Chapter 20

20AndIsawamessengercomedownfromheaven,havingthekeyofthebottomlesspitandagreatchainuponhishand.
2Andhelaidholdonthedragon,theoldserpent,whoistheDevil,andSatan,andboundhimathousandyears.
3Andcasthimintothebottomlesspit,andshuthimup,andsealedoverhim,thatheshoulddeceivethenationsnomore,tillthethousandyearsshouldbefinished:andafterthishemustbereleasedasmallseason.
4AndIsawthrones,andtheysatuponthem,andjudgmentwasgivenuntothem:andIsawthelivesᵖofthosewhowerebeheadedforthetestimonyofJesus,andforthewordofGod,andwhohadnotworshippedthebeast,neitherhisimage,norhadreceivedhismarkupontheirforehead,andupontheirhand;andtheylivedandreignedwithChristathousandyears.
5therestʳofthedeadlivednottillthethousandyearswerefinished.Thisisthefirstresurrection.
6Blessedandholyishewhohaspartinthefirstresurrection:onsuchtheseconddeathhasnopower,buttheyshallbepriestsofGodandofChrist,andshallreignwithhimathousandyears.
7Andwhenthethousandyearsarefinished,Satanshallbereleasedfromhisprison.
8Andshallgoouttodeceivethenationswhichareinthefourcornersoftheearth,GogandMagog,togatherthemtogetherforthewar:thenumberofwhomisasthesandofthesea.
9Andtheyascendedonthebreadthoftheearth,andcompassedthecampofthesaintsⁱabout,andthebelovedcity:andfirecamedownoutofheaven,anddevouredthem.
10Andthedevilwhodeceivedthemwascastintothelakeoffireandbrimstone,wherethebeastandthefalseprophetarealso,andshallbetormenteddayandnightuntotheagesoftheages.
11AndIsawagreatwhitethrone,andhimwhosatonit,fromwhosefacetheearthandtheheavenfled;andtherewasfoundnoplaceforthem.
12AndIsawthedead,smallandgreat,standbeforethethrone;andthebookswereopened:andanotherbookwasopened,whichisthebookoflife:andthedeadwerejudgedoutofthosethingswhichwerewritteninthebooks,accordingtotheirworks.
13Andtheseagavethedeadwhowereinit;anddeathandhellgavethedeadwhowereinthem:andtheywerejudgedeverymanaccordingtotheirworks.
14Anddeathandhellwerecastintothelakeoffire.Thisistheseconddeath,thelakeoffire.
15Andwhosoeverwasnotfoundwritteninthebookoflifewascastintothelakeoffire.