Revelation (Douay: Apocalypse) 20

¹ I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

² He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, Fathers

³ and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

⁴ I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

⁵ The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years. Fathers

⁷ And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison CCC

⁸ and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea. CCC

⁹ They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them. CCC

¹⁰ The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever. CCC

¹¹ I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away. There was found no place for them. Fathers

¹² I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. Fathers

¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Fathers

¹⁴ Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. Fathers

¹⁵ If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. Fathers

¹ AAnd I saw an angel coming 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, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Fathers

³ And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations till the thousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little time.

⁴ And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁵ The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years. Fathers

⁷ And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. CCC

⁸ And they came upon the breadth of the earth and encompassed the camp of the saints and the beloved city. CCC

⁹ And there came down fire from God out of heaven and devoured them: and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast CCC

¹⁰ And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. CCC

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them. Fathers

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Fathers

¹³ And the sea gave up the dead that were in it: and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them. And they were judged, every one according to their works. Fathers

¹⁴ And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death. Fathers

¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the pool of fire. Fathers