Which believers are part of the first resurrection?
According to Revelation 20, the first resurrection includes only believers, spanning from Adam all the way to the end of the tribulation. Those who have part in it are called blessed and holy, and the second death has no power over them.
Les explains that Revelation 20:5-6 describes the first resurrection as consisting only of believers. The rest of the dead, the lost who have not experienced resurrection, do not live again until the thousand years are finished, which is when the great white throne judgment comes about. Verse 6 declares that all believers from Adam clear down to the end of the tribulation have part in the first resurrection. On such believers, the second death has no power.
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.
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What will first-resurrection believers do during the thousand-year reign?
Those who share in the first resurrection will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Christ for a thousand years.