1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.[ † ]Revelation 1:18Revelation 9:1 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.[ † ]Isaiah 24:222 Peter 2:4Jude 6 3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.[ † ]Daniel 6:17Matthew 27:66Revelation 12:9Revelation 20:8-10
4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.[ † ]Daniel 7:9Matthew 19:28Luke 22:30Daniel 7:221 Corinthians 6:2-3Revelation 6:9Revelation 13:12Revelation 13:15John 14:19Romans 8:172 Timothy 2:12
5The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.[ † ]Revelation 2:11Revelation 20:14Isaiah 61:61 Peter 2:9Revelation 1:6Revelation 20:4
7When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison, 8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.[ † ]Revelation 12:9Revelation 20:3-10Ezekiel 38:2Ezekiel 39:1-6Revelation 16:14
9And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.[ † ]Isaiah 8:8Ezekiel 38:9-16 10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.[ † ]Revelation 19:20Revelation 20:14-15Revelation 14:10
11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.[ † ]2 Peter 3:7Revelation 21:1Daniel 2:35Revelation 12:8
12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.[ † ]Revelation 19:5Daniel 7:10Psalms 69:28Daniel 12:1Philippians 4:3Revelation 3:5Jeremiah 17:10Matthew 16:27Romans 2:6Revelation 2:23Revelation 20:12 13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.[ † ]1 Corinthians 15:26Revelation 1:18Revelation 6:8Revelation 21:4Matthew 16:27Revelation 2:23Revelation 20:12
14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.[ † ]1 Corinthians 15:26Revelation 1:18Revelation 6:8Revelation 21:4Revelation 21:8 15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.[ † ]Revelation 19:20