- Bro. Mick Smith
- Talking about resurrections – See Extended Notes Below
- Jn 5:24-25
- Rom 8:1
- Rev 20:4-11
- Is 26:19-20
- Mal 3:16-17
- Jn 11:43
- Rom 4:1-25
- Rom 5:1-2
- Jn 6:44
- Jn 5:28-29
- Acts 24:15
- Micah 7:19
- Revelation 20:11-15
- 1 Pet 5:8
- 1 Th 4:13-18
- Mat 27:52
- Rev 11:14-19
Notes to tonight’s Zoom meeting;
1.The First Resurrection = those who First obtain everlasting life by receiving the Holy Ghost which is a new birth of the nature of God the Father given through an by his son, Jesus Christ. These are those who lived during the Day of The Lord and in the Harvest period of the Early Church (day of Pentecost to AD 70) and continued in faith unto perfection (the fullness of Christ). The Lamb’s book of life. See Jn 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life , and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (This was during the early church harvest). The same will be true to all those in the Restored church in the Harvest in the end of the Gentile world where the remainder of the overcomers will be made up. Those two groups will make up the man-child that will rule and rein with Christ for a thousand years.
2.The Resurrection of the Just = those who were and are justified by Faith. This includes those who lived during and under the old covenant mentioned in Isa 26:19-20 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Also, Mal 3:16-17 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. Those who lived and are living a dedicated life of faith in all they knew and understood in serving the Lord. These also include others who resurrected who died also having been justified by faith during the time of Christ’s ministry right on thru today. I would say Lazarus was granted a Just Resurrection when Jesus resurrected him. Jn 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. The thief on the cross would be one to mention who did not have the Holy Ghost but was promised a resurrection “To Day”. He would be included with those mentioned in Isa 26:19. “To Day” referred to the Day of the Lord which was from Pentecost to AD 70 = the Harvest time period of the New testament church. A person did not and does not have to be baptized in the Holy Ghost to be Just. However, a person must be born again of the new nature of God (Holy Ghost) and grow in that nature to full maturity of perfection to inherit everlasting life. Once a person truly is converted by Faith and maintains that commitment of Faith they are counted worthy and sin is not imputed to them while they are working on their salvation. This also includes those who have the Holy Ghost nature. They are both counted worthy by the blood sacrifice of Christ as long as they remain faithful. Read Romans chapter 4. Rom 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
(They can lose that by turning from their faithfulness and become unjust and would then come up in the resurrection of the unjust. Jn 5:28-29a Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; (The Resurrection of the Just); and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation (The Resurrection of the Unjust). See Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.)
3.The Resurrection of the Unjust = Any of God’s children not living faithful in a dedicated life. If they are in the Body of Christ, Babylon or are backslid in the world. These will make up the unjust group of God’s children from the beginning, through the Jewish and Gentile worlds. These are all those who will come up in the final resurrection after the one thousand year millennium, Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. The Sea (those in the world that are God’s children), Death (those that are not in the world but death is reining in their lives. They are not dedicated nor living a faithful life. Hell (these are in a religious hellish condition that leads to death). Again these are those in Jn 5:29b and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation (The Resurrection of the Unjust). God is merciful and will not eternally judge any of his children without giving them an opportunity to hear the truth of God’s seven fold light with his full manifestation that is only available during the New Testament Body of Christ, The Gentile Restored Church and during the Millennium including those who resurrect during the final resurrection after the thousand years. The Just and Unjust Resurrections make it possible for God’s children to be righteously judged unto life or damnation no matter when or what time they lived! They will come up in a time when they will hear the truth and see a full manifestation of God in a seven fold light!
Recap;
1. First Resurrection = those who overcome the flesh and inherit everlasting life who will rule and rein with Christ a Thousand years. This resurrection is from the death of the flesh to the life of God. Not a resurrection from natural death from the grave.
2. Resurrection of the Just = These are those in Jn 5:28-29a – Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life… These are Just that resurrected in the New Testament Church; Mt 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. It is also those who resurrect in the Restored Church in the end of the Gentile world; Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great… They overcome the flesh and inherit everlasting life in the Restored Church in the Harvest of the end of the Gentile world.
3. Resurrection of the Unjust = These all come up in the final resurrection where the sea, death and hell give up the dead that are in them. These are those in 5:29b and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. That is they died unjust in judgment of damnation. Their resurrection is to give them an opportunity to hear the truth and turn from their unjust life and inherit everlasting life. If they don’t they will be cast into the lake of fire which is second death – eternal death!