新約聖經 和合本
啟示錄 第廿章
1我又看見一位天使從天降下,手裡拿著無底坑的鑰匙和一條大鍊子。
2他捉住那龍,就是古蛇,又叫魔鬼,也叫撒但,把他捆綁一千年,
3扔在無底坑裡,將無底坑關閉,用印封上,使他不得再迷惑列國。等到那一千年完了,以後必須暫時釋放他。
4我又看見幾個寶座,也有坐在上面的,並有審判的權柄賜給他們。我又看見那些因為給耶穌作見證,並為神之道被斬者的靈魂,和那沒有拜過獸與獸像,也沒有在額上和手上受過他印記之人的靈魂,他們都復活了,與基督一同作王一千年。
5這是頭一次的復活。其餘的死人還沒有復活,直等那一千年完了。
6在頭一次復活有分的有福了,聖潔了!第二次的死在他們身上沒有權柄。他們必作神和基督的祭司,並要與基督一同作王一千年。
7那一千年完了,撒但必從監牢裡被釋放,
8出來要迷惑地上四方(原文是角)的列國,就是歌革和瑪各,叫他們聚集爭戰。他們的人數多如海沙。
9他們上來遍滿了全地,圍住聖徒的營與蒙愛的城,就有火從天降下,燒滅了他們。
10那迷惑他們的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖裡,就是獸和假先知所在的地方。他們必晝夜受痛苦,直到永永遠遠。
11我又看見一個白色的大寶座與坐在上面的;從他面前天地都逃避,再無可見之處了。
12我又看見死了的人,無論大小,都站在寶座前。案卷展開了,並且另有一卷展開,就是生命冊。死了的人都憑著這些案卷所記載的,照他們所行的受審判。
13於是海交出其中的死人;死亡和陰間也交出其中的死人;他們都照各人所行的受審判。
14死亡和陰間也被扔在火湖裡;這火湖就是第二次的死。
15若有人名字沒記在生命冊上,他就被扔在火湖裡。
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a heavy chain.
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent--that is, the Devil, or Satan-- and chained him up for a thousand years.
The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little while.
Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given the power to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been executed because they had proclaimed the truth that Jesus revealed and the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image, nor had they received the mark of the beast on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and ruled as kings with Christ for a thousand years.
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over.) This is the first raising of the dead.
Happy and greatly blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead. The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years.
After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his prison,
and he will go out to deceive the nations scattered over the whole world, that is, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them all together for battle, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore.
They spread out over the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people and the city that he loves. But fire came down from heaven and destroy them.
Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more.
And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done.
Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the second death.)
Whoever did not have his name written in the book of the living was thrown into the lake of fire.
King James Version
20:1 | And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. | |
20:2 | And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, | |
20:3 | And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. | |
20:4 | And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. | |
20:5 | But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. | |
20:6 | Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. | |
20:7 | And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, | |
20:8 | And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. | |
20:9 | And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. | |
20:10 | And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. | |
20:11 | And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. | |
20:12 | And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. | |
20:13 | And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. | |
20:14 | And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. | |
20:15 | And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. |
V4 - Can you live for 1 thousand years ? This is misleading to confuse readers. Sealing the Mark on our forehead is like resurrection or first death. Then when you die, you have second death, but the Spirit inside will be free. Souls are spoken here. They refer to Spirit inside us. Christianity teaches about souls ?
V15 - Try to understand this verse carefully. This is before creation of earth. Another meaning is we all are to be saved. Whether you are good, bad or evil, you are to be salvaged.
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Edited on 11th June 2008