The Saints will meet the Lord in the air, not Rapture, at Jesus second coming, this is the first Resurrection

[Bro.T]

Some people say, "Jesus is going to rapture us up to Heaven where he is" and when we ask them where they get that from that quote 1Thessalonians 4:13-17, to make a point or justify the rapture.13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 4:16 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: 4:17 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.

Now lets take a closer look at the scripture and see what’s it talking about. Paul is telling people Not to grieve over people death in Christ; cause they will be raise again, as surely as the virtuous people that are living will be changed. "For the Lord will descend, (which mean come down), and we all will be caught up (ascend) together in the clouds to MEET the Lord in the AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. So all the saints will meet the Lord in the air with the Angels and come down, back to earth. The third heaven is above space, and above space, theres a body of water. So the Lord is coming from all the way up there, now the saints are coming from the earth to meet the Lord in the clouds, and then we are going back to earth.

Lets go into Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Lets read this last part again in 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

At the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with ALL HIS SAINTS. How clear is this brothers and sisters. You have to get understanding. Just because a person see the word heaven, it doesn't mean that every word that you see in the Bible that says heaven, is talking about the same thing. There are three heavens God created. First heaven is Earth, Second heaven is the sun, moon, stars, clouds. The Third heaven is above all, is where our Lord Father and Jesus Christ are. Lets take a look an example in Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

What else do you see when you look up and see the sun the moon and stars, you see the clouds, and didn't say in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 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. Do we understand what meet means.

Lets take a look at the meaning of the word meet. meet1 mēt/ verb 1. come into the presence or company of (someone) by chance or arrangement."a week later I met him in the street" synonyms: encounter, meet up with, come face to face with,run into, run across, come across/upon, chance on, happen on, stumble across/on;informalbump into "I met an old friend on the train"

 

[RandyPNW]

Some people say, "Jesus is going to rapture us up to Heaven where he is" and when we ask them where they get that from that quote 1Thessalonians 4:13-17, to make a point or justify the rapture.13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 4:16 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: 4:17 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.

Now lets take a closer look at the scripture and see what’s it talking about. Paul is telling people Not to grieve over people death in Christ; cause they will be raise again, as surely as the virtuous people that are living will be changed. "For the Lord will descend, (which mean come down), and we all will be caught up (ascend) together in the clouds to MEET the Lord in the AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. So all the saints will meet the Lord in the air with the Angels and come down, back to earth. The third heaven is above space, and above space, theres a body of water. So the Lord is coming from all the way up there, now the saints are coming from the earth to meet the Lord in the clouds, and then we are going back to earth.

Lets go into Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Lets read this last part again in 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

At the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with ALL HIS SAINTS. How clear is this brothers and sisters. You have to get understanding. Just because a person see the word heaven, it doesn't mean that every word that you see in the Bible that says heaven, is talking about the same thing. There are three heavens God created. First heaven is Earth, Second heaven is the sun, moon, stars, clouds. The Third heaven is above all, is where our Lord Father and Jesus Christ are. Lets take a look an example in Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

What else do you see when you look up and see the sun the moon and stars, you see the clouds, and didn't say in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 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. Do we understand what meet means.

Lets take a look at the meaning of the word meet. meet1 mēt/ verb 1. come into the presence or company of (someone) by chance or arrangement."a week later I met him in the street" synonyms: encounter, meet up with, come face to face with,run into, run across, come across/upon, chance on, happen on, stumble across/on;informalbump into "I met an old friend on the train"

Well, the passage does say we are "seized up to the air," which is just meeting Christ as he begins his descent to earth. Call it a "welcoming committee."

The reason we are "caught up" initially is because we have to be changed into his glorious image in order to return with him as a concerted glorious spectacle. We cannot join him in his return as flawed, sinful people--we must 1st be made perfect, as he is perfect.

But all this takes place in an instant. So I agree--this is more like joining him in his descent than "going to heaven." I hope that's what you're saying?

 

[BobRyan]

John 14:1-3 rapture taken to "My Father's house" - not to a lot of water above Earth's atmosphere

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way where I am going.”

Jesus' Father in Heaven "Our Father who is in heaven" Matt 6
Phil 3:20 "we wait for Jesus to return from heaven"

1 Thess 4:13-18 - rapture - Jesus descends from heaven.. dead in Christ rise first then we who remain caught up together with them in AIR

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Matt 24:31 Rapture - Christ sends angels to gather elect "From one end of the sky to the other"
30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31 And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

 

[JulieB67]

Exactly.

These are the very same events -

. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep

n 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Why people continue to split "the coming of the Lord" into two separate events is beyond me.

 

[BobRyan]

Well, the passage does say we are "seized up to the air," which is just meeting Christ as he begins his descent to earth. Call it a "welcoming committee."

The reason we are "caught up" initially is because we have to be changed into his glorious image in order to return with him as a concerted glorious spectacle. We cannot join him in his return as flawed, sinful people--we must 1st be made perfect, as he is perfect.

But all this takes place in an instant. So I agree--this is more like joining him in his descent than "going to heaven." I hope that's what you're saying?

"caught up together with them in the air" is changed to "join Christ in His descent to the ground"?

IT is easy to understand the necessity of being caught in the air to meet the lord and raptured up to heaven. That is perfectly logical.

But the idea of needing to be taken up in the sky in order to land on the ground (A big BOUNCE) - is not intuitively apparent. Nor is it needed. Saints did not "bounce up" with Christ when He ascended and do not bounce when He appears.

The natural sense of it would be that He is taking us "to His Father's house" - His "Father in heaven" - WHERE He says He wiil have "prepared a PLACE for us".

"In My Father's house are many mansions.... I GO to prepare a PLACE for you"
"I will come again and RECEIVE you to Myself'.

Sounds like He is going some place -- making a place there for us - then coming to take us there.

 

[JulieB67]

The reason we are "caught up" initially is because we have to be changed into his glorious image

I think that's a huge part of it. Especially since the air in this verse is not the Greek word for air that means elevation as in sky. It means the atomosphere/ the air we breathe in. So I can imagine at that moment and with that change everyone being caught up together in those spiritual bodies to meet him. Very exciting to think about.

 

[BobRyan]

Lets read this last part again in 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

1 Thess 3:13 YLT
13 to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

 

[RandyPNW]

"caught up together with them in the air" is changed to "join Christ in His descent to the ground"?

IT is easy to understand the necessity of being caught in the air to meet the lord and raptured up to heaven. That is perfectly logical.

But the idea of needing to be taken up in the sky in order to land on the grand - is not intuitively apparent. The natural sense of it would be that He is taking us "to His Father's house" - His "Father in heaven" - WHERE He says He wiil have "prepared a PLACE for us".

"In My Father's house are many mansions.... I GO to prepare a PLACE for you"
"I will come again and RECEIVE you to Myself'.

Sounds like He is going some place -- making a place there for us - then coming to take us there.

I do understand your point. I just don't think this is about navigating through the atmosphere, or about maneuvering between earth and sky. Rather, it is natural to say that when Christ is coming *from heaven* that we must meet him at his point of departure from heaven in order to appear on earth with him.

And so, there is nothng about "rising in the sky," which involves a process of flight. No, we *instantly* are with the Lord to join him in the central event, which is his descent from heaven. It is not so much about landing a plane--that kind of "descent." Rather, it is about an instant revelation to the world of there being a "new sherrif in town!"

To "go to heaven" makes no sense to me. Only the dead in Christ are there because that's where Christ is, awaiting his inheritance of the earth. So the emphasis is not on "going to heaven," but rather, on inheriting the earth with Christ.

 

[RandyPNW]

I think that's a huge part of it. Especially since the air in this verse is not the Greek word for air that means elevation as in sky. It means the atomosphere/ the air we breathe in. So I can imagine at that moment and with that change everyone being caught up together in those spiritual bodies to meet him. Very exciting to think about.

Right, while some think the 2nd Coming is about spaceships and airplanes the Scriptures are teaching us about how we participate in Christ's Coming. We are "seized up" out of our old existence to breathe the rare air of Christ's atmosphere. Your note about the "air" being our atmosphere is interesting!

 

[JulieB67]

Your note about the "air" being our atmosphere is interesting!

Well, I said atmosphere because the word for air in 1st 4:17 is breathable air.

Greek word 109 in Strong's aer (to breath unconsciously). i.e respire by anal to blow "air"

Compare that to this verse and the Greek word for air

Matthew 6:26 "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"

Greek word 3772 -ouranos from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation), the sky, by extens, heaven

Two different words altogether.

And we know when we look up the word soul in the Greek it's 5590 psuche and the first word of the definition is breath- being derived from 5594 psucho - -to breathe.

So that is definitely imo being caught up together in those new bodies meeting the Lord and being caught up together as well with those he brings with him.

And it makes no sense if we were leaving that he would bring those that are asleep with him.

 

[RandyPNW]

I see the deceased saints as being spirits already with the Lord in heaven. To resurrect them is not to find and reassemble the elements of their previous bodies which is not, in my opinion, possible. The dissolved elements of saints living thousands of years ago do not have elements associated with them, even if a few bones of theirs remains. Body tissues return to fertilizer and become nutrients feeding new animal bodies, including people.

No, the resurrection of deceased saints is simply a renewal of bodily life obtained by them at the point where Christ is ready to return from heaven. That's what "resurrection" means for them, to have a restored bodily life--not to have their old bodies healed.

Resurrection into previous mortal bodies happened to Lazarus and it happened to Jesus before he ascended into heaven. But once in heaven, I believe Jesus put on his new glorified body.

And when he begins his descent from heaven, that's when I think the deceased saints will be resurrected into new glorified bodies, as well. God will gather up "new dust" to create brand new perfect bodies so that the deceased saints will return with Jesus as a corporate expression of Divine Grace.

Those who remain in the midst of Armageddon--a nuclear holocaust, will not be as many as we think, since so many are not really "born again" and living for Christ. These relative few "jewels" of faith will instantly be caught up to Christ at the same time he begins his descent from heaven with those who are resurrected.

These remaining, living saints will also put on new immortal bodies so that all of us may return with Christ in glory, as one corporate testimony to God's Grace, bringing judgment by our testimony to the whole world. The angels will carry out this judgment, initiating the Millennial Age.

During the Millennium, those who thought they were Christians, but were only nominal believers, will get an opportunity to become real Christians. And others who did not even receive an acceptable Gospel testimony will now hear the Gospel in unbridled fashion so that they too can become true Christians.

This is purely speculative to me. But this is how I see it presently.

 

[Clare73]

Some people say, "Jesus is going to rapture us up to Heaven where he is" and when we ask them where they get that from that quote 1Thessalonians 4:13-17, to make a point or justify the rapture.13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 4:16 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: 4:17 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.

According to the authoritative apostolic teaching (1 Th 4:16-17) of Christ (Lk 10:16), that is the "catching up" (harpazo. . .translated as "rapturo" in the Latin Vulgate) of the saints, which occurs at the resurrection of all the dead, i.e., sheep and goats, at the end of time, where the saints ascend to meet the Lord in the air and to accompany him back to earth (parousia) to assist in the Judgment (1 Co 6:2).

 

[Hawkins]

To me, it only says that by the moment Jesus returns those still alive don't need to go through the process called death. They are directly caught up for the Final Judgment.

 

[Bro.T]

According to the authoritative apostolic teaching (1 Th 4:16-17) of Christ (Lk 10:16), that is the "catching up" (harpazo. . .translated as "rapturo" in the Latin Vulgate), which occurs at the resurrection of all the dead, i.e., sheep and goats, at the end of time, where the saints ascend to meet the Lord in the air and to accompany him back to earth (parousia) to assist in the Judgment (1 Co 6:2).

The Lord never gave authority to the apostolic to teach his word, instead Paul says in Roman 9: 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Also
Pauls says in Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

So this is what the Bible say and (1 Th 4:16-17) is the first resurrection.

 

[Bro.T]

Now lets go to psalm 132 and take a look at what, the Lord sworn in truth unto David. Verse 11-14, 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired It for his habitation. 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. Now at that time David was on the earth and he knew the Lord plan, which is to come down on earth.

 

[Clare73]

The Lord never gave authoritative to the apostolic church,

Read it again. . .this time get it right.

 

[Bro.T]

Read it again. . .this time get it right.

Thank you for the slight correction....peace in Jesus name

 

[Bro.T]

So now we know how Jesus is coming back, of course not by himself, now let us take a look at the coming of the Lord in Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory

Lets get another look at it in, Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 1:7 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.

At this point, notice in verse 15, and also Revelation 1:7, how all this ties together and these people trying to hide from the Lord, maybe they should be trying to repent or maybe its to late. Remind you that the Lord haven"t descend yet, he just sitting in heaven looking at them. This is just about the end of the great tribulation waiting on that seventh trumpet. "Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus" (Revelation 14:12). Only the Saint will be raise out of the grave and meet the lord in the air, and come back with the Lord at his second coming.

Lets take a look at that last trump that is sounded in....1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Now we see how all this verses and scriptures connection with each other. Last Verse 17. Now we will meet the Lord in the clouds, those that are dead in Christ and those who are still alive and made it out the great tribulation or out of the place of safety (wilderness). Lets go into 1Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

 

[Bro.T]

Let's take a look at the first resurrection in Revelation 20:4 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. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

So lets rewind a bit and see this first resurrection, because we need to understand how this came to be. This next verse we are going to read take place toward the ending of the great tribulation. After the sky roll back and sun and moon do not give her light. Lets read this in Revelation 6: 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

So after the sky is roll back, there will be some time in between, because the lord will be looking at the people who pierce him. 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)

Now let see when the Lord is descending or coming down, and notice Jesus is not coming with anybody, he coming alone.

Lets go into 1 Thessalonians 4: 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

If you sleep in Jesus it means you have done his will. Lets keep reading and see how Jesus bring the saints with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

This verse just told us that some will be alive to be in this first resurrection, the coming of Jesus, and there are those who will be asleep. Notice they asleep and not in heaven chilling and watching over people, smiling at all this hell going on.

16 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:

Notice: Only the dead in Christ will rise first, but the Lord has descended...meaning coming down

17 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.

Notice we those that where asleep or dead rise first, then those which are alive and remain rise next, to meet the Lord in the air, and altogether we are the first resurrection.

Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

 

[Clare73]

Let's take a look at the first resurrection in Revelation 20:4

Revelation is prophecy (Rev 1:3), which is spoken in riddles (dark sayings) and not clearly (Nu 12:6-8).

The riddle of the "first resurrection" in the prophecy of Rev 20:4 is the new birth from eternal death to eternal life.

It is not a physical resurrection of human bodies, but a resurrection of human spirits from eternal death to eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.