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The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years.

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his place of confinement,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:6 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.(A) Blessed(B) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death(C) has no power over them, but they will be priests(D) of God and of Christ and will reign with him(E) for a thousand years.

The Judgment of Satan

When the thousand years are over,(F) Satan will be released from his prison

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