The Millennium

Satan bound

1And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the Abyss and a huge chain on his hand.

2And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is a slanderer, even Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, ²³⁸and bound him for a thousand years;

3he threw him into the Abyss and locked and sealed it over him so that he should not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were finished. And after these years he must be loosed for a short time. ²³⁹

Saints reign

4And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them; also, I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded ²⁴⁰on account of the testimony of Jesus and on account of the Word of God, even those who had not worshiped the Beast or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they lived and reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.

5(Now the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ²⁴¹This is the first resurrection.

6Blessed and holy is the one having a part in the first resurrection; upon such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.

The final rebellion

7Now when the thousand years are finished Satan will be released from his prison,

8and he will go forth to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is like the sand of the sea. ²⁴²

9They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them. ²⁴³

10And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the Lake of Fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False prophet also are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne

11Then I saw a tremendous white throne and the One who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away; ²⁴⁴and no place was found for them.

12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; ²⁴⁵and books were opened. And another Book was opened, namely, of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things that were written in the books.

13The ocean gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; ²⁴⁶and they were judged each one according to their works. ²⁴⁷

14And Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire. ²⁴⁸

15And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life he was thrown into the Lake of Fire. ²⁴⁹