THE BIBLE
ANSWERS
By Harold Smith
QUESTION: How many resurrections will likely follow the
first resurrection and what is the order and time of each?
ANSWER: This is a very good question because many believe in a general
resurrection, which the Bible does not teach.
That there are two resurrections one of the saved and one of the lost
is clear in Rev. 20:5,6 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.
The order of the first is: 1 Corinthians 15:23,24 But every man
in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end...
1–Christ firstfruits; the only one so far with a glorified body.
2–Those that are His when He comes, 1 Thes. 4:16, “. .and the dead in
Christ shall rise first..”
3-Then the end ones In Rev 20:4, 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.
This ends the first resurrection and only includes
the saved. Those who will be judged and lost will not be raised until
the end of the 1000 year kingdom as stated in V 5,6
Will you be in the Rapture? Only if you are in
Christ. You cannot be in Christ by any other way than repenting of your
sins against God and trusting in the sacrificial death of the Lord
Jesus Christ. It is repent or perish (Luke 13:3) It is believe on
Him or die in your sins (John 8:21) The choice is yours, so don’t blame
God if you perish.
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