General First & Second Resurrection

[benadam1974]

Some are erroneously promoting what they call a “single resurrection” view of the future, which is just another way of saying amillennialism. But the Bible teaches two resurrections.

Daniel 12:2 says, “Many of those who are sleeping,” meaning all the dead are not raised at the one time.

The NT uses a particular phrase: “from the dead” (ek nekron) — literally “out from among the dead.” This implies the resurrection of some, I.e., Christians “firstfruits” (1Cor 15), followed by “the rest of the dead” (Rev 20:5).

In Luke 14:14 Jesus says, “You will be rewarded at the resurrection of the righteous.” That is the first resurrection. Similarly Luke 20:35: “those who are considered worthy to attain to that future age and the resurrection from the dead.”
Cp. Acts 4:2: “proclaiming the resurrection from the dead through Jesus.”

In John 5:28-29 there are two resurrections — a “resurrection of life” and “a resurrection of judgment.”

Paul agrees with Jesus In 1 Corinthians 6:14 “he will also raise us up,” literally “out-raise or preeminently raise.”

1 Corinthians 15:23: Christians are raised at Jesus’ coming, not everyone.

Philippians 3:11: Paul’s goal is “to attain to the out-resurrection [ex-anastasis] from among the dead.” Note that one would not strive to “attain” to the second resurrection when everyone is raised, whether they like it or not!

And John describes “the rest of the dead” (Rev. 20:5) which would make absolutely no sense if there is a single resurrection of all the dead.
If you’ve eaten “all the pie” there is no “the rest of the pie”!

 

[LeeB]

Some believe that both resurrections happen at the return of Christ with some unknown gap of time between them. They also dispute the second half of Revelation 20:5 about the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished, saying it is unbiblical, not in the oldest manuscripts. I wrote an article about this.

 

[Outcast]

Some believe that both resurrections happen at the return of Christ with some unknown gap of time between them. They also dispute the second half of Revelation 20:5 about the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished, saying it is unbiblical, not in the oldest manuscripts. I wrote an article about this.

Yes, I looked at your article. The dilemma of determining the things we should learn from scripture when scriptures have been massaged over the years by people who believe they are "helping" others to understand is a large issue.
If is a mess to determine truth when we have:

Jn 5:28–29 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

And then to believe that NOT all come out.

The note in the Codex Sinaiticus reads:

Mr. Tischendorf prepared and published, in 1869, the common version of our English New Testament, with foot-notes showing all instances in which it varies from the three oldest Greek MSS, the Sinaitic, and Vatican, above mentioned, and the Alexandrine, a later and less accurate MS. According to his account, verse 5 is spurious.

Believing one way or the other does not change God's plan, and I am fine with however it occurs. I'll be grateful to be one of those raised to the resurrection of life.

 

[LeeB]

Revelation 20:7 After 1000 years Satan is released to deceive again. The question then is , who are the people he deceives if all humanity from all time was resurrected before the 1000 years even began ? Revelation 20:11 then mentions the great white throne judgement, after the 1000 years when Satan is released. Jesus in , John 5:28,29 , said the word ”all” which combined both resurrections but gave no indication of the time between them. Revelation 20:12 , the dead are judged after the 1000 years. The second death does not happen until after the 1000 years. The flow of the events from Revelation 20:7-15 all happen after the 1000 years.

 

[EasyPrompt]

Jesus has been resurrected to heaven, but he's the only one so far. In the first century, apostates were promoting the false doctrine that the heavenly resurrection was already occurring. That apostate lie continued and was manifest in such teachings as The Shepherd of Hermas, the so-called orthodox teachings of the various sects of Christendom with their doctrines about people dying and immediately going to heaven or variations of that teaching interspersed with a stay in a torturous "hell" or purgatory/limbo, and also manifest in the Watchtower false teaching that the heavenly resurrection began in the early 1900s.



The Bible makes clear that the heavenly resurrection does not occur until the end of the 3 1/2 year great tribulation. The 144,000 go into their assignments in the kingdom all together - the bride does not ascend piecemeal. The marriage of the Lamb is the moment the 144,000 all together take their places in the kingdom.

Just as Jesus was resurrected on earth, interacted with others for a witness, and then ascended to heaven, so it will be with the resurrection of the 144,000.



If the resurrection of the 144,000 is referred to as the "first" resurrection, then the resurrection of the dead during the 1000 year reign is the "second" resurrection. That this resurrection takes place long before the end of the 1000 year reign is evident, since the test at the end of the 1000 year time period leads to everlasting life for some and everlasting death for others - there is no further mention of "resurrection" at that time.