GEN2REV
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You're overlooking this part of John 5:25It shows the first one is with the Reborn (former dead spirits) ...with JESUS having authority to cause Judgment ...right now.
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Resurrection One
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[Jhn 5:25 KJV]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
[Jhn 5:26 KJV]
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
[Jhn 5:27 KJV]
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
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Resurrection Two
This one doesn't say "and now is":
a dead spirit is different than being physically dead in a grave.
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[Jhn 5:28 KJV]
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
[Jhn 5:29 KJV]
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
[Jhn 5:30 KJV]
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
[Jhn 5:31 KJV]
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
[Jhn 5:32 KJV]
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
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Revelation 3:11 "Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown."
Revelation 3:3 "Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you."
Revelation 3:5 "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the book of Life..."
Those that don't watch for themselves falling into sin will have JESUS coming upon them like a thief ...to Judge ... right now ...not at the end of time.
"... they that hear shall live."
This proves that there will be some who do not, and cannot, hear.
Jesus speaks of this in John 10:26-27. Again, in John 5:24, He says "He that heareth". Not all can hear Him.
He makes this clear in John 8:43, John 8:45 and John 8:47.
Therefore, not all are capable of hearing His shout upon His return 1 Thessalonians 4:16 because not all are His sheep.
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