1Jeg så nu en engel komme ned fra Himlen. Han havde nøglen til afgrunden i hånden, og han bar på en tung jernlænke.2Han greb fat i dragen, den gamle Slange, som er Djævelen og Satan, lænkede ham og smed ham i afgrunden, hvor han skulle være i 1000 år.3Hullet over afgrunden blev forsvarligt lukket og forseglet, så han ikke mere kunne vildlede nationerne. Når de 1000 år er forbi, skal han efter Guds plan slippes løs for en kort tid.4Derefter så jeg en masse troner, og nogle, der satte sig på tronerne.* De fik magt til at afsige domme. Jeg så også sjælene af alle dem, som var blevet henrettet, fordi de havde været tro over for Jesus og havde holdt fast ved Guds ord. De havde ikke bøjet sig i hyldest til uhyret eller dets statue, og de havde ikke taget imod uhyrets mærke på panden eller hånden. De blev nu levende for at regere sammen med Kristus i 1000 år.5Det er den første genopstandelse. (De andre døde blev ikke levende, før de 1000 år var gået).6Velsignede og hellige er de, der kommer med i den første genopstandelse. Dem har den anden død ingen magt over. De skal være præster for Gud og Kristus, og de skal regere sammen med ham i 1000 år.
Satan løslades efter 1000 år, men besejres
7Når de 1000 år er forbi, skal Satan lukkes ud af sit fængsel,8og han vil tage ud til alle nationer i hele verden, især Gog og Magog, for at overtale dem til at hjælpe ham i den forestående krig. Jeg så ham samle soldater så talrige som havets sand.9Hærene drog frem over jorden og omringede den elskede by, hvor Guds folk havde forskanset sig. Men så kom der ild ned fra Himlen og fortærede dem.10Djævelen, som havde vildledt dem, blev kastet i søen med brændende svovl, hvor uhyret og den falske profet allerede var. Der skal de pines dag og nat i al evighed.
Verdensdommen og den anden død
11Derefter så jeg en stor, hvid trone og Gud selv, der sad på den. Jord og himmel flygtede for ham, men der var ingen steder, de kunne være.12Dernæst så jeg de døde stå foran tronen, både de rige og de fattige. Mange bøger blev åbnet, og en ganske særlig bog blev åbnet. Det var livets bog. De døde blev bedømt efter deres gerninger, i overensstemmelse med, hvad der stod i bøgerne.13Havet gav sine døde tilbage, og døden og dødsriget gav sine døde tilbage. Alle blev bedømt efter deres gerninger.14Døden og dødsriget blev kastet i ildsøen. Det er den anden død—ildsøen.15Alle, der ikke var skrevet op i livets bog, blev kastet i ildsøen.
English Standard Version
The Thousand Years
1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit* and a great chain.2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,3and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.4Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison8and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.9And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven* and consumed them,10and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Judgment Before the Great White Throne
11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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