The Second Coming is completed in Rev ch19
Chapter 20 begins the New Era where satan's influence Ends and he is locked up for 1,000 Years.
This New Era starts with the Resurrection of the Just = First Resurrection
This New Era also includes the Saints reigning with Christ for this 1,000 Year Period of Time.
There is no Second Coming in Rev ch20 but there is the Resurrection which can now take place because of His Second Coming in ch19.
Are you using scripture to interpret scripture to draw this conclusion? It doesn't appear so. Notice what is said in this verse:
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Shouldn't we use other scripture to help us understand what time period this is talking about? I believe so.
So, when does scripture say that Jesus began or begins to reign? Let's take a look and see.
Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17
When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Ephesians 1:19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as
the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only
in the present age but also in the one to come. 22
And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Acts 26:23 that
the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”
Colossians 1:12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For
he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Revelation 1:5 and from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead, and
the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and
has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—
to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
What do the above passages teach?
They teach that Jesus CURRENTLY has all authority in heaven and on earth and that He CURRENTLY sits at the right hand of the Father "far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked" with "all things under his feet". And that Christ CURRENTLY is "the ruler of the kings of the earth".
They teach that believers CURRENTLY are in Christ's kingdom because it says we have been brought "into the kingdom of the Son he (the Father) loves". They teach that believers CURRENTLY are "a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father".
And they teach that Christ's resurrection is the first resurrection, which is explicitly stated in Acts 26:23 and is what it means in Revelation 1:5 when it says He is "the firstborn from the dead".
So, how should Revelation 20:6 be understood in light of these other scriptures?
For one thing, we should understand that the first resurrection is Christ's resurrection because scripture says so.
Also, when it talks about Jesus reigning, we should understand from these other scriptures that He began reigning long ago after His resurrection. And we should understand that believers reign with Christ in His kingdom as "priests to serve his God and Father".
So, when Revelation 20:6 talks about those who have part in the first resurrection reigning with Christ as priests it should be understood that it's talking about the time period that began long ago already since His resurrection was the first resurrection that we all spiritually have part in and we all reign with Him as priests, as Revelation 1:5-6 indicates. When we die that doesn't change, so that's why John could see souls of the dead in Christ reigning with Christ in heaven.
Notice one other thing about Revelation 20:6. It says that the second death has no power over those who have part in the first resurrection. Do we need to be bodily raised from the dead in order for the second death to not have power over us? No! Does the second death have power over believers now? No! So, does that mean believers have already had part in the first resurrection since it appears that having part in the first resurrection is necessary in order for the second death to not have power over you? Yes, it does. We have had part in the first resurrection because we've spiritually had part in Christ's resurrection which is the first resurrection (Acts 26:23, 1 Cor 15:20-23, Col 1:18, Rev 1:5).
The following explains how someone has part in the first resurrection:
Colossians 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which
you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,