Outline
I. Introduction (1:1-8)
Revelation 19 NLT
1 After this, I heard what sounded like
a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the LORD ! Salvation and glory and
power belong to our God.
2 His judgments are true and just. He
has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
He has avenged the murder of his servants.”
3 And again their voices rang out:
“Praise the LORD ! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!”
4 Then the twenty-four elders and the
four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne.
They cried out, “Amen! Praise the LORD !”
5 And from the throne came a voice that
said, “Praise our God, all his servants, all who fear him, from the least to
the greatest.”
6Then I heard again what sounded like the
shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud
thunder: “Praise the LORD ! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and let
us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb,
and his bride has prepared herself.
8 She has been given the finest of pure
white linen to wear.” For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s
holy people.
9 And the angel said to me, “Write
this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And
he added, “These are true words that come from God.”
10Then I fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you
and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship
only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.
”
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and a white
horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges
fairly and wages a righteous war.
12 His eyes were like flames of fire,
and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one
understood except himself.
13 He wore a robe dipped in blood, and
his title was the Word of God.
14 The armies of heaven, dressed in the
finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses.
15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to
strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release
the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a
winepress.
16 On his robe at his thigh was written
this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the
sun, shouting to the vultures flying high in the sky: “Come! Gather together
for the great banquet God has prepared.
18 Come and eat the flesh of kings,
generals, and strong warriors; of horses and their riders; and of all humanity,
both free and slave, small and great.”
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of
the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting
on the horse and his army.
20 And the beast was captured, and with
him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles
that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his
statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery
lake of burning sulfur.
21 Their entire army
was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the
white horse. And the vultures all gorged themselves on the dead bodies.
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.
