1Vi nessa altura descer do céu um anjo com a chave do abismo e uma pesada corrente na mão.2E prendeu o dragão, a velha serpente, o Diabo, Satanás, e amarrou-o durante mil anos.3E lançou-o dentro do abismo, que fechou e selou por fora. De modo que não podia mais enganar as nações antes dos mil anos terem terminado. Depois disso deverá ser solto por um pouco de tempo ainda.4E vi tronos onde estavam sentados os que receberam o direito de julgar. Vi também as almas daqueles que foram degolados por causa do testemunho que deram de Jesus e da palavra de Deus; estes não adoraram o monstro, nem a sua estátua, nem aceitaram a sua marca nas testas ou na mão. Voltaram de novo a viver e, durante aqueles mil anos, partilharam com Cristo da sua própria autoridade e do seu governo.5Esta é a primeira ressurreição. (O restante dos mortos não voltou à vida enquanto os mil anos não acabaram.)6Felizes aqueles que tomam parte na primeira ressurreição, esses são os santos que não terão de recear a segunda morte. Serão sacerdotes de Deus e participarão no governo de Cristo, que durará mil anos.
A condenação de Satanás
7E quando esses mil anos terminarem Satanás será solto da sua prisão.8E irá seduzir todas as nações do mundo, Gogue e Magogue. Ele irá reunir as nações para a batalha; uma multidão incontável, tal como a areia do mar!9E atravessou todo o mundo e cercou os santos de Deus e Jerusalém, a sua tão querida cidade. Mas virá fogo do céu sobre esses exércitos atacantes que os consumirá.10Então o Diabo, que os enganou, será lançado no lago de fogo, ardendo com enxofre, onde já estão o monstro e o falso profeta. E ali serão atormentados dia e noite, por toda a eternidade!
Os mortos são julgados
11E vi um grande trono branco. Nele estava sentado alguém diante do qual a Terra e o céu fugiram, sem deixar vestígios.12Os mortos compareceram todos diante do trono, grandes e pequenos. E abriram-se os livros, incluindo também o livro da vida. Os mortos foram julgados de acordo com as coisas que estavam escritas nesses livros, cada um segundo as suas obras.13Os sepulcros tinham-se aberto. Até o mar devolvera os que nele tinham morrido. Todo o inferno se despovoou. E cada um foi julgado conforme os seus atos.14A própria morte e o inferno foram igualmente lançados no lago de fogo, que é a segunda morte.15Todos aqueles cujos nomes não foram achados no livro da vida foram lançados no lago de fogo.
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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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