THE TWO RESURRECTIONS IN REVELATION 20:

THE TWO RESURRECTIONS IN REVELATION 20: Revelation 20 is one of those chapters people make harder than it needs to be. The Bible lays out two resurrections, not one general “everybody pops up at the same time” event. Two resurrections. Two groups. Two outcomes. The first resurrection belongs to the saved. Revelation 20:4 says they “lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” Then verse 6 says: “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power…” That’s people who belong to Jesus Christ raised to reign with Him. The second death can’t touch them because they were already covered by the blood of the Lamb. Paul lines it up in 1 Corinthians 15:23: “Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” Jesus rose first. Those who are His come after. Then Revelation 20:5 gives the other side: “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.” That’s not the same resurrection. That’s after the thousand-year reign of Christ. This is the resurrection of the lost dead, and it leads straight to the Great White Throne judgment. Revelation 20:11–15 shows them standing before God. The books are opened. The book of life is opened. Every person is judged. Whoever isn’t found written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire. Jesus already warned about this in John 5:28–29. He said some would come forth unto “the resurrection of life,” and others unto “the resurrection of damnation.” Pretty clear.. There is a resurrection unto life, and there is a resurrection unto judgment. Everybody gets raised. Everybody stands somewhere. The difference is whether a person belongs to Christ. You want part in the first resurrection. “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.” Revelation 20:6 #MoreJoyMinistries