The Gates of Hell | Revelation 20:1–10 | Ecclesiastes 12

Ecclesiastes 12 12 Remember your Creator     in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come     and the years arrive when you say,     "I have no pleasure in them": 2 before the sun, light,     moon, and stars are darkened,     and the clouds leave after the rain; 3 in the day when those watching the house tremble,     and the strong men are bent over; when the grinders cease because they are few,     and those looking through the windows have dimmed eyes; 4 and the doors on the street are shut,     and the sound of grinding is low; and one rises up at the sound of a bird,     and all the daughters of song are brought low; 5 when they are afraid of heights,     even the terrors along the road; the almond tree blossoms,     the grasshopper drags itself along     and desire fails, because man goes to his eternal home,     and the mourners go about the streets. 6 Remember your Creator before the cord of silver is snapped,     or the bowl of gold smashed, or the jar by the spring broken     or the wheel at the cistern crushed. 7 The dust returns to the earth where it was,     and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 It is all vanity, says the Preacher;     all is vanity. Epilogue 9 And in addition to being wise, the Preacher still taught the people knowledge, and he considered, sought out, and arranged many proverbs. 10 And the Preacher sought to discover words of delight, and to write in uprightness words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails, given by one shepherd. 12 My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness to the flesh. 13 Now all has been heard.     Let us hear the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments,     for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,     including every secret thing,     whether good or evil. Revelation 20:1-10 20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be set free for a little while. 4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and the authority to judge was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness of Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who takes part in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with Him a thousand years. 7 When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be set free from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 They traveled the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.