"You are sealing up a pattern, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. In Eden, the garden of God, you proved to be. Every precious stone was your covering, ruby, topaz and jasper; chrysolite, onyx and jade; sapphire, turquoise and emerald; and of gold was the workmanship of your settings and your sockets in you. In the day of your being created they were made ready. You are the anointed cherub that is covering, and I have set you. On the holy mountain of God you proved to be. In the midst of fiery stones you walked about. You were faultless in you ways from the day of you being created until unrighteousness was found in you."Because of the abundance of your sales goods they filled the midst of you with violence and you began to sin. And I shall put you as profane out of the mountain of God, and I shall destroy you, O cherub that is covering, from the midst of the fiery stones.
"Your heart became haughty because of your beauty. You brought your wisdom to ruin on account of your beaming splendor. Onto the earth I will throw you. Before kings I will set you, for them to look upon you."
Satan would misrepresent god to his creatures (Genesis 3:1-5) and he would try to make god question the motives of his subjects.(Job 1:7-11) Soon god would expel Satan from heaven and Satan would begin residing on the earth.
The War in Heaven
7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;
8And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9And
the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the
Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to
the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
10And
I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and
the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before
our God day and night.
11And
they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
12Therefore
rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and
for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great
wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
The Order of Resurrection
20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. 23But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, 24then comes the end, when He delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 27For HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. But when He says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. 28And when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, that God may be all in all.
The Thousand Years
1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pita and a great chain.
2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
3and
threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he
might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were
ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
4Then
I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to
judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who 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 for a thousand years.
5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed
and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the
second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of
Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
8and
will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is
like the sand of the sea.
9And
they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the
camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heavenb and consumed them,
10and
the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and
sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be
tormented day and night forever and ever.
Judgment Before the Great White Throne
11Then
I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his
presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
12And
I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books
were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life.
And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to
what they had done.
13And
the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the
dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according
to what they had done.
14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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