Revelation 19:1-20:15

Hallelujah!

After these things I heard something like a ^aloud voice of a great crowd in heaven, saying,
“^bHallelujah! ^cSalvation and ^dglory and power belong to our God; 2 ^abecause His ^bjudgments are ^ctrue and righteous; for He has judged the ^dgreat harlot who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has ^eavenged the blood of His slaves shed by her hand.” 3 And a second time they said, “^aHallelujah! ^bHer smoke rises up forever and ever.” 4 And the ^atwenty-four elders and the ^bfour living creatures ^cfell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^dAmen. ^eHallelujah!” 5 And a voice came from the throne, saying,
“^aGive praise to our God, all you His slaves, ^byou who fear Him, the small and the great.” 6 Then I heard something like ^athe voice of a great crowd and like ^bthe sound of many waters and like the ^csound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,
“^aHallelujah! For the ^dLord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

7 Let us rejoice and be glad and ^agive the glory to Him, for ^bthe marriage of the Lamb has come and His ¹^cbride has made herself ready.” 8 And it was given to her to clothe herself in ^afine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^brighteous acts of the saints.
9 Then ^ahe *said to me, “^bWrite, ‘^cBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “^dThese are true words of God.” 10 Then ^aI fell at his feet to worship him. ^bBut he *said to me, “¹Do not do that! I am a ^cfellow slave with you and your brothers who ^dhave the witness of Jesus. Worship God! For the witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Rider on a White Horse

11 Then I saw ^aheaven opened, and behold, a ^bwhite horse, and He who sits on it is called ^cFaithful and True, and in ^drighteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His ^aeyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^bdiadems; having a ^cname written on Him which no one knows except Himself, 13 and being clothed with a ^agarment dipped in blood, His name is also called ^bThe Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^afine linen, ^bwhite and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 ^aAnd from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may ^bstrike down the nations, and He will ¹^crule them with a rod of iron; and ^dHe treads the wine press of the wrath of the rage of God, the Almighty. 16 And He has on His garment and on His thigh ^aa name written, “^bKING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
17 Then I saw ¹an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^aall the birds which fly in ^bmidheaven, “^cCome, assemble for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may ^aeat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ¹commanders and the flesh of strong men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^bboth free men and slaves, and ^csmall and great.”
19 Then I saw ^athe beast and ^bthe kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war with Him who ^csits on the horse and with His army.

The Beast and False Prophet Are Seized

20 And the beast was seized, and with him the ^afalse prophet who ^bdid the signs ¹^cin his presence, by which he ^ddeceived those who had received the ^emark of the beast and those who ^fworshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the ^glake of ^hfire which burns with ²brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which ^acame from the mouth of Him who ^bsits on the horse, and ^call the birds were filled with their flesh.

Christ’s Thousand Year Reign

Then I saw ^aan angel coming down from heaven, having the ^bkey of the abyss and a great chain ¹in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the ^adragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^bbound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the ^aabyss, and shut it and ^bsealed it over him, so that he would ^cnot deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After these things he must be released for a short time.
4 Then I saw ^athrones, and ^bthey sat on them, and ^cjudgment was given to them. And I saw ^dthe souls of those who had been beheaded because of ¹their ^ewitness of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who also had not ^fworshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^gmark on their forehead and on their hand. And they ^hcame to life and ⁱreigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished. ^aThis is the first resurrection. 6 ^aBlessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over these the ^bsecond death has no authority, but they will be ^cpriests of God and of Christ and will ^dreign with Him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be ^areleased from his prison, 8 and will come out to ^adeceive the nations which are in the ^bfour corners of the earth, ^cGog and Magog, to ^dgather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^esand of the ¹seashore. 9 And they ^acame up on the ¹broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^bcamp of the saints and the ^cbeloved city, and ^dfire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And ^athe devil who ^adeceived them was thrown into the ^blake of fire and ¹brimstone, where the ^cbeast and the ^cfalse prophet are also, and they will be ^dtormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne Judgment

11 Then I saw a great white ^athrone and Him who sits upon it, from whose ¹presence ^bearth and heaven fled away, and ^cno place was found for them. 12 Then I saw the dead, the ^agreat and the small, standing before the throne, and ¹^bbooks were opened; and another ²book was opened, which is ^cthe book of life. And the dead ^awere judged from the things which were written in the ¹books, ^daccording to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and ^adeath and Hades ^bgave up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every one of them ^caccording to their deeds. 14 Then ^adeath and Hades were thrown into ^bthe lake of fire. This is the ^csecond death, the lake of fire. 15 And if ¹anyone’s name was not found written in ^athe book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.