Chapter 20

20AndIsawamessengercomedownfromheaven,havingthekeyofthebottomlesspitandagreatchainuponhishand.
2Andhelaidholdonthedragon,thatoldserpent,whoistheDevil,andSatan,andboundhimathousandyears.
3Andcasthimintothebottomlesspit,andshuthimup,andsetasealuponhim,thatheshoulddeceivethenationsnomore,tillthethousandyearsshouldbefinished:andafterthishemustbereleasedasmallseason.
4AndIsawthrones,andtheysatuponthem,andjudgmentwasgivenuntothem:andIsawthelifeᵖofthosewhowerebeheadedforthetestimonyofJesus,andforthewordofGod,andwhohadnotworshippedthebeast,neitherhisimage,norhadreceivedhismarkupontheirforehead,andupontheirhand;andtheylivedandreignedwithChristathousandyears.
5therestofthedeadlivednotuntilthethousandyearswerefinished.Thisisthefirstresurrection.
6Blessedandholyishewhohaspartinthefirstresurrection:onsuchtheseconddeathhasnopower,buttheyshallbepriestsofGodandofChrist,andshallreignwithhimathousandyears.
7Andwhenthethousandyearsarefinished,Satanshallbereleasedfromhisprison.
8Andshallgoouttodeceivethenationswhichareinthefourquartersoftheearth,GogandMagog,togatherthemtogetherforthewar:thenumberofwhomisasthesandofthesea.
9Andtheyascendedonthebreadthoftheearth,andcompassedthecampofthesaintsabout,andthebelovedcity:andfirecamedownoutofheaven,anddevouredthem.
10Andthedevilwhodeceivedthemwascastintothelakeoffireandbrimstone,wherethebeastandthefalseprophetarealso,andshallbetormenteddayandnightuntotheagesoftheages.
11AndIsawagreatwhitethrone,andhimthatsatonit,fromwhosefacetheearthandtheheavenfledaway;andtherewasfoundnoplaceforthem.
12AndIsawthedead,smallandgreat,standbeforethethrone;andthebookswereopened:andanotherbookwasopened,whichisthebookoflife:andthedeadwerejudgedoutofthosethingswhichwerewritteninthebooks,accordingtotheirworks.
13Andtheseagaveupthedeadwhowereinit;anddeathandhelldeliveredupthedeadwhowereinthem:andtheywerejudgedeverymanaccordingtotheirworks.
14Anddeathandhellwerecastintothelakeoffire.Thisistheseconddeath,thelakeoffire.
15Andwhosoeverwasnotfoundwritteninthebookoflifewascastintothelakeoffire.