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Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is anyone who takes part in the first resurrection! Over these the second death has no power. They will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

7When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be released from his prison.

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:6You will be called the priests of Yahweh; they will call you servants of our God. 1 You will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches. 1

Luke 14:15When one of them who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service.

1 Peter 2:5You also are like living stones that are being built up to be a spiritual house, in order to be a holy priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:6he has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father—to him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. 1

Revelation 5:10You made them a kingdom and priests to serve our God, 2 and they will reign 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 →

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