Revelation 20 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Satan Bound

Rev 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain.

Rev 20:2

Rev 20:2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Rev 20:3

Rev 20:3and 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.

Rev 20:4

Rev 20:4Then 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.

Rev 20:5

Rev 20:5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

Rev 20:6

Rev 20:6Blessed 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.

Satan Freed, Doomed

(cf. Eze 38; 39 )

Rev 20:7

Rev 20:7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison

Rev 20:8

Rev 20:8and 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.

Rev 20:9

Rev 20:9And 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,

Rev 20:10

Rev 20:10and 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.

Judgment at the Throne of God

Rev 20:11

Rev 20:11Then 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.

Rev 20:12

Rev 20:12And 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.

Rev 20:13

Rev 20:13And 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.

Rev 20:14

Rev 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire;

Rev 20:15

Rev 20:15and if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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