🔥 2 Deaths, 2 Resurrections

• 1st RESURRECTION — for the righteous (those who have done good). They rise with glorified bodies to eternal life, reign with Jesus for 1000 years and are not harmed by the second death.
• 2nd RESURRECTION — for the unrighteous (those who have done evil). They rise after the 1000 years to face judgment and the second death (lake of fire).
"2Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt."
— Daniel 12:2
"28Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice 29and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned."
— John 5:28-29
"15and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked."
— Acts 24:15

1st RESURRECTION — GLORIFIED BODY — ETERNAL LIFE

This is the resurrection of the righteous. They receive glorified bodies like Jesus's, inherit eternal life, will not marry, cannot die again, and will reign with Jesus for 1000 years.
"19But Your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise—let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy—Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead."
— Isaiah 26:19
"12Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, My people; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.’"
— Ezekiel 37:12
"29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."
— Matthew 19:29
"30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."
— Matthew 22:30
"14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
— Luke 14:14
"30…will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life."
— Luke 18:30
"35But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection."
— Luke 20:35-36
"21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom He is pleased to give it."
— John 5:21
"54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."
— John 6:54
"7…to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life."
— Romans 2:7
"5For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we will certainly also be united with Him in a resurrection like His."
— Romans 6:5
"11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you."
— Romans 8:11
"14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also."
— 1 Corinthians 6:14
"51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’"
— 1 Corinthians 15:51-54
"9This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead."
— 2 Corinthians 1:9
"21who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body."
— Philippians 3:21
"15According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."
— 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
"2Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."
— 1 John 3:2
"11Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.” … 4“I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years."
— Revelation 2:11; 20:4-6
"4‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
— Revelation 21:4

Blessings of the Saved:

  • ✦ Before the throne of God (Revelation 7:15)
  • ✦ They serve Him day and night (Revelation 7:15)
  • ✦ God will be with them (Revelation 7:15)
  • ✦ They will never again be hungry (Revelation 7:16)
  • ✦ They will never again be thirsty (Revelation 7:16)
  • ✦ The sun will not beat down on them (Revelation 7:16)
  • ✦ No scorching heat will affect them (Revelation 7:16)
  • ✦ They will be led to springs of the water of life (Revelation 7:17; 21:6)
  • ✦ God will wipe every tear from their eyes (Revelation 7:17; 21:4)
  • ✦ No more death (Revelation 21:4)
  • ✦ No more mourning, crying or pain (Revelation 21:4)

2nd RESURRECTION — FOR THE UNRIGHTEOUS — JUDGMENT DAY

This is the resurrection of the unrighteous. They rise after the 1000 years to stand before the throne for judgment according to what they have done.
"21Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free."
— Proverbs 11:21
"5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished."
— Proverbs 17:5
"5A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free."
— Proverbs 19:5
"16I will destroy the fat and the strong."
— Ezekiel 34:16
"42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead."
— Acts 10:42
"1In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom, I give you this charge."
— 2 Timothy 4:1
"5But they will have to give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead."
— 1 Peter 4:5
"9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment."
— 2 Peter 2:9
"7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly."
— 2 Peter 3:7
"18The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding Your servants the prophets and Your people who revere Your name, both great and small—and for destroying those who destroy the earth."
— Revelation 11:18
"5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. … 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done."
— Revelation 20:5, 12-13

2nd DEATH — LAKE OF FIRE — ETERNAL DEATH

This is the final, eternal death for those whose names are not written in the book of life.
"41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’"
— Matthew 25:41
"14Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
— Revelation 20:14-15
"8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
— Revelation 21:8

CONCLUSION

Your decision in this life determines your faith and conduct here on earth — but it also determines your final destination.

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