Revelation 19–22

The Rejoicing in Heaven

¹⁹After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah!

Salvation and glory and power to our God,^*

²for his judgments are true and just;

he has judged the great whore^r

who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,

and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”^*

³Once more they said,

“Hallelujah!

The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”^*

⁴And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying,

“Amen. Hallelujah!”^*

⁵And from the throne came a voice saying,

“Praise our God,

all you his servants

and^s all who fear him,

small and great.”^*

⁶Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out,

“Hallelujah!

For the Lord^t God

the Almighty reigns.^*

⁷Let us rejoice and exult

and give him the glory,

for the marriage of the Lamb has come,

and his bride has made herself ready;^*

⁸to her it has been granted to be clothed

with fine linen, bright and pure”—

for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.^*

⁹And the angel said^u to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”^{* 10}Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus.^v Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus^w is the spirit of prophecy.”^*

The Rider on the White Horse

¹¹Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.^{* 12}His eyes are like^x a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.^{* 13}He is clothed in a robe dipped in^y blood, and his name is called The Word of God.^{* 14}And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. ¹⁵From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule^z them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.^{* 16}On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”^*

The Beast and Its Armies Defeated

¹⁷Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,^{* 18}to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and their riders—flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”^{* 19}Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army.^{* 20}And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. ²¹And the rest were killed by the sword of the rider on the horse, the sword that came from his mouth, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

The Thousand Years

²⁰Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years^{* 3}and threw him into the pit and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.^*

⁴Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus^a and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its brand on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned 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. ⁶Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.^*

Satan’s Doom

⁷When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will come out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, in order to gather them for battle; they are as numerous as the sands of the sea.^{* 9}They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from heaven^b and consumed them.^{* 10}And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Dead Are Judged

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his^c presence, and no place was found for them.^{* 12}And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books.^{* 13}And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done.^{* 14}Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire,^{* 15}and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

²¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.^{* 2}And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.^{* 3}And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“See, the home^d of God is among mortals.

He will dwell^e with them;

they will be his peoples,^f

and God himself will be with them and be their God;^g*

⁴he will wipe every tear from their eyes.

Death will be no more;

mourning and crying and pain will be no more,

for^h the first things have passed away.”^*

⁵And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^{* 6}Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.^{* 7}Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. ⁸But as for the cowardly, the faithless,ⁱ the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,^j the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”^*

Vision of the New Jerusalem

⁹Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”^{* 10}And in the spirit^k he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.^{* 11}It has the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal.^{* 12}It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names that are the names^l of the twelve tribes of the Israelites:^{* 13}on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. ¹⁴And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.^*

¹⁵The angel^m who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.^{* 16}The city has four equal sides, its length the same as its width, and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using. ¹⁸The wall is built of jasper, while the city is pure gold, clear as glass. ¹⁹The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. ²¹And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass.

²²I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.^{* 24}The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.^{* 25}Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.^{* 26}People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.^*

The River of Life

²²Then the angelⁿ showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb^{* 2}through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life^o with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.^{* 3}Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;^{* 4}they will see his face, and…