{"book":"Revelation","slug":"revelation","ch":20,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Revelation of Jesus Christ","prev":"revelation/19","next":"revelation/21","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.","f":[],"h":"Satan Bound","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is [the] devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"And he threw him into the Abyss, shut [it], and sealed [it] over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Then I saw [the] thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded for [their] 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] hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"The rest of the dead {did} not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This [is] the first resurrection.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"Blessed and holy [are] those who share in the first resurrection! [The] second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,","f":[],"h":"Satan Cast into the Lake of Fire","style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to assemble them for battle. [Their] number [is] like the sand of the seashore.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.","f":["BYZ and TR came down from God out of heaven"],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet [had already been thrown]. [There] they will be tormented day and night forever [and] ever.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Then I saw a great white throne and the [One] seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from [His] presence, and no place was found for them.","f":[],"h":"Judgment before the Great White Throne","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, [and] one of [them] [was] the [Book] of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne."},{"style":"reg","t":"And books were opened, [and] one of [them] [was] the [Book] of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up [their] dead, and each [one] was judged according to his deeds.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death — the lake of fire.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"And if anyone was found [whose name] was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.","f":[]}]}