Revelation (RSV)
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Chapter 19

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Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, "Come, gather for the great supper of God,

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to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great."

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And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army.

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And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.

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And the rest were slain by the sword of him who sits upon the horse, the sword that issues from his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

Chapter 20

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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain.

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And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

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and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.

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Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

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Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.

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And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison

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and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

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And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,

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and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.

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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, by what they had done.

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And the sea gave up the dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by what they had done.

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

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and if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Chapter 21

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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;

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and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them;

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he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."

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And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."

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And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment.

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He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son.

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But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."

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Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."

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And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

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And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

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And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it,

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and its gates shall never be shut by day--and there shall be no night there;

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they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

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But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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