2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
13 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 they had done.
Sermon Notes
14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Outline:
• Fear the A_________, Not the A__________ (vv.1-6)
• Fear the A_______, Not the A_______ (vv.7-10)
• Fear the A______________, Not the A_________ (vv.11-15)
1 : 1 起初, 神創造天地。
1 : 2 地是空虛混沌,深淵上面一片黑暗; 神的靈 運行在水面上。
1 : 3 神說:「要有光」,就有了光。
1 : 4 神看光是好的,於是 神就把光和暗分開。
1 : 5 神稱光為「晝」,稱暗為「夜」。有晚上,有早晨,這是第一日。
1 : 6 神說:「眾水之間要有穹蒼,把水和水分開。」
1 : 7 神就造了穹蒼,把穹蒼以下的水和穹蒼以上的水分開。事就這樣成了。
1 : 8 神稱穹蒼為「天」。有晚上,有早晨,這是第二日。
1 : 9 神說:「天下面的水要聚集在一處,使乾地露出來。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 10 神稱乾地為「地」,稱聚集在一起的水為「海」。 神看為好的。
1 : 11 神說:「地要長出植物,就是含種子的五穀菜蔬,和會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,在地上各從其類。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 12 於是地長出了植物:含種子的五穀菜蔬,各從其類;會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 13 有晚上,有早晨,這是第三日。
1 : 14 神說:「天上要有光體來分晝夜,讓它們作記號,定季節、日子、年份,
1 : 15 它們要在天空發光,照在地上。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 16 於是 神造了兩個大光體,大的管晝,小的管夜,又造了星辰。
1 : 17 神把這些光體擺列在天空,照在地上,
1 : 18 管理晝夜,分別光暗。 神看為好的。
1 : 19 有晚上,有早晨,這是第四日。
1 : 20 神說:「水要滋生眾多有生命之物;要有鳥飛在地面以上,天空之中。」
1 : 21 神就創造了大魚和在水裏滋生的各樣活動的生物,各從其類,以及各樣有翅膀的鳥,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 22 神就賜福給這一切,說:「要繁殖增多,充滿在海的水裏;飛鳥也要在地上增多。」
1 : 23 有晚上,有早晨,這是第五日。
1 : 24 神說:「地要生出有生命之物,各從其類,就是牲畜、爬行動物、地上的走獸,各從其類。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 25 於是 神造了地上的走獸,各從其類;牲畜,各從其類;和地上一切的爬行動物,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 26 神說:「我們要照着我們的形像,按着我們的樣式造人,使他們管理海裏的魚、天空的鳥、地上的牲畜和全地,以及地上爬的一切爬行動物。」
1 : 27 神就照着他的形像創造人,照着 神的形像創造他們;他創造了他們,有男有女。
1 : 28 神賜福給他們, 神對他們說:「要生養眾多,遍滿這地,治理它;要管理海裏的魚、天空的鳥和地上各樣活動的生物。」
1 : 29 神說:「看哪,我把全地一切含種子的五穀菜蔬和一切會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,都賜給你們;這些都可作食物。
1 : 30 至於地上一切的走獸、天空一切的飛鳥,並一切在地上爬行的,有生命的動物,我把綠色植物賜給牠們作食物。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 31 神看一切所造的,看哪,都非常好。有晚上,有早晨,這是第六日。