Revelation 20:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Matthew 19:28

Luke 22:30

1 Corinthians 6:2

The souls

Luke 9:7

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

Bible References

Thrones

"I tell you," answered Jesus, "that at the New Creation, 'when the Son of Man takes his seat on his throne of glory,' you who followed me shall be seated upon twelve thrones, as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.

So that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and be seated upon twelve thrones as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Do not you know that Christ's People will try the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try the most trivial cases?

The souls

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God's Message and for the testimony which they had borne.

"How is it," his disciples asked, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

"How is it," they asked Jesus, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

He shall go before him in the spirit and with the power of Elijah, 'to reconcile fathers to their children' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

Prince Herod heard of all that was happening, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John must be risen from the dead.

Beheaded

And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

But when Herod heard of him, he said--"The man whom I beheaded--John--he must be risen!"

But Herod himself said: "John I beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things?" And he endeavored to see him.

The witness

I, John, who am your Brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the Message of God and the testimony to Jesus.

Then I will give permission to my Two Witnesses, and for those twelve hundred and sixty days they will continue teaching, clothed in sackcloth.'

Their victory was due to the Blood of the Lamb, and to the Message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.

And which

It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its very eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

The smoke from their torture rises for ever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night-- those who worship the Beast and its image, and all who are branded with its name.'

Then I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire; and, standing by this sea of glass, holding the harps of God, I saw those who had come victorious out of the conflict with the Beast and its image and the number that formed its name.

The Beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit, and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed--those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world--when they see that the Beast was, but is not, and yet will come.'

And they

And they are singing a new song--'Thou art worthy to take the book and break its seals, for thou wast sacrificed, and with thy blood thou didst buy for God men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

After three days and a half 'the life-giving breath of God entered these men, and they stood up upon their feet,' and a great terror took possession of those who were watching them.

And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, since we share Christ's sufferings in order that we may also share his Glory.

For, if their being cast aside has meant the reconciliation of the world, what will their reception mean, but Life from the dead?

If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.