| His Resurrection: (1st-day) | Mt 27:53; Acts 1:22; 4:33; Ro 6:5; Phil 3:10 |
| The First Resurrection: (3rd-day) | Rev 20:5-6; Mt 22:30; 1-Cor 15:52; 2-Tim 4:1 |
| A Better Resurrection: (3rd-day) | Heb 11:35 |
| In the Twinkling of an Eye: (3rd-day) | 1-Cor 15:51; Is 66:18-24 |
| Resurrection of the Just: (4th-day) | Lk 14:13-14; John 5:29a; Acts 24:15b; 1-Thess 4:14 |
| The last day Resurrection: (4th-day) | Mt 22:8; Mk 12:18; Lk 20:33; John 11:24-25; 2-Tim 2:18 |
| Resurrection of the Dead: (4th-day) | Mt 22:31; John 5:28-29; 1-Cor 15:12-13; Heb 6:2; Rev 20:12 |
| Resurrection of Damnation: (4th-day) | John 5:29b; Rev 20:13 |
As presented by the table above, the resurrections are a subject that requires some diligent study and much prayer before one can even attempt to expound on the meanings thereof. The importance of knowing the different resurrections cannot be overstated, especially when it relates to the seventh millennium and the chronology of the "Last Day" prophecies. Even though Jesus was not the first person to resurrect from the dead, He was the first born of the flesh to resurrection onto perfection. This in turn opened the door for all that would follow the Son of man (Yeshua) into perfection, first through "the Blood," then by personal sanctification, which brings one into the "high calling," God's manifest glory.
Next on the list of resurrections is what the Bible calls "the first resurrection." This includes the first ripe fruit of the Earth (the man child/two witnesses + the great cloud of Witnesses, and those like the woman in the wilderness that get their oil and wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb); these will rule and reign for a complete one thousand years as the Bible says. This is also known as "a better resurrection."
The last resurrection(s) from the dead (after the thousand years have expired), is at the time of the White Throne Judgment. This includes any remaining born-again believers (those which sleep "IN Jesus": 1-Thess 4:14 vs. the dead "IN Christ" 1-Thess 4:16), who although retained their salvation, fell short of any true measure of deliverance and died. These are the people who got saved and died, or did little in the way of sanctification; somewhat like "the thief on the cross."
Finally, the sinners of the sea come forth (the nations), and lastly the spirit of "Death" and the place called "Hell" release their dead (1-Cor 15:23-26; Rev 20:13: the eternally bound). Others do resurrect so-to-say, throughout the seventh millennium, but they will never have died in the first place. They will just "be changed in the twinkling of an eye!" These that "put on immortality" all throughout the thousand years, are those who either entered it alive, or were born therein. These are the only generations that are afforded this opportunity to escape physical death: 1-Corinthians 15:51. Another thing to keep in mind is that by biblical definition, those that put on immortality throughout the seventh millennium, cannot be considered first fruits, because they will not qualify. You see their placement and authority in the Kingdom would actually be less than the full one thousand years given to the overcomers. These that are changed during the thousand years, are those spoken of in type in Isaiah 66: "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon [a "camp of the saints about" saint, becoming a changed "moon" church saint] to another, and from one sabbath [a moon type saint, learning to rest in GOD] to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD." Isaiah 66:23
"THE DAYS OF CREATION"
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-Thousand Years
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." 2- Peter 3:8
"THE DAYS OF RESURRECTION"
1-2-3-4-Thousand Years
"After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."
Hosea 6:2
When we talk about the resurrections per se, we begin to count time from Yeshua's resurrection; that being Day One. As any good Bible student knows there are many different ways to count time in the Bible, so we need to make sure we are using the right time reference for this study. In Hosea 6 there are certain references to some symbolic time periods that take place after Yeshua's resurrection. It talks of "after two days," which means there must have been a first day and of course a third day. These days are in direct correlation with the two thousand years allotted to the Church Age according to the days of creation; 1000-yrs = 1-day precept. Thus we are talking about God equating the days in Hosea 6 to thousand year days or millennias starting with the resurrection; keep this in mind.
Since we understand that symbolically "a day is as a thousand years with the LORD," let us go ahead and apply this understanding to John 11. In John 11 we learn that Lazarus (who in this instance is seen as a type of a born-again 0-30-fold Christian who died before his time of some sickness) was "in the grave 4-days." It should be apparent to anyone that reads this story that the Bible makes a point of telling us that Lazarus was dead and in the grave for "four days"—but why? What is four days in the Bible? Well, if we use the same symbolic understanding established in Hosea 6, we would then have to say the fourth day is the fourth millennium from Yeshua's resurrection: the time of the White Throne Judgment (after the third post–resurrection millennium has expired).
"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After TWO DAYS will he revive us: IN [means during] THE THIRD DAY he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." Hosea 6:1-3
"Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day." John 11:23-24
"Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead FOUR DAYS. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" John 11:39-40
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which SLEEP IN JESUS [G2424: Yeshua] will GOD [G2316: the supreme Divinity] bring with him [at the WTJ]." 1-Thessalonians 4:14
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"For the LORD [G2962: supreme in authority] himself shall descend from heaven [at Armageddon] with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the DEAD IN [the fulness of] CHRIST shall rise FIRST" 1-Thessalonians 4:16