Hi Jill,
Upon the second death, does God give spirit back to the dead and is this spirit then be his "Holy Spirit"?
Is the "Holy Spirit" only imparted after the Judgement in the Lake of Fire?
What about the Elect who have already been imparted with the "Holy Spirit" but are not part of the second death?
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.
The Elect will have been born into the family of God at the first resurrection and they will be spirit. It will be His Holy Spirit that makes them sons of God ("nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are
sons of God, being sons of the resurrection." Luke 20:36). But it will be their own human spirit that makes up their personality and character too.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
v. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
As spirit beings the Elect will be like Christ, this next passage explains that just as Christ was totally in-tune with the Father, so will the Elect be when they have "life" and reign with Christ.
John 5:24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
v. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
v. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
v. 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
v. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
v. 29 and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
v. 30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
So during the judgment that follows the first resurrection the world will be judged by the Elect, who are ruling with Christ, this is the Lake of fire. When the world is raised God will take away their blindness and "pour out of My Spirit on all flesh," so that they can learn righteousness (Isa. 26:9).
Act 2:17
"And it shall come to pass in the last days2250 [G2250 hēmera - a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context): -
age, + alway, (mid-) day (by day, [-ly]), + for ever,
judgment, (day) time, while, years]
says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh...
mercy, peace and love
Kat