Revelation 19-20

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Revelation 19

 ¹After this, I heard what sounded like a lot of voices in heaven, and they were shouting,

   "Praise the Lord!

   To our God belongs

   the glorious power to save,

    ²because his judgments

   are honest and fair.

   That filthy prostitute

   ruined the earth

   with shameful deeds.

   But God has judged her

   and made her pay

   the price

   for murdering

   his servants."

    ³Then the crowd shouted,

   "Praise the Lord!

   Smoke will never stop rising

   from her burning body."

    ⁴After this, the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures all knelt before the throne of God and worshiped him. They said, "Amen! Praise the Lord!"

   

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

 ⁵From the throne a voice said,

   "If you worship

   and fear our God,

   give praise to him,

   no matter who you are."

    ⁶Then I heard what seemed to be a large crowd that sounded like a roaring flood and loud thunder all mixed together. They were saying,

   "Praise the Lord!

   Our Lord God All-Powerful

   now rules as king.

    ⁷So we will be glad and happy

   and give him praise.

   The wedding day of the Lamb

   is here,

   and his bride is ready.

    ⁸She will be given

   a wedding dress

   made of pure

   and shining linen.

   This linen stands for

   the good things

   God's people have done."

    ⁹Then the angel told me, "Put this in writing. God will bless everyone who is invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." The angel also said, "These things that God has said are true."

    ¹⁰I knelt at the feet of the angel and began to worship him. But the angel said, "Don't do that! I am a servant, just like you and everyone else who tells about Jesus. Don't worship anyone but God. Everyone who tells about Jesus does it by the power of the Spirit."

   

The Rider on the White Horse

 ¹¹I looked and saw that heaven was open, and a white horse was there. Its rider was called Faithful and True, and he is always fair when he judges or goes to war. ¹²He had eyes like flames of fire, and he was wearing a lot of crowns. His name was written on him, but he was the only one who knew what the name meant.

    ¹³The rider wore a robe that was covered with blood, and he was known as "The Word of God." ¹⁴He was followed by armies from heaven that rode on horses and were dressed in pure white linen. ¹⁵From his mouth a sharp sword went out to attack the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod and will show the fierce anger of God All-Powerful by trampling the grapes in the pit where wine is made. ¹⁶On the part of the robe that covered his thigh was written, "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." ¹⁷I then saw an angel standing on the sun, and he shouted to all the birds flying in the sky, "Come and join in God's great feast! ¹⁸You can eat the flesh of kings, rulers, leaders, horses, riders, free people, slaves, important people, and everyone else."

    ¹⁹I also saw the beast and all kings of the earth come together. They fought against the rider on the white horse and against his army. ²⁰But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had worked miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshiped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulfur. ²¹But the rest of their army was killed by the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse. Then birds stuffed themselves on the dead bodies.

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Revelation 20

The Thousand Years

 ¹I saw an angel come down from heaven, carrying the key to the deep pit and a big chain. ²He chained the dragon for a thousand years. It is that old snake, who is also known as the devil and Satan. ³Then the angel threw the dragon into the pit. He locked and sealed it, so that a thousand 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.

    ⁴I 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 hands or foreheads. They will come to life and rule with Christ for a thousand years.

    ^5-6These 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 a thousand years. No other dead people were raised to life until a thousand years later.

   

Satan Is Defeated

 ⁷At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be set free. ⁸He 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, ⁹and they will march all the way across the earth. They will surround the camp of God's people and the city that his people love. But fire will come down from heaven and destroy the whole army. ¹⁰Then 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

 ¹¹I 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. ¹²I 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. ¹³The 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. ¹⁴Afterwards, death and its kingdom were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵Anyone whose name wasn't written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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