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Revelation 20

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss ⓐ and a great chain in his hand.

² He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, [1] ⓑ and bound ⓒ him for 1,000 years.

³ He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it ⓓ so that he would no longer deceive the nations ⓔ until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. ⓕ I also saw the people [2] ⓖ who had been beheaded [3] because of their testimony about Jesus ⓗ and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. ⓘ They came to life ⓙ and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

⁶ Blessed ⓚ and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death ⓛ has no power [4] over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. ⓜ

⁷ When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, ⓝ Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. ⓞ Their number is like the sand of the sea.

⁹ They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven [5] and consumed them. ⓟ

¹⁰ The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, ⓠ and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. ⓡ

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. ⓢ

¹² I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. ⓣ Another book was opened, which is the book of life, ⓤ and the dead were judged according to their works ⓥ by what was written in the books.

¹³ Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades ⓦ gave up their dead; all [6] were judged according to their works.

¹⁴ Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. ⓧ This is the second death, the lake of fire. [7]

¹⁵ And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

#	HCSB
1	Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss ⓐ and a great chain in his hand.
2	He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, [1] ⓑ and bound ⓒ him for 1,000 years.
3	He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it ⓓ so that he would no longer deceive the nations ⓔ until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
4	Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. ⓕ I also saw the people [2] ⓖ who had been beheaded [3] because of their testimony about Jesus ⓗ and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. ⓘ They came to life ⓙ and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.
5	The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
6	Blessed ⓚ and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death ⓛ has no power [4] over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. ⓜ
7	When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison
8	and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, ⓝ Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. ⓞ Their number is like the sand of the sea.
9	They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven [5] and consumed them. ⓟ
10	The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, ⓠ and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. ⓡ
11	Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. ⓢ
12	I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. ⓣ Another book was opened, which is the book of life, ⓤ and the dead were judged according to their works ⓥ by what was written in the books.
13	Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades ⓦ gave up their dead; all [6] were judged according to their works.
14	Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. ⓧ This is the second death, the lake of fire. [7]
15	And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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