Revelation 20 NLT
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from
heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand.
2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who
is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
3The angel threw him into the bottomless
pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations
anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released
for a little while.
4 Then I saw thrones, and the people
sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming
the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted
his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and
they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 This is the first resurrection. (The
rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.)
6 Blessed and holy are those who share
in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they
will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.
7When the thousand years come to an end,
Satan will be let out of his prison.
8 He will go out to deceive the
nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them
together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore.
9 And I saw them as they went up on the
broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But
fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.
10 Then the devil, who had deceived
them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and
the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne and
the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found
no place to hide.
12 I saw the dead, both great and small,
standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of
Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in
the books.
13 The sea gave up its dead, and death
and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.
14 Then death and the grave were thrown
into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.
15 And anyone whose
name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of
fire.
