What are the two resurrections in the Bible?
The Bible presents two resurrections: the resurrection of the just, consisting of all believers from Adam to the end of the tribulation, and the resurrection of the unjust or lost, which comes later. The first is for believers; the second is for the lost.
Les explains that the two resurrections are the resurrection of the just and the resurrection of the unjust or lost. The first, the resurrection of the just, includes all believers from Adam in Genesis to the end of the tribulation. The second, the resurrection of the unjust, comes later. He connects this with I Corinthians 15:20, where Christ is risen and become the firstfruits of them that slept, meaning those who died physically. Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Les qualifies that biblical resurrection is not merely being called back to life as Lazarus was, who died again, but being brought into the eternal state.