Revelation 20

The Thousand Years

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, *See ch. 1:18holding in his hand the key to *See ch. 9:1the bottomless pit*20:1 Greek the abyss; also verse 3 and a great chain. 2 And he seized *See ch. 12:9the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and *[2 Pet. 2:4;Jude 6]bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into *[See ver. 1above] the pit, and shut it and *Dan. 6:17;[Matt. 27:66] sealed it over him, so that *ver. 8, 10he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

4 Then I saw *Dan. 7:9;Matt. 19:28thrones, and *ch. 3:21;Dan. 7:22seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw *ch. 6:9the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those *ch. 13:12,14-16who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. *[John 14:19;2 Tim. 2:11] They came to life and *ver. 6;ch. 5:10;22:5;Dan. 7:18;Matt. 20:21,27;2 Tim. 2:12;[Ps. 45:16]reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 *ch. 14:13Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such *ver. 14;ch. 2:11;21:8the second death has no power, but they will be *See ch. 1:6priests of God and of Christ, and they *ver. 4will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

7 And when the thousand years are ended, *ver. 2Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out *ver. 3, 10to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, *Ezek. 38:2;39:1Gog and Magog, *See ch. 16:14to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And *[Isa. 8:8;Ezek. 38:9,16;Hab. 1:6] they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded *Heb. 13:11,13the camp of the saints and *[Ps. 132:13] the beloved city, but *See ch. 13:13fire came down from heaven*20:9 Some manuscripts from God, out of heaven, or out of heaven from God and consumed them, 10 and the devil *ver. 3, 8who had deceived them was *See ch. 19:20thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where *See ch. 16:13the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.