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The Millennial Reign

And then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom judgment [that is, the authority to act as judges] was given. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had refused to worship the beast or his image, and had not accepted his mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.(A) The rest of the dead [the non-believers] did not come to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. [a]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) and holy is the person who takes part in the first resurrection; over these the second death [which is eternal separation from God, the lake of fire] has no power or authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and they will reign with Him a thousand years.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:6 This is the fifth of the seven promised blessings. See note 1:3.

And kai I saw thrones thronos, and kai seated kathizō on epi them autos · kai were those autos who had been given the authority didōmi to judge krima. I also kai saw the ho souls psychē of those ho who had been beheaded pelekizō for dia the ho testimony martyria of Jesus Iēsous and kai for dia the ho word logos of ho God theos. · kai These hostis had not ou worshiped proskyneō the ho beast thērion or oude · ho its autos image eikōn and kai had not ou received lambanō its ho mark charagma on epi · ho their foreheads metōpon or kai · ho their autos hands cheir. · kai They came to life zaō and kai reigned basileuō with meta · ho Christ Christos for a thousand chilioi years etos. ( The ho rest loipos of the ho dead nekros did not ou come to life zaō until achri the ho thousand chilioi years etos were finished teleō). This houtos is the ho first prōtos resurrection anastasis. · ho Blessed makarios and kai holy hagios is the ho one who has echō a part meros in en the ho first prōtos resurrection anastasis! · ho Over epi such houtos the ho second deuteros death thanatos has echō no ou power exousia, but alla they will be eimi priests hiereus of ho God theos and kai of ho Christ Christos, and kai they will reign basileuō with meta him autos for ho a thousand chilioi years etos.

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