Chapter 20

20AndIsawamessengercomedownfromheaven,havingthekeyofthebottomlesspitandagreatchaininhishand.
2Andhelaidholdonthedragon,thatoldserpent,whoistheDevil,andSatan,andboundhimathousandyears.
3Andcasthimintothebottomlesspit,andshuthimup,andsetasealuponhim,thatheshoulddeceivethenationsnomore,tillthethousandyearsshouldbefulfilled:andafterthathemustbeloosedasmallseason.
4AndIsawthrones,andtheysatuponthem,andjudgmentwasgivenuntothem:andIsawthesoulsofthosewhowerebeheadedforthewitnessofJesus,andforthewordofGod,andwhohadnotworshippedthebeast,neitherhisimage,norhadreceivedhismarkupontheirforeheads,orintheirhands;andtheylivedandreignedwithChristathousandyears.
5Buttherestofthedeadlivednotagainuntilthethousandyearswerefinished.Thisisthefirstresurrection.
6Blessedandholyishewhohaspartinthefirstresurrection:onsuchtheseconddeathhasnopower,buttheyshallbepriestsofGodandofChrist,andshallreignwithhimathousandyears.
7Andwhenthethousandyearsareexpired,Satanshallbeloosedoutofhisprison.
8Andshallgoouttodeceivethenationswhichareinthefourquartersoftheearth,GogandMagog,togatherthemtogetherforthewar:thenumberofwhomisasthesandofthesea.
9Andtheyascendedonthebreadthoftheearth,andcompassedthecampofthesaintsabout,andthebelovedcity:andfirecamedownfromGodoutofheaven,anddevouredthem.
10Andthedevilwhodeceivedthemwascastintothelakeoffireandbrimstone,wherethebeastandthefalseprophetare,andshallbetormenteddayandnightforeverandever.
11AndIsawagreatwhitethrone,andhimthatsatonit,fromwhosefacetheearthandtheheavenfledaway;andtherewasfoundnoplaceforthem.
12AndIsawthedead,smallandgreat,standbeforethethrone;andthebookswereopened:andanotherbookwasopened,whichisthebookoflife:andthedeadwerejudgedoutofthosethingswhichwerewritteninthebooks,accordingtotheirworks.
13Andtheseagaveupthedeadwhowereinit;anddeathandhelldeliveredupthedeadwhowereinthem:andtheywerejudgedeverymanaccordingtotheirworks.
14Anddeathandhellwerecastintothelakeoffire.Thisistheseconddeath,thelakeoffire.
15Andwhosoeverwasnotfoundwritteninthebookoflifewascastintothelakeoffire.