Rev 20 | ESV | STEP | Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven , holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain .

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ^aholding in his hand the key to ^bthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Greek the abyss; also verse 3} and a great chain. 2 And he seized ^dthe dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and ^ebound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into ^fthe pit, and shut it and ^gsealed it over him, so that ^hhe might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

4 Then I saw ⁱthrones, and ^jseated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw ^kthe souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those ^lwho had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. ^mThey came to life and ⁿreigned 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. 6 ^oBlessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such ^pthe second death has no power, but they will be ^qpriests of God and of Christ, and they ^rwill reign with him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

7 And when the thousand years are ended, ^sSatan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out ^tto deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, ^uGog and Magog, ^vto gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And ^wthey marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded ^xthe camp of the saints and ^ythe beloved city, but ^zfire came down from heaven ^{▼▼Some manuscripts from God, out of heaven, or out of heaven from God} and consumed them, 10 and the devil ^abwho had deceived them was ^acthrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where ^adthe beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence ^aeearth and sky fled away, and ^afno place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and ^agbooks were opened. Then another book was opened, which is ^ahthe book of life. And ^aithe dead were judged by what was written in the books, ^ajaccording to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^akDeath and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, ^alaccording to what they had done. 14 Then ^amDeath and Hades ^anwere thrown into the lake of fire. This is ^aothe second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, ^aphe was thrown into the lake of fire.