Revelation 20:4

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Revelation 20:4

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Summary

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.

Thrones

The souls

Beheaded

Matthew 24:10

Mark 6:16

Luke 9:9

The witness

Revelation 1:9

Revelation 11:3

Revelation 12:11

And which

And they

2 Timothy 2:12

General references

Deuteronomy 4:4

Daniel 12:12

Bible References

Thrones

I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

The souls

And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

Beheaded

And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

The witness

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

And which

And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.

And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.

The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.

And they

And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.

And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.

But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?

If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

General references

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.