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Revelation 20:5

Final ResurrectionLiteral 1000 YearsSymbolic MillenniumTwo Resurrections
“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.”
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And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

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Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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Final Resurrection

The verse explicitly states "This is the first resurrection," implying it is distinct from a general resurrection of all the dead at the very end, and is limited to a specific group.

Literal 1000 Years

The verse explicitly states "the thousand years," but does not inherently define this period as literal or symbolic, leaving open the possibility of a non-literal interpretation.

Symbolic Millennium

The verse explicitly states "thousand years," which, when read at face value without external interpretation, suggests a literal duration rather than an indefinite or symbolic period. The phrase "lived not again until the thousand years were finished" implies a specific endpoint, further supporting a literal understanding of the duration.

Two Resurrections

The verse only explicitly mentions "the first resurrection" and the timing of "the rest of the dead" living again, but does not explicitly label the latter event as a "second resurrection" or define it as a distinct, separate resurrection event.

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Cross-References

John 11:25Thematic

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”

1 Thessalonians 4:16Thematic

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”

Philippians 3:11Thematic

“If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”

Isaiah 26:19Thematic

“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.”

Ezekiel 37:2Thematic

“And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.”

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Thematic Connections

Final ResurrectionLiteral 1000 YearsSymbolic MillenniumTwo Resurrections

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