Revelation 20

Treated in 12 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 3
  • 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 2
  • 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 2
  • 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 2
  • 20:14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. 2
  • 20:15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. 2
  • 20:7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 1
  • 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    [I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites Rev. 20:13

    …open, and the bodies of men arise. The sea also shall give up the dead which are therein (Rev. 20:13), and every one shall rise with “his own body:” his own in substance, although so changed…

  2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites Rev. 20:10

    …" so we see that "destruction" is a portion in the lake of fire. And in the next chapter, Rev. 20:10, we are told that "The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimst…

  3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites Rev. xx. 10

    … shows what perdition or destruction means in the scriptures. Rev. xix. 20, compared with Rev. xx. 10 shows that “the lake of fire” is not a place where those consigned to it cease to exist, …

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Rev 20: 15

    … be the worm. Mark 9: 48; This is the worm of conscience. There will be the lake of fire. Rev 20: 15. Other fire is but painted to this. This house of hell is haunted with devils. Matt 25: 4…

  5. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 2 cites Rev. 20:6

    … they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” [Rev. 20:6] II. 1. our Lord has hitherto been more immediately employed in removing the hindrances o…

  6. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites Rev. xx. 6

    …rsion is styled a resurrection. “Blessed is he that hath part in the first resurrection” (Rev. xx. 6). That is, a rising from sin to grace. A man can no more convert himself than a dead man …

  7. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Devil cites Rev. 20:7

    …an hell. Satan, as we shall see further on, shall be cast into hell later. 2. Turn now to Rev. 20:7, 8: "And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, a…

  8. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is There a Literal Hell? cites Rev. 20:14

    …he Celestial Paradise, all who are still in Hades, shall be "cast into the lake of fire" (Rev. 20:14). This "lake of fire" into which death and Hades are to be cast, is the true and ultimate…

  9. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Rev. 20:12

    …d the irreversible sentence passed, will be men's works, or practice, here in this world: Rev. 20:12, "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened;—and t…

  10. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Indifferent or Careless cites Rev. xx. 15

    …ng to go away with the wrath of God abiding upon you?” 2 Thes. i. 7‒9, and John viii. 24; Rev. xx. 15; xxi. 8; xiv. 10‒11, set forth in a most impressive way the awful consequences of sin. If…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites Rev 20: 12

    … same shall judge him at the last day.’ John 12: 48. We read of the opening of the books. Rev 20: 12. One book which God will open is the book of the Scripture, and will judge men out of it.…

  12. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites Rev. 20:11-14

    … prisoners at the bar. 1 Cor. 15; 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 15; John 5: 28,29; 2 Thess. 1:8-10; Rev. 20:11-14; Isa. 26:21; Micah 7:16,17; Psa. 5:4; 50:1-3; Mal. 3:2,3; Dan. 7:9,10. I heard it also pr…