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We know that 1 Cor. 15:42-54 tell us that the resurrection from the dead occurs in a twinkling of an eye/
We also know that 1 Thess. 4:16,17 also speak of this resurrection.
The question remains: If the rapture and second coming are two separate events. According to this doctrine, the first resurrection would include the "church" and the second would include the tribulation saints who died for not taking the mark of the beast. Why does Rev. 20:4,5 tell us that the "first" resurrection of the dead includes those who didn't take the mark?
Rev. 20:4,5
[4] 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.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
What Scripture calls the "first" resurrection, those who believe in the rapture call the "second" resurrection.... is Scripture wrong?
We also know that 1 Thess. 4:16,17 also speak of this resurrection.
The question remains: If the rapture and second coming are two separate events. According to this doctrine, the first resurrection would include the "church" and the second would include the tribulation saints who died for not taking the mark of the beast. Why does Rev. 20:4,5 tell us that the "first" resurrection of the dead includes those who didn't take the mark?
Rev. 20:4,5
[4] 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.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
What Scripture calls the "first" resurrection, those who believe in the rapture call the "second" resurrection.... is Scripture wrong?