Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.
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7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,
Cross References
Isaiah 61:6But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.
Luke 14:15And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.
Romans 12:1For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
1 Peter 2:5You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:6And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 5:10And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:2-11
The Binding of Satan. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 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. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat… Read the whole commentary →