Thank you,
@GerhardEbersoehn,
You have given these verses at my request, in defence of your belief that there will be
just one resurrection:-
John 5:28,29 - 'all who are in there graves' - 'they that have done good', and, 'they that have done evil'.
Acts 24:14 - 'a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust'.
Romans 3:8b - 'whose damnation is just'.
Mark 12:26,27 - 'He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living'
Luke 20:37, 38 - .. .. .. .. .. ..
1 Corinthians 15:20-26. 'afterwards they that are Christ's at His coming.'
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 'the dead shall be raised incorruptible'.=
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17. 'the dead in Christ shall rise first' - 'we that are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them'
* Gerhard, do you not see a difference between the description of the resurrection described in John 5:28-29 with that of 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 & 51-57, and that of 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17? Also who they were for?
* Also, what about the two resurrections which take place, one before and one after the 1000 years? (20:5-6)
'And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them,
..and judgment was given unto them:
.... and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
...... for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God,
........ and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,
.......... neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
............ and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived not again
.. until the thousand years were finished.
.... This is the first resurrection.
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.'
* You may be right that there is just ONE RESURRECTION covering all mankind whether saved or unsaved, just or unjust: but I see more described in Scripture.
Within the love of Christ our Saviour,
our Lord and Head.
Chris
Thank you, Chris. Libraries full have been written on the Scriptures you present here. Shucks, what shall I say?!
I grew up a SDA; they believe <<
the two resurrections which take place, one before and one after the 1000 years>>. I believe God through the Scriptures (and as Luther said a grain of common sense) changed my belief to that of Amillennialism - 'the 1000 years' are not, it is the Christian era. And so .... wait, I'll rather look up one very old file which I have not changed for all these years ... I'll edit it into this post, DV.
A.
Revelation, chapter 14
How I understand it in the light of Christian history, fulfilled
The Resurrection of Christ from the dead:
1: And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Zion,
Ephesians 1
19: That ye may know what is the exceeding greatness of God’s Power … according to the operation of the Might of his Strength 20: which He wrought in Christ raising Him from the dead, seating Him at his own right hand in heavenly exaltation 21: far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the Church 23: which is His Body, the Fullness of Him that filleth all in all.
and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's Name written in their foreheads.
Matthew 27
51: And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52: And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53: and came out of the graves
after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Ephesians 4
7: Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8: Wherefore He saith, When He ascended up on high He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9: Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? [Matthew 12:40] 10: He that descended is the Same that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.”
2: And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Exodus 15
1: Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, … I will sing unto the LORD for He hath triumphed gloriously. … 2: The LORD is My Strength and Song and He is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare Him an habitation; my Father God, and I will exalt Him. 3: The LORD is a Man of War the LORD is his Name … 6: Thy Right Hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power; Thy Right Hand O LORD … 7: in the greatness of Thine Excellency. … 13: Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people Thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy Strength unto thy Holy Habitation. … 16: O LORD … the People which Thou hast purchased 17: thou shalt bring in, and plant them in the mountain of thine Inheritance, in the Place, O LORD, which thou has made for Thee to dwell in, The Sanctuary, O LORD thy hands, have established: The LORD; He shall reign for ever and ever.
4: These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5: And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The Apostles and their Age:
6: And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Hebrews
3,14: For we are made partakers of Christ … while it is said, Today if ye hear his Voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.
4,2: For unto us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them
The Reformation and Protestant Age:
8: And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
The End-time beginning:
9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
The End-time to the end:
12: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13: And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
The Second Coming of Christ:
14: And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud One sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15: And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for Thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
“The resurrection of LIFE”:
16: And He that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was REAPED. (The righteous, 'GRAIN' Raised, Christ having been the "First Sheaf".)
“The resurrection of condemnation”:
17: And another angel came out of the TEMPLE which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18: And another angel came out from the ALTAR, which had power over FIRE; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the _VINE_ of the earth; for her _GRAPES_ are fully ripe.
19: And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the WRATH of God:
The Judgment
20: And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
