It is clear that we are to keep these festivals so we can understand God's plan of salvation for everyone--each one in its time. Can't wait to watch the next interview! Thank you for your work
EXCELLENT WELL DONE! Only GOD can open man's mind to understand truth... 100 percent biblical and I for one appreciate y'all... Thanks be to the True GOD for taking my blinders off and being able to come to realize that this world is wrong on so many things....
This teaching has helped me understand the way God show us ways to achieve true peace in our life's. I will need to create time to play and listen to it again
Amazing video, Life Hope and Truth! Take care and God bless! Enjoy the Sabbath Day (yes, at least in the timezone I'm sending this message, I'm sending it ahead of time to be prepared before the Sabbath sets in)!
Thank you for speaking to us from the heart, it means a lot to this world that is in desperate agony. May God bless you and spreads His truth through you far and wide. 😊
I appreciate the fact that you transmit a fairly difficult message with absolute clarity and simplicity; and the fact that you use the scriptures to back what your are saying
Dear family friends, greetings in Jesus's name. I am brother Dalton Oluoch coming from Kitale Trans-Nzoia County Kenya. I am motorbike rider. I just get a peanut from my work. Above all I serve the Lord in the street ministry. We fellowship under a tree. We have this objective. 1. To Evangelize to destitute children in the street. 2. To provide care and support to orphans and vulnerable children. 3. To provide shelter and food To destitute and orphans. 4. To train and equip destitute children. 5. To train Youths in life time skills training. BUT right now I am doing objective number one (1) and in the future if God permits I will do the second (2) we also support widows less fortunate people. We also registered as community based Organisation of tomorrow leaders. We need your prayers as at now it's a rain season, sitting under a tree is pathetic. Acts 8:34----39/ James 1: 27. God bless you. Brother Dalton Oluoch facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082234743620
Revelation 22:20-21 NKJV [20] He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! [21] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Passover is a memorial of salvation from bondage of spiritual slavery of this world through the blood of Jesus Christ, We keep the Passover to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, (True meaning of Belief) Happy Passover in Advance from INDIA
Dear family friends, greetings in Jesus's name. I am brother Dalton Oluoch coming from Kitale Trans-Nzoia County Kenya. I am motorbike rider. I just get a peanut from my work. Above all I serve the Lord in the street ministry. We fellowship under a tree. We have this objective. 1. To Evangelize to destitute children in the street. 2. To provide care and support to orphans and vulnerable children. 3. To provide shelter and food To destitute and orphans. 4. To train and equip destitute children. 5. To train Youths in life time skills training. BUT right now I am doing objective number one (1) and in the future if God permits I will do the second (2) we also support widows less fortunate people. We also registered as community based Organisation of tomorrow leaders. We need your prayers as at now it's a rain season, sitting under a tree is pathetic. Acts 8:34----39/ James 1: 27. God bless you. Brother Dalton Oluoch facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082234743620
That passage does not specify a space in time. But in the context of Rev. 19 (second coming of Christ), logically speaking, could happen after the seventh trumpet, before Christ comes down to destroy the armies of this world. We can't be sure
We have to be caution the feast do not save us the blood of our Yeshua save the feast we do in remember. I am a Jewish believer in Yeshua who died on the cross for you and me
Yes, but Mo'edim are Mo'edim. Obedience is everything! Lucifer was not obedient. He dragged many with him over his lies about disobedience being not so bad. I hear church members saying, "Its ok, we will be forgiven. God is love!" They carry on living with their 'girlfriends'. Leaning on their own understanding. God calls us His children for several reasons, one being our childish understanding and behaviour. Our minds are not His mind. We cannot compare. Obedience to the one in the know keeps us from destruction. Trust your flight instructor.
Gee. It's too bad the apostle Paul didn't have this video. When someone asked him how to be saved, he only had one step. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Poor Paul.
@@vidextreme Seriously? You're equating the use of sarcasm to make a point with having the faith of demons? No wonder you're so impressed with this video. I have two suggestions for you. Ok. Maybe three, but I'll bundle the first two together. First, grow a thicker skin and stop equating being "Christian" with being "nice". Of course, one would not be able to do that, until one does the next, which is to pay closer attention when you read the Scripture. If you had, you would have noticed men of God, and the Lord Himself, for that matter, often speaking in ways that would not be considered "nice", and often utilizing far more pointed sarcasm than I have. You can start here: 1 Cor. 4:8-14; 1 Kings 18:27; Job 12:2; is. 44:14-17; Mark 2:16-17; Gal. 5:12
But God doesn't sit and choose who lives and dies. Man chooses according to Deuteronomy 30:19. Also read Revelation 20:11-15. It does not say the books of the Bible were opened to them. The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. Anyone not found written in the Book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Matthew 22:31-32. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. God did set something in place. He sent His Son Jesus. We all have the same opportunity to know God while we are on the earth. Romans 1 reveals they are without excuse. I don't receive Andy Burnett's final teaching which he calls a feast. There's too much scripture that opposes what he has said and not one scripture that confirms what he has said. John 5:28-29. Matthew 25 :31-46 Jesus is speaking truth.
I thought I was the only one who caught that. Everything sounded great EXCEPT when they started talking about all those who have perished have an opportunity to choose Jesus at the resurrection.... Correct me if I am wrong but... didn't they have that opportunity here while on earth? Scripture DOES NOT support that.
@@WendyGlick The speaker did indicate that God had to do something, to put something in place to save those perishing. But God already did it. He gave His Son. Jesus gave His life. John 3:16.
The majority of humans lived without being called by God and without the opportunity to choose repentance and have the faith necessary for salvation. Those individuals, numbering in the billions, will receive that opportunity. But when? Scripture provides the answer. They will be resurrected 1,000 years after Christ’s return. Revelation 20:4 explains that at Jesus’ return those in the first resurrection, having been raised to spirit life, will live and reign “with Christ for a thousand years” over those who live through the Great Tribulation into the Millennium. The earth will be beautified and restored as a healthy, vibrant habitat for mankind. John goes on to explain what comes next. “But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished” (verse 5). The rest of the dead includes the majority of humans. Those from Tyre and Sidon lived in a different age than those in Sodom. Yet they will all be resurrected at the same time. There are some key differences between this second resurrection and the raising of the saints at Christ’s return. The second resurrection will restore billions to a physical life. Note this vivid description: “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (verse 12). This second resurrection is a resurrection to a period of learning, choosing and judgment. These individuals will be restored to physical life and given the opportunity to be taught God’s righteous way of life and have their minds opened to the truth as revealed in the Bible. For the first time in their lives, they will have a real opportunity to choose the path to salvation offered through the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV [11] Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. [13] The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. [14] Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The Books of the Bible will be opened and all will be judged by the Word of God and their works. John 12:48, Matt. 12:36; Rom. 14:12, Rom. 2:6-8 No where does the Bible say that the books will be opened for those who have died without Christ to choose to accept Him and enter in. FALSE DOCTRINE. Man, I thought I had found a ministry that had some good teachings but a little leaven leavens the whole lump. :(
This second resurrection is a resurrection to a period of learning, choosing and judgment. These individuals will be restored to physical life and given the opportunity to be taught God’s righteous way of life and have their minds opened to the truth as revealed in the Bible. For the first time in their lives, they will have a real opportunity to choose the path to salvation offered through the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV [11] Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. [13] The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. [14] Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
@user-yp8mi8ej2w Hi, it may be much, please ask any questions that arise... Let's begin; The Bible talks about the resurrection of Jesus Christ preparing the way for future resurrections of human beings. What are these resurrections? How do they relate to common beliefs about the afterlife? The word resurrection means rising from the dead-coming back to life. When people talk about “the Resurrection,” usually they mean the raising of the crucified Jesus Christ to eternal life. In the chapter often called the Resurrection Chapter, the apostle Paul shows that Christ’s resurrection was essential for anyone to have hope of eternal life (1 Corinthians 15:14-18). Christ’s death and resurrection made possible the forgiveness of our sins and the gifts of the Holy Spirit and eternal life. Paul then mentions there is a time order of resurrections: “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death” (1 Corinthians 15:22-26). The first resurrection The apostle John gives more details and actually uses the phrase “first resurrection” to describe the resurrection of those who are followers of Christ-who have His Spirit in them. Revelation 20 gives the time order of major events after Jesus Christ’s return to the earth. After Satan is bound and prevented from deceiving people for a thousand years, John says, “Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” (verse 4). This resurrection of the saints-true Christians-is to eternal life: “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (verse 6). The second resurrection Calling something a “first” resurrection clearly implies there are more resurrections. John refers to another time of resurrection, 1,000 years later, in Revelation 20:5: “But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.” In the second resurrection, the dead are described as standing before a “great white throne” (verse 11). “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (verse 12). Jesus Christ described this day of judgment as a time when people of different nations and time periods would rise together, and He said that it would be more tolerable for those who had not heard His message or seen His signs (Matthew 11:21-24; 12:41-42). He said those hearing Him were more accountable even than the people of wicked Sodom: “For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you” (Matthew 11:23-24). What did He mean, “more tolerable”? If this time of judgment was only a time of sentencing, and all receive the same penalty as sinners-eternal death (Romans 6:23)-then “more tolerable” doesn’t make sense. But the concept of judgment in the Bible is broader than just condemnation. In fact, Christians are being judged now (1 Peter 4:17), so it is a process and it can have a positive outcome. And every human being will be judged (Hebrews 9:27). So being judged doesn’t always refer to being condemned. Ezekiel recorded a prophecy of a time when God will resurrect the dry bones of the dead and breathe physical life into them. Not only will He allow them to live again in their own land, but He says, “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live” (Ezekiel 37:14). So, just as God is offering His Spirit and a process of judgment and mercy to His Church today, He will make His Spirit available to those who have never had the chance before. The books of the Bible will be opened to their understanding, and the Book of Life will be opened to allow those who repent and accept Jesus Christ as their Savior to be added (Revelation 20:12). A third resurrection If the saints are raised in the first resurrection, and the rest of the dead who had never had an opportunity for salvation are raised in the second, is there anyone left to resurrect? What must happen before Christ can deliver the kingdom to the Father and destroy the last enemy-death (1 Corinthians 15:24-26)? John’s description at the end of Revelation 20 describes a third resurrection of the incorrigibly wicked-those who will not repent. “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (verses 14-15). Those who are in this resurrection are not those who sin in ignorance or stumble, but the ones who willingly and consciously reject Jesus Christ and choose to go their own way. This can also include those who neglected to actively choose God’s way-who failed to take their opportunity for salvation seriously. For those who will not repent, “there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation” (Hebrews 10:26-27). As mentioned earlier, God’s judgment is a process. It starts when God gives each person an opportunity to live His way of life and to actively choose His way until He adds the person to His family at the first resurrection or after the second resurrection. For God’s people, this process has already begun (1 Peter 4:17). But for those who choose to reject God (2 Peter 2:20-22), the final step of the judgment process is to be condemnation and the second death. This second death is not an eternal torture, but a swift, merciful death from which there are no more resurrections. God says the sinners will burn up and become ashes (Malachi 4:1-3). The second death is “perdition” or the total destruction of the ungodly (2 Peter 3:7). From that time forward, “There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4). You can find this full article on The Life, Hope, and Truth website: What Are the Resurrections? by Mike Bennett
These people follow the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong and what used to the called the Worldwide Church of God. Their teachings sound credible, but are based on Scriptures taken out of context and applied erroneously. The plan of salvation is simple and profound, but find another teacher who “rightly divides the Word of truth.”
I am so thankful for the Holy Days!!!
It is clear that we are to keep these festivals so we can understand God's plan of salvation for everyone--each one in its time. Can't wait to watch the next interview! Thank you for your work
Hi I'm from Sri Lanka. Thank you so much for revealing this message to us
Very clear to follow.
EXCELLENT
WELL DONE!
Only GOD can open man's mind to understand truth...
100 percent biblical and I for one appreciate y'all...
Thanks be to the True GOD for taking my blinders off and being able to come to realize that this world is wrong on so many things....
❤❤❤ thank you LORD for everything Amen and amen, Halilloya
This teaching has helped me understand the way God show us ways to achieve true peace in our life's. I will need to create time to play and listen to it again
Amazing video, Life Hope and Truth! Take care and God bless! Enjoy the Sabbath Day (yes, at least in the timezone I'm sending this message, I'm sending it ahead of time to be prepared before the Sabbath sets in)!
Thank you for speaking to us from the heart, it means a lot to this world that is in desperate agony. May God bless you and spreads His truth through you far and wide. 😊
I appreciate the fact that you transmit a fairly difficult message with absolute clarity and simplicity; and the fact that you use the scriptures to back what your are saying
Dear family friends, greetings in Jesus's name. I am brother Dalton Oluoch coming from Kitale Trans-Nzoia County Kenya. I am motorbike rider. I just get a peanut from my work. Above all I serve the Lord in the street ministry. We fellowship under a tree. We have this objective. 1. To Evangelize to destitute children in the street. 2. To provide care and support to orphans and vulnerable children. 3. To provide shelter and food To destitute and orphans. 4. To train and equip destitute children. 5. To train Youths in life time skills training. BUT right now I am doing objective number one (1) and in the future if God permits I will do the second (2) we also support widows less fortunate people. We also registered as community based Organisation of tomorrow leaders. We need your prayers as at now it's a rain season, sitting under a tree is pathetic. Acts 8:34----39/ James 1: 27. God bless you. Brother Dalton Oluoch
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Revelation 22:20-21 NKJV
[20] He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! [21] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Amen
Passover is a memorial of salvation from bondage of spiritual slavery of this world through the blood of Jesus Christ, We keep the Passover to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, (True meaning of Belief)
Happy Passover in Advance from INDIA
Awesome presentation!
Thank u so much for this presentstion.
Great presentation and truth.
That was very informative. Thanks.
Thankyou so much for this presentation may God bless you.
It is rather long, but well worth hearing the whole plan of salvation!
The Sabbath is the first listed.
❤
Amen
Dear family friends, greetings in Jesus's name. I am brother Dalton Oluoch coming from Kitale Trans-Nzoia County Kenya. I am motorbike rider. I just get a peanut from my work. Above all I serve the Lord in the street ministry. We fellowship under a tree. We have this objective. 1. To Evangelize to destitute children in the street. 2. To provide care and support to orphans and vulnerable children. 3. To provide shelter and food To destitute and orphans. 4. To train and equip destitute children. 5. To train Youths in life time skills training. BUT right now I am doing objective number one (1) and in the future if God permits I will do the second (2) we also support widows less fortunate people. We also registered as community based Organisation of tomorrow leaders. We need your prayers as at now it's a rain season, sitting under a tree is pathetic. Acts 8:34----39/ James 1: 27. God bless you. Brother Dalton Oluoch
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When will the marriage of the Lamb takes place then?
That passage does not specify a space in time. But in the context of Rev. 19 (second coming of Christ), logically speaking, could happen after the seventh trumpet, before Christ comes down to destroy the armies of this world. We can't be sure
We have to be caution the feast do not save us the blood of our Yeshua save the feast we do in remember. I am a Jewish believer in Yeshua who died on the cross for you and me
Yes, but Mo'edim are Mo'edim. Obedience is everything! Lucifer was not obedient. He dragged many with him over his lies about disobedience being not so bad. I hear church members saying, "Its ok, we will be forgiven. God is love!" They carry on living with their 'girlfriends'. Leaning on their own understanding.
God calls us His children for several reasons, one being our childish understanding and behaviour. Our minds are not His mind. We cannot compare. Obedience to the one in the know keeps us from destruction. Trust your flight instructor.
Shalom
Where r u from sir
Gee. It's too bad the apostle Paul didn't have this video. When someone asked him how to be saved, he only had one step. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Poor Paul.
Not sure if you are being serious or being sarcastic. If you are being the latter, you should read James 2:19-20.
@@vidextreme Seriously? You're equating the use of sarcasm to make a point with having the faith of demons? No wonder you're so impressed with this video.
I have two suggestions for you. Ok. Maybe three, but I'll bundle the first two together. First, grow a thicker skin and stop equating being "Christian" with being "nice". Of course, one would not be able to do that, until one does the next, which is to pay closer attention when you read the Scripture. If you had, you would have noticed men of God, and the Lord Himself, for that matter, often speaking in ways that would not be considered "nice", and often utilizing far more pointed sarcasm than I have.
You can start here: 1 Cor. 4:8-14; 1 Kings 18:27; Job 12:2; is. 44:14-17; Mark 2:16-17; Gal. 5:12
But God doesn't sit and choose who lives and dies. Man chooses according to Deuteronomy 30:19. Also read Revelation 20:11-15.
It does not say the books of the Bible were opened to them.
The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works.
Anyone not found written in the Book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Matthew 22:31-32.
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
God did set something in place. He sent His Son Jesus. We all have the same opportunity to know God while we are on the earth.
Romans 1 reveals they are without excuse.
I don't receive Andy Burnett's final teaching which he calls a feast.
There's too much scripture that opposes what he has said and not one scripture that confirms what he has said.
John 5:28-29.
Matthew 25 :31-46 Jesus is speaking truth.
I thought I was the only one who caught that. Everything sounded great EXCEPT when they started talking about all those who have perished have an opportunity to choose Jesus at the resurrection.... Correct me if I am wrong but... didn't they have that opportunity here while on earth? Scripture DOES NOT support that.
@@WendyGlick The speaker did indicate that God had to do something, to put something in place to save those perishing. But God already did it. He gave His Son. Jesus gave His life. John 3:16.
The majority of humans lived without being called by God and without the opportunity to choose repentance and have the faith necessary for salvation. Those individuals, numbering in the billions, will receive that opportunity. But when?
Scripture provides the answer. They will be resurrected 1,000 years after Christ’s return. Revelation 20:4 explains that at Jesus’ return those in the first resurrection, having been raised to spirit life, will live and reign “with Christ for a thousand years” over those who live through the Great Tribulation into the Millennium. The earth will be beautified and restored as a healthy, vibrant habitat for mankind.
John goes on to explain what comes next. “But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished” (verse 5). The rest of the dead includes the majority of humans. Those from Tyre and Sidon lived in a different age than those in Sodom. Yet they will all be resurrected at the same time.
There are some key differences between this second resurrection and the raising of the saints at Christ’s return. The second resurrection will restore billions to a physical life.
Note this vivid description: “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (verse 12).
This second resurrection is a resurrection to a period of learning, choosing and judgment. These individuals will be restored to physical life and given the opportunity to be taught God’s righteous way of life and have their minds opened to the truth as revealed in the Bible. For the first time in their lives, they will have a real opportunity to choose the path to salvation offered through the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV
[11] Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. [13] The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. [14] Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The Books of the Bible will be opened and all will be judged by the Word of God and their works. John 12:48, Matt. 12:36; Rom. 14:12, Rom. 2:6-8
No where does the Bible say that the books will be opened for those who have died without Christ to choose to accept Him and enter in. FALSE DOCTRINE.
Man, I thought I had found a ministry that had some good teachings but a little leaven leavens the whole lump. :(
This second resurrection is a resurrection to a period of learning, choosing and judgment. These individuals will be restored to physical life and given the opportunity to be taught God’s righteous way of life and have their minds opened to the truth as revealed in the Bible. For the first time in their lives, they will have a real opportunity to choose the path to salvation offered through the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV
[11] Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. [13] The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. [14] Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
@@StA_V_ROS Show me Scripture to back this claim up.
@user-yp8mi8ej2w Hi, it may be much, please ask any questions that arise...
Let's begin;
The Bible talks about the resurrection of Jesus Christ preparing the way for future resurrections of human beings. What are these resurrections? How do they relate to common beliefs about the afterlife?
The word resurrection means rising from the dead-coming back to life. When people talk about “the Resurrection,” usually they mean the raising of the crucified Jesus Christ to eternal life. In the chapter often called the Resurrection Chapter, the apostle Paul shows that Christ’s resurrection was essential for anyone to have hope of eternal life (1 Corinthians 15:14-18). Christ’s death and resurrection made possible the forgiveness of our sins and the gifts of the Holy Spirit and eternal life.
Paul then mentions there is a time order of resurrections: “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death” (1 Corinthians 15:22-26).
The first resurrection
The apostle John gives more details and actually uses the phrase “first resurrection” to describe the resurrection of those who are followers of Christ-who have His Spirit in them.
Revelation 20 gives the time order of major events after Jesus Christ’s return to the earth. After Satan is bound and prevented from deceiving people for a thousand years, John says, “Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” (verse 4).
This resurrection of the saints-true Christians-is to eternal life: “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (verse 6).
The second resurrection
Calling something a “first” resurrection clearly implies there are more resurrections. John refers to another time of resurrection, 1,000 years later, in Revelation 20:5: “But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.”
In the second resurrection, the dead are described as standing before a “great white throne” (verse 11). “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (verse 12).
Jesus Christ described this day of judgment as a time when people of different nations and time periods would rise together, and He said that it would be more tolerable for those who had not heard His message or seen His signs (Matthew 11:21-24; 12:41-42). He said those hearing Him were more accountable even than the people of wicked Sodom: “For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you” (Matthew 11:23-24).
What did He mean, “more tolerable”? If this time of judgment was only a time of sentencing, and all receive the same penalty as sinners-eternal death (Romans 6:23)-then “more tolerable” doesn’t make sense. But the concept of judgment in the Bible is broader than just condemnation. In fact, Christians are being judged now (1 Peter 4:17), so it is a process and it can have a positive outcome. And every human being will be judged (Hebrews 9:27). So being judged doesn’t always refer to being condemned.
Ezekiel recorded a prophecy of a time when God will resurrect the dry bones of the dead and breathe physical life into them. Not only will He allow them to live again in their own land, but He says, “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live” (Ezekiel 37:14).
So, just as God is offering His Spirit and a process of judgment and mercy to His Church today, He will make His Spirit available to those who have never had the chance before. The books of the Bible will be opened to their understanding, and the Book of Life will be opened to allow those who repent and accept Jesus Christ as their Savior to be added (Revelation 20:12).
A third resurrection
If the saints are raised in the first resurrection, and the rest of the dead who had never had an opportunity for salvation are raised in the second, is there anyone left to resurrect? What must happen before Christ can deliver the kingdom to the Father and destroy the last enemy-death (1 Corinthians 15:24-26)?
John’s description at the end of Revelation 20 describes a third resurrection of the incorrigibly wicked-those who will not repent. “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (verses 14-15).
Those who are in this resurrection are not those who sin in ignorance or stumble, but the ones who willingly and consciously reject Jesus Christ and choose to go their own way. This can also include those who neglected to actively choose God’s way-who failed to take their opportunity for salvation seriously.
For those who will not repent, “there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation” (Hebrews 10:26-27).
As mentioned earlier, God’s judgment is a process. It starts when God gives each person an opportunity to live His way of life and to actively choose His way until He adds the person to His family at the first resurrection or after the second resurrection. For God’s people, this process has already begun (1 Peter 4:17). But for those who choose to reject God (2 Peter 2:20-22), the final step of the judgment process is to be condemnation and the second death.
This second death is not an eternal torture, but a swift, merciful death from which there are no more resurrections. God says the sinners will burn up and become ashes (Malachi 4:1-3). The second death is “perdition” or the total destruction of the ungodly (2 Peter 3:7).
From that time forward, “There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4).
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What Are the Resurrections?
by Mike Bennett
This is all pure speculation.
These people follow the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong and what used to the called the Worldwide Church of God. Their teachings sound credible, but are based on Scriptures taken out of context and applied erroneously. The plan of salvation is simple and profound, but find another teacher who “rightly divides the Word of truth.”
Nothing they said was taken out of context.
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