ctrue and righteous; for He has judged the ^dgreat harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has ^eavenged the blood of His bond-servants ¹on her.”

³And a second time they said, “^aHallelujah! ^bHer smoke rises up forever and ever.”

⁴And the ^atwenty-four elders and the ^bfour living creatures ^cfell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^dAmen. ^eHallelujah!”

⁵And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“^aGive praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, ^byou who fear Him, the small and the great.”

⁶Then I heard something like ^athe voice of a great multitude and like ^bthe sound of many waters and like the ^csound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“Hallelujah! For the ^dLord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷“Let us rejoice and be glad and ^agive the glory to Him, for ^bthe marriage of the Lamb has come and His ^1cbride has made herself ready.”

⁸It was given to her to clothe herself in ^afine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^brighteous acts of the ¹saints.

⁹Then ^ahe ^*said to me, “^bWrite, ‘^cBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ ” And he ^*said to me, “^dThese are true words of God.”

¹⁰Then ^aI fell at his feet to worship him. ^bBut he ^*said to me, “Do not do that; I am a ^cfellow servant of yours and your brethren who ^dhold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Coming of Christ

¹¹And I saw ^aheaven opened, and behold, a ^bwhite horse, and He who sat on it is called ^cFaithful and True, and in ^drighteousness He judges and wages war.

¹²His ^aeyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^bdiadems; and He has a ^cname written on Him which no one knows except Himself.

¹³He is clothed with a ^arobe dipped in blood, and His name is called ^bThe Word of God.

¹⁴And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^afine linen, ^bwhite and clean, were following Him on white horses.

^15aFrom His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that ^bwith it He may strike down the nations, and He will ^1crule them with a rod of iron; and ^dHe treads the ²wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

¹⁶And on His robe and on His thigh He has ^aa name written, “^bKING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷Then I saw ¹an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^aall the birds which fly in ^bmidheaven, “^cCome, assemble for the great supper of God,

¹⁸so that you may ^aeat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ¹commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^bboth free men and slaves, and ^csmall and great.”

¹⁹And I saw ^athe beast and ^bthe kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who ^csat on the horse and against His army.

Doom of the Beast and False Prophet

²⁰And the beast was seized, and with him the ^afalse prophet who ^bperformed the signs ^1cin his presence, by which he ^ddeceived those who had received the ^emark of the beast and those who ^fworshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the ^glake of ^hfire which burns with ²brimstone.

²¹And the rest were killed with the sword which ^acame from the mouth of Him who ^bsat on the horse, and ^call the birds were filled with their flesh.

Chapter 20

Satan Bound

¹Then I saw ^aan angel coming down from heaven, holding 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 completed; 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 ^etestimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who 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 completed. ^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 power, but they will be ^cpriests of God and of Christ and will ^dreign with Him for a thousand years.

Satan Freed, Doomed

⁷When the thousand years are completed, 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 ²saints and the ^cbeloved city, and ^dfire came down from heaven and devoured them.

¹⁰And ^athe devil who deceived them was thrown into the ^blake of fire and ¹brimstone, where the ^cbeast and the false prophet are also; and they will be ^dtormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment at the Throne of God

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

¹²And 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 were judged from the things which were written in the books, ^daccording 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 them²,

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 have 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, “^1aIt is 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 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 had the ^bseven bowls ¹full of the ^cseven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the ^dbride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

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 a very costly stone, as a ^bstone of ^ccrystal-clear jasper.

¹²¹It had a great and high wall, ^awith twelve ^bgates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, 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.

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

¹⁶The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ¹rod, ²fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

¹⁷And he measured its wall, ¹seventy-two yards, according to ^ahuman ²measurements, which are also ^bangelic measurements.

¹⁸The material of the wall was ^ajasper; and the city was ^bpure gold, like ¹clear ^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.

²²I saw ^ano ¹temple in it, for the ^bLord God the Almighty and the ^cLamb are its temple.

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.

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

²⁵In the daytime (for ^athere will be no night there) ^bits gates ^cwill never be closed;

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

²⁷and ^anothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ¹…