Revelation 20:1–6 — The thousand years

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Rev 20:1–6

20:1 The thousand years

20 Then I saw a messenger coming down from heaven holding the key to the pit as well as a heavy chain 2 and he seized the dinosaur, that ancient snake,[ref] who is the devil and Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. 3 The messenger threw him into the pit and shut it and sealed it over him so that he wouldn’t deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, it will be necessary for him to be released for a short time.

4 I saw thrones with people sitting on them and they were given the responsibility of judging both the souls of the ones who’d been beheaded for believing Yeshua’s (Jesus’; Grk. Yesus’) and God’s message, and those who didn’t worship the animal or his image and didn’t receive the mark on their hand or forehead. And they lived and reigned with the messiah for a thousand years.[ref] 5 The rest of the dead didn’t come back to life until the thousand years were up. That’s the first resurrection. 6 Those who have a part in that first resurrection will be blessed and (considered?) holy. The second death has no power over them—they’ll be priests of God and of the messiah and they’ll reign with him for a thousand years.

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20 And I _saw a_messenger coming _down out _of the heaven, holding the key of _the abyss, and a_chain great in the hand of _him.

2 And he _apprehended the dragon, the serpent the ancient, who is the_false _accuser and the Satan/(Sāţān), and he _bound him for_a_thousand years,

3 and he _throw him into the abyss, and shut and sealed it over him, in _order _that not he _may _deceive anymore the nations, until may _be _finished the thousand years, after these things, it _is _fitting him to _be _released a_little time.

4 And I _saw thrones, and they _sat _down on them, and judgement was _given to _them, and the souls of _the ones having _been _beheaded because _of the testimony of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), and because _of the message of_ the _god, and whoever neither prostrated before _the wild _animal, nor the image of _him, and not took the mark on their forehead, and on the hand of _them, and they _lived and reigned with the for_a_Thousand chosen _one /messiah years.

5 The rest of _the dead not lived, until may _be _finished the thousand years.
This is the resurrection the first.

6 Blessed and holy is the one having a_part in the resurrection the first.
Over these the second death not is _having authority, but they _will _be priests of_ the _god and of _the chosen _one /messiah, and they _will _be _reigning with him for _the thousand years.

20:2: Gen 3:1.

20:4: Dan 7:9 ,22.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section REV 20:1

The thousand years

Rev 20:1–6

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