The Resurrection Of The
Just
&
The Unjust
The Rapture of the Church, the raising of all fallen
asleep in The Lord, and all the saints that come out of the Great Tribulation,
including God's two witnesses who were killed in Revelation 11, until The Second
Coming Of Christ— all form part of what the Bible calls the First Resurrection.
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some
to Everlasting Life,
others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:2 NIV
And thou shalt be blessed;
for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14:14 KJV
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world
marry, and are given in marriage:
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels;
and are the children of God, being the children of the Resurrection.
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he
calleth The Lord The God of Abraham, and The God of Isaac, and The God of
Jacob.
For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live
unto Him.
Luke 20:34-38 KJV
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear His Voice,
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of Life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.
John 5:28-29 KJV
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts 24:15 KJV
Women received their dead
raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that
they might obtain a better Resurrection:
Heb 11:35 KJV
And I will give Power unto My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy
a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing
before The God of the earth.
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed.
These have Power to shut
heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have Power over
waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often
as they will.
And when they shall have finished their Testimony, the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them,
and kill them.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall
see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead
bodies to be put in graves.
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make
merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
And after three days and an
half The Spirit Of Life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their
feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
And they heard a great Voice from Heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.
And they ascended up to Heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Rev 11:3-12 KJV
A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If
anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead
or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been
poured full strength into the cup of His wrath. He will be tormented with
burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the
smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night
for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the
mark of his name." This calls for patient endurance on the part of the
saints who obey God's Commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
Then I heard a Voice from
Heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in The Lord from now
on."
Rev 14:9-13 NIV
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 for Jesus and because of The Word of God. They had not
worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to Life and reigned with Christ a thousand
years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were
ended.) This is the First Resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who have
part 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.
Rev 20:4-6 NIV
Rapture will be the
ultimate experience for all those who know Jesus. You must be ready, because
The Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him (Matt 24:44).