The Thousand Years
1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3He threw him into the abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were over. After that he must be released for a short time. 4Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about 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 for a thousand years. 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Satan’s Final Defeat
7And when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison, 8and he will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. 9They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. 10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown, and they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever.
The Great White Throne
11Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
