Thousand Years

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

Happy and holy <FI>is<Fi> he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

For a thousand years in Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this <FI>is<Fi> the first rising again.

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou--Thou hast been, To us--in generation and generation, — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

`And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He <FI>is<Fi> God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations,

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

He <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah our God, In all the earth <FI>are<Fi> His judgments. — read the full passage →

And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth--to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth <FI>are<Fi> of old, From the days of antiquity.

For good <FI>is<Fi> a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

And Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them--thou dost utterly devote them--thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught, — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations, — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

and I, John, saw the holy city--new Jerusalem--coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison, — read the full passage →

and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

and the first did go away, and did pour out his vial upon the land, and there came a sore--bad and grievous--to men, those having the mark of the beast, and those bowing to his image.

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments? — read the full passage →

They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the least of all the peoples, — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.

and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to gather them together to war, of whom the number <FI>is<Fi> as the sand of the sea;

and the rest were killed with the sword of him who is sitting on the horse, which <FI>sword<Fi> is proceeding out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled out of their flesh.

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God; — read the full passage →

and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake--so great!

and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island--out of their places they were moved; — read the full passage →

and I saw, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a bow, and there was given to him a crown, and he went forth overcoming, and that he may overcome.

waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny <FI>him<Fi> , he also shall deny us;

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

and to you who are troubled--rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power, — read the full passage →

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.

`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,

and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-<FI> gate<Fi> a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father--he did declare.

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit--ye also--upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

And the pierced of Jehovah have been in that day, From the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth, They are not lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are.

I looked <FI>to<Fi> the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. — read the full passage →

For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.

Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned <FI>it on<Fi> its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

For Mine <FI>is<Fi> every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.