Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy, is he that hath part in the first resurrection: upon these, the second death, hath no authority; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him for the thousand years.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7And, as soon as the thousand years, shall be ended, the Accuser shall be loosed out of his prison,
Cross References
Isaiah 61:6But, ye, the priests of Yahweh, shall be called, The attendants of our God, shall ye be named,—The riches of the nations, shall ye eat, And in their glory, shall ye boast yourselves.
Luke 14:15And one of those reclining together, hearing these things, said unto him—Happy, whoever shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!
Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living, holy sacrifice, unto God acceptable,—your rational divine service;
1 Peter 2:5Yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well-pleasing unto God through Jesus Christ;
Revelation 1:6and he hath made us [to be] a kingdom—priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen.
Revelation 5:10And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests,—and they 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 →