Seizing the Dragon 

     John saw an angel, "having the key to the Abyss and holding a great chain. He seized the dragon, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years." 

     John also saw, "those who had been given authority to judge. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them."

     "When the (millennium) is over, Satan will be released and will go out to deceive the nations - to gather them for battle. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves."

     "But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." 

The dead are judged 

     Then John saw, "a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence... And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books."

     "The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire ... the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." 

Revelation chapter 20

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