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1Then I saw a spirit-messenger coming down from the spirit-world above. In his hand he held the power to open or close the way in or out of the dark and bottomless pit. In his hand he also held a large iron chain.[#20:1 Lit. key]
2The spirit-messenger took hold of the fiery-red sea serpent, that ancient trickster snake who is also called the evil one and Accuser (Satan) . He wrapped the chain around him and bound him for a thousand winters.
3He then threw him into the dark and bottomless pit, closed the way in or out, and sealed it tight. He did this so Accuser (Satan) could no longer blind the nations and lead them down a false path until a thousand winters have passed. But after that he will be released for a short time.
4Then I saw many seats of honor, and sitting on them were those who had been given the right to decide who has done right and who has done wrong. I saw the souls of those who had their heads cut off because they told the truth about Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and stayed true to Creator’s message. I also saw the souls of the ones who had not bowed down to honor the wild beast or its carved image and did not accept its tattoo on their foreheads or hands. All these came to life and ruled with the Chosen One for a thousand winters.
5The rest of those who were dead did not come to life until after the thousand winters were complete. This is the first rising from the dead.
6The ones who participate in this first rising from the dead are blessed and holy in Creator’s sight . The second death has no power over them. They will be holy men and women representing the Great Spirit and his Chosen One. They will rule by his side for a thousand winters.
7After a thousand winters Accuser (Satan) will be released from the dark and bottomless pit.
8He will go out into the four corners of all the land to gather the Gog and Magog nations and trick them into going to war.[#20:8 Gog and Magog are enemy nations of Creator and his people. See Ezekiel 38–39.]
Their number is as great as the number of sands on the seashore.
9They spread out over the whole width of the land. And when they had surrounded the encampment of Creator’s holy people and his much-loved village, fire came down from the spirit-world above and devoured them.
10The evil one who had deceived them was thrown into the fiery lake that blazes with burning rocks—where the wild beast and false prophet were thrown. There they will suffer greatly day and night to the time beyond the end of all days.
11Then I saw a great seat of honor shining bright and clear, and the one seated there. The land and sky fled from his face, and no place was found for them to hide .
12And I saw the dead, both small and great, standing before his seat of honor. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of life. The fate of the dead was decided by what was written down in the books, according to what they had done.
13All the great waters of the sea gave up the dead in them. Death and the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades) gave up the dead that were in them, and their fate was decided by what they had done.
14Then death itself and the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades) were thrown into the fiery lake. The fiery lake is the second death.
15Anyone whose name was not found written down in the book of life was thrown into the fiery lake.