1And
I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and
a great chain in his hand.
2And
he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him a thousand years,
3And
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him,
that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4And
I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I
saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the
word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither
had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived
and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5But
the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed
and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second
death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years.
7And
when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8And
shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9And
they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out
of heaven, and devoured them.
10And
the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.
11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no
place for them.
12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God;
and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of
life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
13And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and
they were judged every man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.