²³ But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;^(A) then, when he comes,^(B) those who belong to him.^{(C) 24} Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom^(D) to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.^{(E) 25} For he must reign^(F) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.^{(G) 26} The last enemy to be destroyed is death.^(H)

⁴ I saw thrones^(A) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^(B) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^(C) because of their testimony about Jesus^(D) and because of the word of God.^(E) They^[a] had not worshiped the beast^(F) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(G) They came to life and reigned^(H) with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.^{(I) 6} Blessed^(J) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death^(K) has no power over them, but they will be priests^(L) of God and of Christ and will reign with him^(M) for a thousand years.

The Judgment of Satan

⁷ When the thousand years are over,^(N) Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations^(O) in the four corners of the earth^(P)—Gog and Magog^(Q)—and to gather them for battle.^(R) In number they are like the sand on the seashore.^(S)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(B) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(C) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(D) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

¹² Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem^(E) from the hill called the Mount of Olives,^(F) a Sabbath day’s walk^[a] from the city.

⁴ On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,^(A) east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split^(B) in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.

²² I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.^(A) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.^{(B) 23} They will no longer defile^(C) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,^[a](D) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.^(E)

²⁴ “‘My servant David^(F) will be king^(G) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.^(H) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.^{(I) 25} They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.^(J) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,^(K) and David my servant will be their prince forever.^{(L) 26} I will make a covenant of peace^(M) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.^(N) I will establish them and increase their numbers,^(O) and I will put my sanctuary among them^(P) forever.^{(Q) 27} My dwelling place^(R) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.^{(S) 28} Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,^(T) when my sanctuary is among them forever.^(U)’”

¹⁶ In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark^(A) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;^(B) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. ¹⁷ At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne^(C) of the Lord, and all nations^(D) will gather in Jerusalem to honor^(E) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^{(F) 18} In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,^(G) and together^(H) they will come from a northern^(I) land to the land^(J) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

¹⁴ “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise^(A) I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

¹⁷ For this is what the Lord says: ‘David will never fail^(I) to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel,

³ and sang the song of God’s servant^(A) Moses^(B) and of the Lamb:^(C)

¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,^[a](A) coming^(B) with the clouds of heaven.^(C) He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. ¹⁴ He was given authority,^(D) glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him.^(E) His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom^(F) is one that will never be destroyed.^(G)