And I saw an angel come down from heaven,
having the key to the bottomless pit and
a great chain in his hand.
2. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old
serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years.
3. And 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.
4. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgement 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.
5. But the rest of the dead lived not again,
until the thousand years were finished. This
is the first resurection.
6. Blessed & 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.
7. And when the thousand years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.
8. And shall go out to decedive 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.
9. And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the Saints about, and
the beloved citie: and fire came down from God
and devoured them.
10. And the devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beasts and the false prophets are, and shall be
tormented day and night, for ever and ever.
11. And I saw a great white throne, and him that
sat on it, from whose face the wrath of heaven fled
away, and there was found no place for them.
12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God: and the books were opened: & another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were
judged out of those things which were written in the
book, according to their works.
13. And 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.
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