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R EVEL ATION 20
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“Praise the Lord!
For the Lord our God,* the Almighty,
reigns.
Let us be glad and rejoice,
and let us give honor to him.
For the time has come for the wedding feast
of the Lamb,
and his bride has prepared herself.
She has been given the finest of pure white
linen to wear.”
For the fine linen represents the good
deeds of God’s holy people.
9 And the angel said to me, “Write this:
Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These
are true words that come from God.”
10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him,
but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and
sisters* who testify about their faith in Jesus.
Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy
is to give a clear witness for Jesus.*”
The Rider on the White Horse
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse
was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a
righteous war. 12 His eyes were like flames of fire,
and on his head were many crowns. A name was
written on him that no one understood except
himself. 13 He wore a robe dipped in blood, and
his title was the Word of God. 14 The armies of
heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white
linen, followed him on white horses. 15 From
his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down
the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod.
He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.
16 On his robe at his thigh* was written this title:
King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun,
shouting to the vultures flying high in the sky:
“Come! Gather together for the great banquet
God has prepared. 18 Come and eat the flesh of
kings, generals, and strong warriors; of horses
and their riders; and of all humanity, both free
and slave, small and great.”
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the
world and their armies gathered together to
fight against the one sitting on the horse and his
army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with
him the false prophet who did mighty miracles
on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived
all who had accepted the mark of the beast and
who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and
his false prophet were thrown alive into the
fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 Their entire army
19:6 Some manuscripts read the Lord God. 19:10a Greek
brothers. 19:10b Or is the message confirmed by Jesus.
19:16 Or On his robe and thigh. 20:1 Or the abyss, or the
underworld; also in 20:3.
was killed by the sharp sword that came from
the mouth of the one riding the white horse.
And the vultures all gorged themselves on the
dead bodies.
The Thousand Years
Then I saw an angel coming down from
heaven with the key to the bottomless
pit* and a heavy chain in his hand. 2 He seized
the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil,
Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand
years. 3 The angel threw him into the bottomless
pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan
could not deceive the nations anymore until
the thousand years were finished. Afterward he
must be released for a little while.
4 Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting
on them had been given the authority to judge.
And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for
proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his
mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all
came to life again, and they reigned with Christ
for a thousand years.
5 This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the
dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) 6 Blessed and holy are
those who share in the first resurrection. For
them the second death holds no power, but
they will be priests of God and of Christ and will
reign with him a thousand years.
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— promises —
from God
“He will wipe every tear
from their eyes, and
there will be no more death
or sorrow or crying or pain.
All these things are gone
forever.”
R E V E L AT I O N 2 1:4
The Defeat of Satan
7 When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. 8 He will go out to
deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in
every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless
as sand along the seashore. 9 And I saw them as
they went up on the broad plain of the earth and
surrounded God’s people and the beloved city.
But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.
10 Then the devil, who had deceived them,
was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur,