Book of Common Prayer

⁷ When the end of the thousand years comes, Satan will be set free from his prison.

⁸ He will go out to fool the nations all over the world. He will fool Gog and Magog. He will gather them to fight. They are many, as many as the sand on the seashore.

⁹ They marched far over the earth. They went all around the camp of God's people and the city his people loved. Then fire came down from the sky and burned them.

¹⁰ The devil who fooled them was thrown into the big fire which burns with dust that chokes people. The animal, and the prophet who is not true, were already in the fire. They will have a very hard time day and night, for ever and ever.

¹¹ Then I saw a big white throne and the person sitting on it. The earth and sky went away from him. They were not there any more.

¹² I saw the dead people, those who were great and those not great. They were standing in front of God's throne. Some books were opened. And another book was opened which is the book of life. The dead people were judged by the things they had done, which were written in the books.

¹³ The dead people in the sea came out. People came out of death and the world of the dead. One by one, each one was judged by the things he had done.

¹⁴ Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the big fire. This fire is the second death.

¹⁵ Every person whose name was not written in the book of life was thrown into this big fire.

17 Six days after this, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John with him. He led them up a hill by themselves.

² Jesus was changed in front of them. His face was bright like the sun. His clothes were white, like light.

³ Then they saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus.

⁴ Peter said to Jesus, `Lord, this is a good place for us. If you want, we will make three places here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.'

⁵ While he was saying this, a bright cloud came over them. A voice in the cloud said, `This is my dear Son. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him.'

⁶ When the disciples heard it, they bowed their faces to the ground. They were very much afraid.

⁷ But Jesus came and touched them. He said, `Get up. Do not fear.'

⁸ When they looked up, they saw no one but Jesus.

⁹ When they came down the hill, Jesus said to them, `Do not tell anyone what you saw. Do not tell it until after the Son of Man has been raised from death.'

¹⁰ The disciples asked him, `Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'

¹¹ Jesus answered, `Elijah does come. He will get everything ready.

¹² I tell you that Elijah has come already. The people did not know him. And they did to him just what they wanted to do. So also the Son of Man will be troubled by them.'

¹³ Then the disciples knew that he was talking about John the Baptizer.