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4 Then I saw tthrones, and useated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw vthe souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those wwho had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. xThey came to life and yreigned with Christ for a thousand years.Yes, the word is used to refer to someone being alive and living their lives. It is not used to refer to the act of being resurrected from death to life. Keep that in mind when reading Revelation 20. And please consider how the word anazao is used to refer to the rest of the dead instead of the word zao. That isn't by accident. The word anazao is used to refer to people being resurrected to life, but zao is not. So, Revelation 20:4 is not referring to the bodily resurrection of the dead in Christ while verse 5 is referring to the bodily resurrection of "the rest of the dead".
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There are (Two) resurrections on the (Last Day) the righteous are blessed to be in the (First Resurrection) to eternal life, on such the (Second Death) resurrection has no power.Yeah, I think this was about the first resurrection. I still got a lot of studying to do either way it goes.
You were 100% correct to post this counter thread, and every bit within your rights to do so.
"Wrong"Revelation 20:4 is speaking of a physical resurrection of saved Christians.
49. Did Paul say Revelation 20:4 already happened?
No.
"Wrong"
It's speaking of "Souls" that are living and reigning in the Lord's Eternal Spiritual Realm, waiting for the last day resurrection of all
That is given in relation to the FUTURE RESURRECTION that only will happen on the day of Christ's FUTURE RETURN. Nor does that single Rev.20:4 stand in isolation, but MUST be understood in context with the whole Rev.20 Chapter.That didn't address them and I did say that it was saved people being physically killed in the great tribulation.
What you didn't address was the three events that Paul mentioned that are also in revelation 4:20 here they are again
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Beheaded is one of those one time used words by God, that is always spiritually sacrificial with the saved believer, and could be physical as with Paul.Examples posted are always of physically alive people accepting Christ and spiritually becoming alive ie: being saved.
Rev 20:4 is vastly different with already saved people who already had accepted Christ, refusing the mark of the beast etc during the GT and are beheaded (physically killed) and at the timeframe of Rev 20, are resurrected back to physical life.
Amill totally ignores the fact that the beheaded saints were ALREADY SPIRITUALLY ALIVE before being beheaded and they don't seem to understand that being beheaded means a person physically dies. Details like these don't matter to Amill.
Examples posted are always of physically alive people accepting Christ and spiritually becoming alive ie: being saved.
Rev 20:4 is vastly different with already saved people who already had accepted Christ, refusing the mark of the beast etc during the GT and are beheaded (physically killed) and at the timeframe of Rev 20, are resurrected back to physical life.
Amill totally ignores the fact that the beheaded saints were ALREADY SPIRITUALLY ALIVE before being beheaded and they don't seem to understand that being beheaded means a person physically dies. Details like these don't matter to Amill.