CHAPTER 20
Then
I saw
an angel
coming down
from
heaven
with the
key
to the
Abyss,
holding
in
his
hand
a great
chain.
He seized
the
dragon,
the
ancient
serpent
who
is
the devil
and
Satan,
and
bound
him
for a thousand
years.
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.
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.
The
rest
of the
dead
did not
come back to life
until
the
thousand
years
were complete.
This is
the
first
resurrection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then
I saw
a great
white
throne
and
the One
seated
on
it.
The
earth
and
the
heavens
fled
from
His
presence,
and
no
place
was found
for them.
And
I saw
the
dead,
great
and
small,
standing
before
the
throne.
And
there were open
books,
and
one of
them
was
the book
of life.
And
the
dead
were judged
according to
their
deeds,
as
recorded
in
the
books.
The
sea
gave up
its
dead,
and
Death
and
Hades
gave up
their
dead,
and
each one
was judged
according to
his
deeds.
Then
Death
and
Hades
were thrown
into
the
lake
of fire.
This
is
the
second
death—
the
lake
of
fire.
And
if
anyone
was found
whose name was not written
in
the
book
of life,
he was thrown
into
the
lake
of fire.