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Revelation 20
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| 20:1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand. |
 (20:1-3) "The dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan"
An angel locks up Satan for 1000 years.
BOM: Mosiah 16:3
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| 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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| 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years
should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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| 20:4
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. |
(20:4-6) "The first resurrection"
Those who don't worship the beast will become priests and reign with Christ for 1000 years. The rest of the dead will
remain dead until the 1000 years is over.
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| 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until
the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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| 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such
the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. |
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| 20:7
And when the thousand
years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, |
 (20:7-8)
When the thousand years are over, God will send Satan to deceive us all.
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| 20:8
And shall go out to
deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog,
and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the
sand of the sea.
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| 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of
the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured
them. |
 (20:9-10)
God will send fire from heaven to devour people. And the devil will be tormented "day and
night for ever and ever."
Does Hell exist?
BOM: 2 Nephi 28:23
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| 20:10
And the devil that
deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever
and ever.
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| 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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| 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according to their
works. |
 (20:12-13)
They were judged every man according to their works."
Is death final?
Is salvation by faith alone?
What must you do to be saved?
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the sea gave up the dead which were in it
(Frederick Leighton, 1892)
BOM: 2 Nephi 9:12, 29:11
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| 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
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| 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the
lake of fire. This is the second
death. |
"Whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Does Hell exist?
BOM: Alma 12:16
 The Damned
(Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502)
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| 20:15
And whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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