Revelation 20-21
The Thousand Years
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, aholding in his hand the key to bthe bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized athe dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bbound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into athe pit, and shut it and bsealed it over him, so that che might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
4 Then I saw athrones, and bseated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw cthe souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those dwho had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. eThey came to life and freigned with Christ for 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 aBlessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such bthe second death has no power, but they will be cpriests of God and of Christ, and they dwill reign with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7 And when the thousand years are ended, aSatan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out ato deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, bGog and Magog, cto gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And athey marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded bthe camp of the saints and cthe beloved city, but dfire came down from heaven and consumed them, 10 and the devil awho had deceived them was bthrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where cthe beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Judgment Before the Great White Throne
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence aearth and sky fled away, and bno place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and abooks were opened. Then another book was opened, which is bthe book of life. And cthe dead were judged by what was written in the books, daccording to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, aDeath and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, baccording to what they had done. 14 Then aDeath and Hades bwere thrown into the lake of fire. This is cthe second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, ahe was thrown into the lake of fire.
The New Heaven and the New Earth
Then I saw aa new heaven and a new earth, for bthe first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw athe holy city, bnew Jerusalem, ccoming down out of heaven from God, dprepared eas a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, athe dwelling place of God is with man. He will bdwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 aHe will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and bdeath shall be no more, cneither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
5 And ahe who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I bam making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for cthese words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, a“It is done! bI am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. cTo the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 aThe one who conquers will have this heritage, and bI will be his God and che will be my son. 8 aBut as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, btheir portion will be in cthe lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is dthe second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9 Then came aone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of bthe seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you cthe Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And ahe carried me away in the Spirit to ba great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 ahaving the glory of God, bits radiance clike a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, awith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve afoundations, and bon them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me ahad a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by ahuman measurement, which is also ban angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of ajasper, while the city was pure gold, like aclear glass. 19 aThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and athe street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And aI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city ahas no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for bthe glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light awill the nations walk, and the kings of the earth bwill bring their glory into it, 25 and aits gates will never be shut by day—and bthere will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But anothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s bbook of life.
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