Satan is bound for a thousand years, and those who were faithful reign with Christ. After that he is released for a final rebellion and then defeated. John sees the dead judged from the books before a great white throne.
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven , having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand .
2 And he laid hold on the dragon , that old serpent , which is the Devil , and Satan , and bound him a thousand years ,
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 .
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 .
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished . This is the first resurrection .
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 .
7 And when the thousand years are expired , Satan shall be loosed out of his prison ,
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire . This is the second death .
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire .