Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand
the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the
dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound
him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it
and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations
any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must
be released for a little while.
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the
authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of
God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had
not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came
to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of
the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.
This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who
shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no
power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will
reign with him for a thousand years.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released
from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are
at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for
battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched
up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the
saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and
consumed them, 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.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it.
From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found
for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the
throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which
is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written
in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up
the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were
in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what
they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of
fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's
name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into
the lake of fire.
