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Revelation 20:1–15

The Great White Throne

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The Great White Throne

Revelation 20:1–15

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This song belongs to the Revelation collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book
Revelation
Collection
Revelation
Musical styles
Metal
[Refrain] The books are opened. The dead, small and great, stand. What was hidden gives account before the great white throne. [Verse 1] An angel descends with key and chain, binds the dragon for a thousand years, shuts and seals the bottomless pit. Thrones receive the faithful witnesses; they live and reign with Christ. Blessed and holy in the first resurrection, the second death has no power over them. [Interlude] [Verse 2] When the thousand years are finished, Satan is loosed to deceive the nations. Gog and Magog encircle the beloved city; fire from God descends and devours them. The devil is cast into the lake of fire, where beast and false prophet remain. [Verse 3] Then the throne appears, great and white. Earth and heaven flee from his face. The sea gives up its dead; Death and Hell deliver theirs. Each is judged from the written works, and another book,the book of life. [Breakdown] Death and Hell enter the lake of fire. This is the second death. Whoever is not found written in the book of life is cast into that lake. [Outro] No hiding place remains. The books are opened.

Named in this songBook of life

About the passage

Revelation 20: The deceiver is restrained, released, and finally judged

Revelation 20 keeps turning apparent finalities over. The dragon who had deceived nations is first handled like a prisoner whose limits are set by another authority. People killed for refusing the beast are then seen not as defeated remnants but as participants in Christ's reign, with the "second death" unable to claim them. Even Satan's last release does not restore the old balance. His gathering fills the breadth of the earth, yet its defeat requires no drawn-out contest. The chapter's sharpest reversal comes at the great white throne, where every place that held the dead must give them up. Books are opened, judgment is rendered, and death itself is cast into the lake of fire. By the end, the power that seemed to finish human lives has become something judged and removed.

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