Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven
with the key to the bottomless pit[a] and a heavy chain in his
hand. 2 He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil,
Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. 3 The
angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and
locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the
thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released
for a little while. 4 Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on
them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls
of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about
Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not
worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on
their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and
they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 This is the first
resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until
the thousand years had ended.)
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Isaiah 9:7 His {Messiah’s} government & its peace will never
end. He will rule with fairness & justice from the throne of his
ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies {the redeemed} will make this
happen!
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Luke 1:32-33 He {Jesus} will be very great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of
his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever; his
Kingdom will never end!”
