Revelation 19:11–20:6

The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

¹¹I saw heaven standing open^b and there before me was a white horse, whose rider^c is called Faithful and True.^d With justice he judges and wages war.^{e 12}His eyes are like blazing fire,^f and on his head are many crowns.^g He has a name written on him^h that no one knows but he himself.^{i 13}He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,^j and his name is the Word of God.^{k 14}The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,^l white^m and clean. ¹⁵Coming out of his mouth is a sharp swordⁿ with which to strike down^o the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”^ap He treads the winepress^q of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:^r

king of kings and lord of lords.^s

¹⁷And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds^t flying in midair,^u “Come,^v gather together for the great supper of God,^{w 18}so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,^x free and slave,^y great and small.”^z

¹⁹Then I saw the beast^a and the kings of the earth^b and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse^c and his army. ²⁰But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet^d who had performed the signs^e on its behalf.^f With these signs he had deluded^g those who had received the mark of the beast^h and worshiped its image.ⁱ The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake^j of burning sulfur.^{k 21}The rest were killed with the sword^l coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^m and all the birdsⁿ gorged themselves on their flesh.

The Thousand Years

20And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,^o having the key^p to the Abyss^q and holding in his hand a great chain. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,^r and bound him for a thousand years.^{s 3}He threw him into the Abyss,^t and locked and sealed^u it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations^v anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

⁴I saw thrones^w on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^x And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^y because of their testimony about Jesus^z and because of the word of God.^a They^a had not worshiped the beast^b or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^c They came to life and reigned^d with Christ a thousand years. ⁵(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.^{e 6}Blessed^f and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death^g has no power over them, but they will be priests^h of God and of Christ and will reign with himⁱ for a thousand years.