The thousand years
1And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient snake, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They20:4 Or God; I also saw those who had not worshipped 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. 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
The judgment of Satan
7When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth – Gog and Magog – and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The judgment of the dead
11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Konec původce zla
1Z nebe sestoupil anděl s klíčem od propasti a se silným řetězem. 2Popadl draka, toho starého hada, toho ďábla a satana a spoutal ho na tisíc let. 3Hodil ho do propasti, přikryl ji a zapečetil, aby nemohl svádět národy, dokud se nedovrší těch tisíc let. Pak musí být ještě na krátký čas propuštěn.
4-5Na soudní stolici potom usedli soudci, lidé popravení pro věrnost Ježíšovi a Božímu slovu, kteří se neklaněli šelmě ani její soše a nepřijali znak šelmy na čelo ani na ruku. Ti nyní ožili a vládli s Kristem tisíc let. To je první vzkříšení. Ostatní mrtví musejí počkat, dokud se nedovrší tisíciletí.
6Šťastni jsou ti věrní, kteří mají účast na prvním vzkříšení. Na ty už druhá smrt nemá nárok, jsou to Boží kněží a Kristovi spoluvládci v tisíciletém království.
Zničení satana
7Až skončí těch tisíc let, bude satan ještě nakrátko propuštěn. 8Vyjde z propasti a zmobilizuje všechen svůj lid, početný jako mořský písek. 9Viděl jsem, že se dali na pochod a obklíčili ležení věřících i město, které Bůh miluje. Tu však s nebe spadl oheň a sežehl je. 10Jejich vojevůdce satan byl vhozen do ohnivého moře, kam již padla dravá šelma a její lžiprorok. Tam budou trýzněni ohněm dnem i nocí na věky věků.
Konečný soud
11Spatřil jsem bílý trůn a na něm Panovníka. Před jeho pohledem se rozplynulo nebe i země a nezůstalo po nich ani památky. 12-13A viděl jsem vzkříšené mrtvé, malé i velké, stát před tím trůnem. Moře, smrt i její říše vydaly své mrtvé. Byly otevřeny Knihy skutků a Kniha života a byli souzeni podle svých činů. 14Smrt a její pomocníci skončili v moři plamenů. Toto ohnivé moře je druhá, věčná smrt. 15Tam skončí každý, jehož jméno není zapsáno v Knize života.
