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The 1000 Years
20 1I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. The angel had the key to the bottomless
pit. The angel also held a large chain in his hand. 2The angel grabbed the giant
snake (that old serpent). The giant snake is the devil (or Satan). The angel tied
him [with the chain] for 1,000 years. 3The angel threw the snake into the bottomless
pit and closed it. The angel locked it over the snake. The angel did this so that
the snake could not trick the people of the earth until the 1,000 years were ended.
After 1,000 years the snake must be made free for a short time. 4Then I saw some
thrones and people sitting on them. These were the people who had been given the
power to judge. And I saw the souls of those people who had been killed because
[they were faithful to] the truth of Jesus and the message* from God. Those people
did not worship the animal or his idol.* They did not receive the mark of the animal
on their foreheads or on their hands. Those people became alive again and ruled
with Christ for 1,000 years. 5(The other dead people did not live again until the
1,000 years were ended.) This is the first raising of the dead. 6Blessed (happy)
and holy* are those people who share in this first raising of the dead. The second
death has no power over those people. Those people will be priests for God and for
Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.
The Defeat of Satan
7When the 1,000 years are ended, Satan (the devil) will be made free from his prison
[in the bottomless pit]. 8Satan will go out to trick the nations in all the earth--Gog
and Magog. Satan will gather the people for battle. There will be so many people
that they will be like sand on the seashore. 9Satan's army marched across the earth
and gathered around the camp of God's people and the city that God loves. But fire
came down from heaven and destroyed Satan's army. 10And Satan (the one who tricked
those people) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the animal and the
false prophet.* There they will be tortured (punished) day and night forever and
ever.
People of the World Are Judged
11Then I saw a large white throne. I saw the One who was sitting on the throne.
Earth and sky ran away from him and disappeared. 12And I saw the people that had
died, great and small, standing before the throne. And the book of life was opened.
There were also other books opened. These dead people were judged by the things
they had done. These things are written in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead
people that were in it. Death and Hades* gave up the dead people that were in them.
Each person was judged by the things he had done. 14And Death and Hades were thrown
into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. 15And if a person's
name was not found written in the book of life, then that person was thrown into
the lake of fire.
Footnotes: message The news that God has made a way for people to have their sins
forgiven and live with him forever. idol(s) Idols are statues or other objects that
people worshiped as gods. holy God's people are called holy because they are made
pure through Christ, and they belong only to God. false prophet A person that says
he speaks for God but does not really speak God's truth. Hades Place where people
go after they die.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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