The Ancient of Days Reigns

⁹ “As I looked,

²¹ As I looked, this horn ^(A)made war with the saints and prevailed over them, ²² until the ^(B)Ancient of Days came, and ^(C)judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when ^(D)the saints possessed the kingdom.

^22 (A)For the Father judges no one, but ^(B)has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all may honor the Son, just as they ^(C)honor the Father. ^(D)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

²⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world,^{[a] (A)}when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me ^(B)will also sit on twelve thrones, ^(C)judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

² Or do you not know that ^(A)the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^(A)the altar ^(B)the souls of those who had been slain ^(C)for the word of God and for ^(D)the witness they had borne. ¹⁰ They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^(E)holy and true, ^(F)how long ^(G)before you will judge and ^(H)avenge our blood on ^(I)those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ Then they were each given ^(J)a white robe and ^(K)told to rest a little longer, ^(L)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers^{[a] (M)}should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

⁷ And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. ⁸ And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders ^(A)fell down before the Lamb, ^(B)each holding a harp, and ^(C)golden bowls full of incense, ^(D)which are the prayers of the saints. ⁹ And they sang ^(E)a new song, saying,

⁴ Then I saw ^(A)thrones, and ^(B)seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw ^(C)the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those ^(D)who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. ^(E)They came to life and ^(F)reigned with Christ for 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. ^6 (G)Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such ^(H)the second death has no power, but they will be ^(I)priests of God and of Christ, and they ^(J)will reign with him for a thousand years.

²⁰ But in fact ^(A)Christ has been raised from the dead, ^(B)the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For as ^(C)by a man came death, ^(D)by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(E)as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then ^(F)at his coming ^(G)those who belong to Christ.