Revelation 20-21

English Standard Version

The Thousand Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ^(A)holding in his hand the key to ^(B)the bottomless pit^[a] and a great chain. ² And he seized ^(C)the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(D)bound him for a thousand years, ³ and threw him into ^(E)the pit, and shut it and ^(F)sealed it over him, so that ^(G)he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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

The Defeat of Satan

⁷ And when the thousand years are ended, ^(R)Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will come out ^(S)to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, ^(T)Gog and Magog, ^(U)to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. ⁹ And ^(V)they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded ^(W)the camp of the saints and ^(X)the beloved city, but ^(Y)fire came down from heaven^[b] and consumed them, ¹⁰ and the devil ^(Z)who had deceived them was ^(AA)thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where ^(AB)the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence ^(AC)earth and sky fled away, and ^(AD)no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and ^(AE)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is ^(AF)the book of life. And ^(AG)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, ^(AH)according to what they had done. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^(AI)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, ^(AJ)according to what they had done. ¹⁴ Then ^(AK)Death and Hades ^(AL)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is ^(AM)the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, ^(AN)he was thrown into the lake of fire.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw ^(AO)a new heaven and a new earth, for ^(AP)the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ² And I saw ^(AQ)the holy city, ^(AR)new Jerusalem, ^(AS)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(AT)prepared ^(AU)as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, ^(AV)the dwelling place^[c] of God is with man. He will ^(AW)dwell with them, and they will be his people,^[d] and God himself will be with them as their God.^{[e] 4 (AX)}He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^(AY)death shall be no more, ^(AZ)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

⁵ And ^(BA)he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^(BB)am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^(BC)these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ And he said to me, ^(BD)“It is done! ^(BE)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(BF)To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. ^7 (BG)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^(BH)I will be his God and ^(BI)he will be my son. ^8 (BJ)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ^(BK)their portion will be in ^(BL)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^(BM)the second death.”

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came ^(BN)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^(BO)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^(BP)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And ^(BQ)he carried me away in the Spirit to ^(BR)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ^11 (BS)having the glory of God, ^(BT)its radiance ^(BU)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall, ^(BV)with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— ¹³ on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve ^(BW)foundations, and ^(BX)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me ^(BY)had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. ¹⁶ The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.^[f] Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ He also measured its wall, 144 cubits^[g] by ^(BZ)human measurement, which is also ^(CA)an angel's measurement. ¹⁸ The wall was built of ^(CB)jasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^(CC)clear glass. ^19 (CD)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and ^(CE)the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²² And ^(CF)I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the city ^(CG)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^(CH)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ By its light ^(CI)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^(CJ)will bring their glory into it, ²⁵ and ^(CK)its gates will never be shut by day—and ^(CL)there will be no night there. ²⁶ They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷ But ^(CM)nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's ^(CN)book of life.