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To: Lee N. Field; topcat54
"The resurrection of the righteous is stated, by Jesus, to be on the last day."

I think that timing is off by 1,000 years.

Revelation 20:4-6 (First resurrection.)

Revelation 20:11-15 (Second resurrection/Final Judgment.)

15 posted on 04/02/2007 9:52:21 AM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: Enosh; Lee N. Field
I think that timing is off by 1,000 years. Revelation 20:4-6 (First resurrection.) Revelation 20:11-15 (Second resurrection/Final Judgment.)
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
This second resurrection is obviously the general physical resurrection of all men at the end of the age. The "sea" and "death and Hades" gave up all the dead. ("Hades" corresponds to OT Sheol, the abode of the dead. Hades and the lake of fire are not the same. But you probably know that.)

The judgment and separation of the righteous from the unrighteous is found in v. 15, "And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire". The unrighteous, pictured as those who names are not in the book of life, are cast into the lake of fire. (Cf. Matthew 25:31ff.)

Beginning in verse 16 (you do have a verse 16) and continuing on we have the final blessing of those who names are written in the book of life.

The thousand years is spiritual, and represents the entire period of time between Christ's two advents. The first resurrection, of which the believers have a part, is Christ's resurrection of the firstfruits, "Then comes the end, ..." (cf. 1 Cor. 15:23,24). "The end" from 1 Cor. 15:24 corresponds to Rev. 20:11 and following.

There is no thousands years magically inserted between 1 Cor. 15 verses 23 and 24.

See how simple it is without all the dispensational mumbo jumbo.

Don't mean to steal Lee's thunder.

18 posted on 04/02/2007 10:27:08 AM PDT by topcat54
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