Satan Bound

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is [the] devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole world,[fn] and bound him for a thousand years. 3 And he threw him into the Abyss, shut [it], and sealed [it] over him, so that vvv he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. And[fn] after that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

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Then I saw [the] thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded for [their] testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who vvv had not worshiped the beast [or] its image, and vvv had not received [its] mark on [their] foreheads [or] hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for the[fn] thousand years.

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The rest of the dead {did} not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This [is] the first resurrection. 6 Blessed 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.

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