The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.I've always been taught that Christians, dead and living, will be Raptured into heaven before the Tribulation, and then we will return with Christ when He comes back to conquer the beast and establish the Millennial Kingdom. In the previous chapter, I examined a verse that suggests the Rapture will happen at the end of the Tribulation, not before. Now this has me wondering about who will return for the Millennium.
In my reading of this, it seems very clear that whoever dies before the Rapture will remain dead, until the end of the Millennium and the time of the Great White Throne Judgment. That would mean only those are alive to be Raptured will return with Christ for Armageddon, and the previous verse said those who are killed by the beast during the Tribulation will be the only ones who reign with Him. I've never been fond of the idea that I might still be here for the Rapture, and reading this makes me think even more that what I've been taught about all this doesn't add up when compared to the Scripture.
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