The Thousand Years
1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, carrying the key to the deep pit and a big chain. 2 He chained the dragon for 1,000 years. It is that old snake, who is also known as the devil and Satan. 3 Then the angel threw the dragon into the pit. He locked and sealed it, so 1,000 years would go by before the dragon could fool the nations again. But after that, it would have to be set free for a little while.
4 I saw thrones, and sitting on those thrones were the ones who had been given the right to judge. I also saw the souls of the people who had their heads cut off because they had told about Jesus and preached God's message. They were the same ones who had not worshiped the beast or the idol, and they had refused to let its mark be put on their foreheads or hands. They will come to life and rule with Christ for 1,000 years.
5-6 These people are the first to be raised to life, and they are especially blessed and holy. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests for God and Christ and will rule with them for 1,000 years.
No other dead people were raised to life until 1,000 years later.
Satan Is Defeated
7 At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be set free. 8 He will fool the countries of Gog and Magog, which are at the far ends of the earth, and their people will follow him into battle. They will have as many followers as there are grains of sand along the beach, 9 and they will march all the way across the earth. They will surround the camp of God's people and the city God loves. But fire will come down from heaven and destroy the whole army. 10 Then the devil who fooled them will be thrown into the lake of fire and burning sulfur. He will be there with the beast and the false prophet, and they will be in pain day and night forever and ever.
The Judgment at the Great White Throne
11 I saw a great white throne with someone sitting on it. Earth and heaven tried to run away, but there was no place for them to go. 12 I also saw all the dead people standing in front of that throne. Every one of them was there, no matter who they had once been. Several books were opened, and then the book of life was opened. The dead were judged by what those books said they had done.
13 The sea gave up the dead people who were in it, and death and its kingdom also gave up their dead. Then everyone was judged by what they had done. 14 Afterwards, death and its kingdom were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name wasn't written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Tūkstoš gadu
1 Tad es ieraudzīju eņģeli nokāpjam no debesīm, tam rokā bija bezdibens atslēga un liela ķēde. 2 Viņš sagrāba pūķi – senseno čūsku, kas ir velns un sātans, sasēja viņu uz tūkstoš gadiem 3 un iegrūda bezdibenī, aizslēdza to un aizzīmogoja uz tūkstoš gadiem, lai viņš nemaldinātu tautas. Pēc tam viņam uz īsu brīdi jātop atbrīvotam. 4 Tad es ieraudzīju troņus, uz tiem sēdēja tie, kam bija dota vara tiesāt: es ieraudzīju dvēseles, kam Jēzus apliecināšanas un Dieva vārda dēļ bija nocirstas galvas, kuri nepielūdza nedz zvēru, nedz viņa tēlu, nepieņēma viņa zīmi uz pieres vai savas rokas. Viņi atkal kļuva dzīvi un valdīja kopā ar Kristu tūkstoš gadu. 5 Pārējie mirušie neatdzīvojās, līdz pagāja tūkstoš gadu. Šī ir pirmā augšāmcelšanās. 6 Laimīgs un svēts ir tas, kam ir daļa pie pirmās augšāmcelšanās; otrajai nāvei pār viņiem vairs nav varas, bet tie būs Dieva un Kristus priesteri un valdīs ar viņu tūkstoš gadu.
Spriedums sātanam
7 Kad paies tūkstoš gadu, sātans tiks atbrīvots no sava cietuma 8 un izies maldināt tautas – Gogu un Magogu – visos četros zemes stūros, sapulcinās tās uz karu, un karotāju skaits būs kā smiltis jūrā. 9 Tie nāca pār visu zemi, ielenca svēto nometni un mīļoto pilsētu, bet no debesīm nolaidās uguns un viņus aprija. 10 Un viņu maldinātājs sātans tika iemests uguns un sēra ezerā – turpat, kur zvērs un viltus pravietis. Viņi tiks mocīti dienu un nakti mūžu mūžos.
Tiesa pēc darbiem
11 Tad es ieraudzīju troni, lielu un baltu, un uz tā sēdēja tas, no kura klātbūtnes aizbēga zeme un debess un nebija vairs atrodamas. 12 Es ieraudzīju mirušos – lielos un mazos – stāvam troņa priekšā. Tad tika attīti rakstu ruļļi, pēc tam vēl cits rullis – dzīvības grāmata, un mirušos tiesāja pēc viņu darbiem, kas aprakstīti šajos ruļļos. 13 Jūra atdeva atpakaļ tos, kas tajā miruši, nāve un pazemes valstība atdeva atpakaļ tos, kas tajā bija, un ikviens tika tiesāts pēc viņa darbiem. 14 Nāve un elle tika iemestas uguns ezerā. Šī ir otrā nāve – uguns ezers. 15 Ikviens, kura vārds nebija ierakstīts dzīvības grāmatā, tika iemests uguns ezerā.
