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Douglas Wayne Thomas:
I have read several people's posts mentioning 2 different Resurrections, I have not read every post at bible-truths .com however I have no idea what these people are posting about. Are there going to be 2 Resurrections and if so why? Is this tied up with the mainstream christian idea of a rapture? Someone help me I am totally confused. ???

Heidi:
Hi there Douglas (hope it's OK to call you by your name?) 

Here is an emailed response from Ray regarding the same question you are asking.

http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5028.0.html

   There are not two resurrection for the same person, but rather two classes of people who are resurrected, and the Elect are said to be in the "first" or "former" resurrection.  "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the FIRST [or former] resurrection" (Rev. 20:5). Now this is some question as to whether this verse is really Scripture or whether it was added to the manuscript. We still have conformation of two classes of people resurrected from other Scriptures:

        "...that there shall be a resurrection of the [1] JUST, and [2] UNJUST" (Acts. 24:15).

        "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, [1] some to everlasting [eonian] life, and [2] some to shame and everlasting [eonian] contempt" (Dan. 12:2).

        "And shall come forth; they that have done good unto [1] the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto [2] the resurrection of damnation" (John 5:29).

AND ALSO:

http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,1474.0.html
 
Jesus died on the cross to save you and all humanity from SIN AND DEATH.
 
And you and everyone else WILL BELIEVE it eventually, but NO, those in the Second Resurrection to the Great White Throne/Lake of Fire/Second Death JUDGMENT will NOT get the same reward as those in the First Resurrection.
Read all the material on my site for the details.
God be with you,
Ray


Have you read Ray's paper on Exposing the "Secret Rapture" Theory?  If you haven't it may be good for you to read it.  I am currently studying it for the second time

sansmile:
Hi Douglas,
I beleive  that the first resurrection is when the dead in Christ rule with Him for the 1000 yrs.
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 year(Rev 20:5)  But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Now if u look at those scriptures  and take away  the words in italic (because they are said NOT to have been in the original manuscript),
Then we can see what the first resurrection is. The elect. The 2nd being  those that are not in Christ and are resurrected for judgement.
(Rev 20:6)  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

The elect will already have been judged NOW. So will not go into the Lake of Fire.

(Rev 20:13)  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

(Rev 20:14)  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

(Rev 20:15)  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

God Bless
Sandie

lilitalienboi16:
From what i can read and understand, their is only one ressurection. It's just that their are two groups of people in this ressurection. The elect and the world. Depending on which group you fall into, dictates how you will see THAT ONE ressureciton. A ressurection of life or a ressurection of judgement. The elect as mentioned above, are being judged now, and will not be harmed by the second death [the lake of fire] because they become the lake of fire as is our God, a consuming fire.

God bless,

Alex

 

EKnight:
What does "Judged NOW" mean exactly?  And I have never really understood who exactly "the elect" are. 

Eileen

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