Revelation 20:1–15

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.

The Judgment of Satan

⁷When the thousand years are over,^j Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out to deceive the nations^k in the four corners of the earth^l—Gog and Magog^m—and to gather them for battle.ⁿ In number they are like the sand on the seashore.^{o 9}They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded^p the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.^q But fire came down from heaven^r and devoured them. ¹⁰And the devil, who deceived them,^s was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,^t where the beast^u and the false prophet^v had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.^w

The Judgment of the Dead

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne^x and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^y and there was no place for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small,^z standing before the throne, and books were opened.^a Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^b The dead were judged^c according to what they had done^d as recorded in the books. ¹³The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades^e gave up the dead^f that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.^{g 14}Then death^h and Hadesⁱ were thrown into the lake of fire.^j The lake of fire is the second death.^{k 15}Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life^l was thrown into the lake of fire.