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Hallelujah!

19 After these things I heard something like a ^(A)loud voice of a great crowd in heaven, saying,

“^(B)Hallelujah! ^(C)Salvation and ^(D)glory and power belong to our God; ^2 (E)because His ^(F)judgments are ^(G)true and righteous; for He has judged the ^(H)great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has ^(I)avenged the blood of His slaves shed by her hand.” ³ And a second time they said, “^(J)Hallelujah! ^(K)Her smoke rises up forever and ever.” ⁴ And the ^(L)twenty-four elders and the ^(M)four living creatures ^(N)fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^(O)Amen. ^(P)Hallelujah!” ⁵ And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“^(Q)Give praise to our God, all you His slaves, ^(R)you who fear Him, the small and the great.” ⁶ Then I heard something like ^(S)the voice of a great crowd and like ^(T)the sound of many waters and like the ^(U)sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“^(V)Hallelujah! For the ^(W)Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad and ^(X)give the glory to Him, for ^(Y)the marriage of the Lamb has come and His ^[a](Z)bride has made herself ready.” ⁸ And it was given to her to clothe herself in ^(AA)fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^(AB)righteous acts of the saints.

⁹ Then ^(AC)he *said to me, “^(AD)Write, ‘^(AE)Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “^(AF)These are true words of God.” ¹⁰ Then ^(AG)I fell at his feet to worship him. ^(AH)But he *said to me, “^[b]Do not do that! I am a ^(AI)fellow slave with you and your brothers who ^(AJ)have the witness of Jesus. Worship God! For the witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Rider on a White Horse

¹¹ Then I saw ^(AK)heaven opened, and behold, a ^(AL)white horse, and He who sits on it is called ^(AM)Faithful and True, and in ^(AN)righteousness He judges and wages war. ¹² His ^(AO)eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^(AP)diadems; having a ^(AQ)name written on Him which no one knows except Himself, ¹³ and being clothed with a ^(AR)garment dipped in blood, His name is also called ^(AS)The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^(AT)fine linen, ^(AU)white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ^15 (AV)And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may ^(AW)strike down the nations, and He will ^[c](AX)rule them with a rod of iron; and ^(AY)He treads the wine press of the wrath of the rage of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And He has on His garment and on His thigh ^(AZ)a name written, “^(BA)KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷ Then I saw ^[d]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^(BB)all the birds which fly in ^(BC)midheaven, “^(BD)Come, assemble for the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may ^(BE)eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ^[e]commanders and the flesh of strong men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^(BF)both free men and slaves, and ^(BG)small and great.”

¹⁹ Then I saw ^(BH)the beast and ^(BI)the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war with Him who ^(BJ)sits on the horse and with His army.

The Beast and False Prophet Are Seized

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the ^(BK)false prophet who ^(BL)did the signs ^[f](BM)in his presence, by which he ^(BN)deceived those who had received the ^(BO)mark of the beast and those who ^(BP)worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the ^(BQ)lake of ^(BR)fire which burns with ^[g]brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword which ^(BS)came from the mouth of Him who ^(BT)sits on the horse, and ^(BU)all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Christ’s Thousand Year Reign

20 Then I saw ^(BV)an angel coming down from heaven, having the ^(BW)key of the abyss and a great chain ^[h]in his hand. ² And he laid hold of the ^(BX)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(BY)bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he threw him into the ^(BZ)abyss, and shut it and ^(CA)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(CB)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw ^(CC)thrones, and ^(CD)they sat on them, and ^(CE)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(CF)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[i]their ^(CG)witness of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who also had not ^(CH)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(CI)mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they ^(CJ)came to life and ^(CK)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished. ^(CL)This is the first resurrection. ^6 (CM)Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over these the ^(CN)second death has no authority, but they will be ^(CO)priests of God and of Christ and will ^(CP)reign with Him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

⁷ And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be ^(CQ)released from his prison, ⁸ and will come out to ^(CR)deceive the nations which are in the ^(CS)four corners of the earth, ^(CT)Gog and Magog, to ^(CU)gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^(CV)sand of the ^[j]seashore. ⁹ And they ^(CW)came up on the ^[k]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^(CX)camp of the saints and the ^(CY)beloved city, and ^(CZ)fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ And ^(DA)the devil who ^(DB)deceived them was thrown into the ^(DC)lake of fire and ^[l]brimstone, where the ^(DD)beast and the ^(DE)false prophet are also, and they will be ^(DF)tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹ Then I saw a great white ^(DG)throne and Him who sits upon it, from whose ^[m]presence ^(DH)earth and heaven fled away, and ^(DI)no place was found for them. ¹² Then I saw the dead, the ^(DJ)great and the small, standing before the throne, and ^[n](DK)books were opened; and another ^[o]book was opened, which is ^(DL)the book of life. And the dead ^(DM)were judged from the things which were written in the ^[p]books, ^(DN)according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and ^(DO)death and Hades ^(DP)gave up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every one of them ^(DQ)according to their deeds. ¹⁴ Then ^(DR)death and Hades were thrown into ^(DS)the lake of fire. This is the ^(DT)second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if ^[q]anyone’s name was not found written in ^(DU)the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.