When studying the Revelation 20 chapter, men's doctrines have a bogus teaching that a second resurrection happens for the wicked at the time of God's Great White Throne Judgment after Christ's "thousand years" reign.
They get that idea from not understanding the Revelation 20:5 verse about the "dead", which in reality is about the 'spiritually' dead souls raised on the day of Jesus' 2nd coming. And they will go through Christ's "thousand years" reign while in a state of condemnation, still subject to being cast into the "lake of fire" after the 1,000 years, which is called the "second death" in Rev.20.
In John 5:28-29 Lord Jesus showed that BOTH types of resurrection occur on the day of His future return. He said all in the graves shall hear His voice, and come forth, either to the "resurrection of life" (i.e., the "first resurrection" of Rev.20), or to the "resurrection of damnation". This revelation by Lord Jesus immediately ends all debate about some 'supposed' resurrection of the wicked after... the "thousand years" which men's doctrines wrongly teach.
The idea of Rev.20:5 that the "dead" lived not again until the thousand years were over, is NOT about being asleep in the grave with their flesh raised at the end of the Rev.20 thousand years to stand in God's final Judgment to the "lake of fire". That is a bogus tradition from men who refuse to understand about the world to come when Jesus returns, and what kind of body the resurrection is.
The idea of the "dead" lived not again until after the thousand years is about a 2nd resurrection unto Eternal Life in Jesus Christ, because the 'implied' 2nd resurrection is based on the type resurrection of the 1st one. So what TYPE of resurrection is the "first resurrection"? It is unto Eternal Life through Faith on Jesus Christ, and at His coming only His faithful elect will be in that 1st one.
But when the "dead" who will be raised on the day of Jesus' return stand at the final Judgment of Rev.20, the books are then opened to see if any of their names are found in the book of life. That means SOME of those spiritually "dead" who are condemned at Christ's return will convert to the Faith on Jesus Christ during His "thousand years" reign with His elect! This means the 'implied' 2nd resurrection type is unto Eternal Life, not condemnation into the "lake of fire"! Those of that spiritually "dead" group who still reject Jesus Christ at that final Judgment when the books are opened will go into the "lake of fire".
They get that idea from not understanding the Revelation 20:5 verse about the "dead", which in reality is about the 'spiritually' dead souls raised on the day of Jesus' 2nd coming. And they will go through Christ's "thousand years" reign while in a state of condemnation, still subject to being cast into the "lake of fire" after the 1,000 years, which is called the "second death" in Rev.20.
In John 5:28-29 Lord Jesus showed that BOTH types of resurrection occur on the day of His future return. He said all in the graves shall hear His voice, and come forth, either to the "resurrection of life" (i.e., the "first resurrection" of Rev.20), or to the "resurrection of damnation". This revelation by Lord Jesus immediately ends all debate about some 'supposed' resurrection of the wicked after... the "thousand years" which men's doctrines wrongly teach.
The idea of Rev.20:5 that the "dead" lived not again until the thousand years were over, is NOT about being asleep in the grave with their flesh raised at the end of the Rev.20 thousand years to stand in God's final Judgment to the "lake of fire". That is a bogus tradition from men who refuse to understand about the world to come when Jesus returns, and what kind of body the resurrection is.
The idea of the "dead" lived not again until after the thousand years is about a 2nd resurrection unto Eternal Life in Jesus Christ, because the 'implied' 2nd resurrection is based on the type resurrection of the 1st one. So what TYPE of resurrection is the "first resurrection"? It is unto Eternal Life through Faith on Jesus Christ, and at His coming only His faithful elect will be in that 1st one.
But when the "dead" who will be raised on the day of Jesus' return stand at the final Judgment of Rev.20, the books are then opened to see if any of their names are found in the book of life. That means SOME of those spiritually "dead" who are condemned at Christ's return will convert to the Faith on Jesus Christ during His "thousand years" reign with His elect! This means the 'implied' 2nd resurrection type is unto Eternal Life, not condemnation into the "lake of fire"! Those of that spiritually "dead" group who still reject Jesus Christ at that final Judgment when the books are opened will go into the "lake of fire".
