[1] Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the
key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. [2] And he 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 shut it and sealed it
over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand
years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while. [4] Then
I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was
committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their
testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and 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 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. [6] Blessed and holy is he who
shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with
him a thousand years. [7] And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will
be loosed from his prison [8] and will come out to deceive the nations
which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to
gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. [9] And
they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints
and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
[10] and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire
and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be
tormented day and night for ever and ever. [11] Then I saw a great white
throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away,
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, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was
written in the books, by what they had done. [13] And the sea gave up the
dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged
by 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 if any one's
name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake
of fire.
