The Thousand Years
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a heavy chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent—that is, the Devil, or Satan—and chained him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little while.
4 Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given the power to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been executed because they had proclaimed the truth that Jesus revealed and the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image, nor had they received the mark of the beast on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and ruled as kings with Christ for a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over.) This is the first raising of the dead. 6 Happy and greatly blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead. The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7 After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his prison, 8 and he will go out to deceive the nations scattered over the whole world, that is, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them all together for battle, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. 9 They spread out over the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people and the city that he loves. But fire came down from heaven and destroyed them. 10 Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
The Final Judgment
11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. 13 Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the second death.) 15 Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were 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.
