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De duivel voor duizend jaar geboeid

20 Toen zag ik een engel uit de hemel komen die de sleutel van de onderwereld en een zware ketting in zijn hand hield.

Hij pakte de draak—de oude slang, Satan, de duivel—en boeide hem voor duizend jaar. Daarna gooide hij hem in de onderwereld, sloot die af en verzegelde het slot. Dus kon de oude slang de volken in de komende duizend jaar niet verleiden. Na al die jaren moet hij voor een korte tijd vrijgelaten worden.

Toen zag ik een aantal tronen. Zij die erop zaten mochten rechtspreken. Ik zag ook de zielen van de mensen die onthoofd waren om hun openlijke trouw aan Jezus en aan wat God had gezegd. Zij hadden het beest en zijn standbeeld niet aanbeden en dus ook het teken op hun voorhoofd of hand niet gekregen. Zij werden weer levend en heersten samen met Christus, duizend jaar lang. Dit is de eerste opstanding. De rest van de doden werd pas weer levend na die duizend jaar. Gelukkig zijn zij die aan deze eerste opstanding deel hebben, zij zijn als heiligen voor God afgezonderd. De tweede dood zal hun niets kunnen doen. Zij zullen priesters van God en Christus worden en al die duizend jaar samen met Christus regeren.

Als die duizend jaar voorbij zijn, zal Satan uit zijn gevangenis worden losgelaten. Hij zal erop uitgaan om de volken van de vier windstreken, Gog en Magog, te misleiden en aan te zetten tot de oorlog, een menigte zo talrijk als het zand van de zee. Zij rukten van alle kanten op en belegerden het kamp van de gelovigen, de stad die God liefheeft. Maar er kwam vuur uit de hemel dat hen verteerde. 10 En de duivel die hen heeft misleid, werd in het brandende zwavelmeer gegooid, waarin ook het beest en de valse profeet waren gegooid. Daar zullen zij dag en nacht gepijnigd worden, voor altijd en eeuwig.

11 Ik zag een grote witte troon en Hem die erop zat. De aarde en de hemel vluchtten voor Hem weg en verdwenen voorgoed. 12 Ik zag de doden, groot en klein, voor de troon staan. Er werden boeken opengedaan, ook het levensboek. En de doden werden op grond van hun daden geoordeeld, zoals het in de boeken geschreven stond. 13 De doden kwamen overal vandaan, uit de zee, het graf en het dodenrijk, en zij werden allemaal geoordeeld naar wat zij hadden gedaan. 14 Het graf en het dodenrijk werden in de poel van vuur gegooid. Dat is de tweede dood. 15 Als iemands naam niet in het levensboek stond, werd hij in de poel van vuur gegooid.

The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(D) and bound him for a thousand years.(E) He threw him into the Abyss,(F) and locked and sealed(G) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(H) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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

The Judgment of Satan

When the thousand years are over,(V) Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations(W) in the four corners of the earth(X)—Gog and Magog(Y)—and to gather them for battle.(Z) In number they are like the sand on the seashore.(AA) They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded(AB) the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.(AC) But fire came down from heaven(AD) and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them,(AE) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,(AF) where the beast(AG) and the false prophet(AH) had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.(AI)

The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(AJ) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(AK) and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(AL) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(AM) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(AN) The dead were judged(AO) according to what they had done(AP) as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(AQ) gave up the dead(AR) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(AS) 14 Then death(AT) and Hades(AU) were thrown into the lake of fire.(AV) The lake of fire is the second death.(AW) 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life(AX) was thrown into the lake of fire.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:4 Or God; I also saw those who

20 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.