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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.
Core Revelation 20 passage
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.
First resurrection text
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Direct Bible passage for a thousand years being like a day before God.
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But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Reigning on the earth fits the millennial kingdom reading
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
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Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
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To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
passage for Satan’s release after the thousand years.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
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And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
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But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
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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.
passage for the binding of Satan during the thousand years.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
passage for Satan being bound for a thousand years.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
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And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
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And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
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