- Order Of Events - Come Out Of Babylon - Sunday Law - Close Of Probation - 7 Last Plagues - Voice of God - Special Resurrection - Second Coming
Daniel 11:44-Daniel 12:1 | Revelation 14-16 | Great Controversy |
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: | Three Angels Messages | Final Warning - Chapter 38 |
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. | because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. | The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power...papists and Protestants unite |
And at that time shall Michael stand up | behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: | Michael Stands Up - Opening text of Chapter 39 |
there shall be a time of trouble | Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. | The Time Of Trouble - Chapter 39 |
people shall be delivered | And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell | God's People Delivered - Chapter 40 |
Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Which Resurrection are we talking about?
There are two main resurrections, one for the just and one for the unjust.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28-29)
When do these take place?
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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thes 4:16-18)
The just are raised when Jesus comes again.
What happens to the unjust when Jesus comes again?
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (2 Thes 2:8)
When is the resurrection for the unjust?
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. Rev 20:5 (Note: the end of this verse belongs at the beginning of the next one)
So if all of the Saints are raised when Jesus comes again and the rest are raised after the 1000 years, how is it that we only see SOME are raised before this time?
Lets look at the verse again.
Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Here is shows both the just and the unjust are raised at what looks to be the same time but only SOME OF THEM.
This we call the special resurrection.
This happens shortly before Jesus comes again.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Rev 1:7)
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mat 26:62-64
Graves are opened, and "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth ... awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2). All who have died in the faith of the third angel's message come forth from the tomb glorified to hear God's covenant of peace with those who have kept His law. "They also which pierced Him" (Revelation 1:7), those that mocked and derided Christ's dying agonies, and the most violent opposers of His truth and His people, are raised to behold Him in His glory, and to see the honor placed upon the loyal and obedient. - The Great Controversy, 636, 637 (1911). {LDE 271.2}
Revelation 14:
Mark Of The Beast - Rev 14:12 | Special Resurrection - Rev 14:13 | Second Coming - Rev 14:14 |
Here are they that keep the commandments of God | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord | Upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man |