The Scriptures 1998

Revelation Of John 20:1-7 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

1. And I saw a messenger coming down from the heaven, having the key to the pit of the deep and a great chain in his hand.

2. And he seized the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

3. and he threw him into the pit of the deep, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should lead the nations no more astray until the thousand years were ended. And after that he has to be released for a little while.

4. And I saw thrones – and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them – and the lives of those who had been beheaded because of the witness they bore to יהושע and because of the Word of Elohim, and who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not receive his mark upon their foreheads or upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years

5. (and the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended) – this is the first resurrection.

6. Blessed and set-apart is the one having part in the first resurrection. The second death possesses no authority over these, but they shall be priests of Elohim and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

7. And when the thousand years have ended, Satan shall be released from his prison,