Why do some people believe everyone will be resurrected at the same time?
Many infer a general resurrection from John 5:28–29, where all in the graves hear His voice and come forth—the good to life, the evil to condemnation. Read only in John’s Gospel, this appears to describe saved and lost rising together in one resurrection, unless further revelation clarifies distinct resurrections.
Les explains that from John 5:28 alone, people teach a general resurrection of everybody—saved and lost—all at the same time, with the saved going to glory and the lost to doom. He cautions not to stop reading there. John 5:29 shows two distinct groups: those who have done good come forth unto the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil unto the resurrection of condemnation. Yet if a person sits on John’s Gospel alone, it can seem like one resurrection happening at one time. Les points to I Corinthians 15, saying Paul reveals many things the rest of Scripture does not even touch on, which is why Paul’s epistles should not be ignored.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,