We are plainly and irrefutably told which people in Christ will be raised at the Return of Jesus.
Revelation 20:4...the martyrs killed by the 'beast' during his world control of 42 months.
And it does NOT say they become immortal.
The last trumpet will be The Last Trumpet call for all the dead to rise and stand before God on His Great White Throne.
THEN the Book of Life will be opened and those whose names are found in it will receive immortality.
The theory of people becoming immortal before that final Judgment, is false and cannot happen.
There is nothing "irrefutably" about theories that contradict repeated and clear Scripture. You are doctoring the sacred text to fit your mistaken beliefs.
The elect are changed at the second coming/last trumpet into glorified existence. Multiple Scripture supports that. Your fight is clearly with God's Word.
1 Corinthians 15:50-55 explains,
“flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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 . For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 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. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
Interestingly, this Greek word
allasso used to describe the glorification of the earth in Hebrews 1:10-12 is also used to describe the glorification of the elect here.
Mortals are not qualified to inherit the new earth, as they are plagued by the blight of corruption – which is expressly forbidden from the new earth. Sinful mortals (in their corruptible bodies) will not even survive the Lord’s climactic coming never mind enter the glorified earth. They cannot abide the glorious presence of Christ at His appearing. It would be totally impossible for flesh and blood to inhabit such a glorious setting. Anyway, there will be no more curse on the world, as death will be swallowed up in victory. The bondage of corruption will finally be banished.
We must note the careful connection between “flesh and blood” and “corruption” (which relates to “this present time”) in comparison to “the kingdom of God” (that appears in all its final glory when “the trumpet shall sound”) and “incorruption.” To secure man’s access to this glorified eternal kingdom, which is inherited alone by the meek (Psalm 37:9-11, 22, Matthew 5:5), “this corruptible must put on incorruption.” This passage, which is speaking of the period immediately following the coming of Christ, confirms that no element of the fall can access the incorruptible eternal kingdom.
This changeover from “this present evil age” blighted with “the bondage of corruption” to the bliss and splendor of “incorruption” and “the glory which shall be revealed in us” doesn’t happen until the return of Christ. The transition from this temporal evil age to the new perfect eternal age happens at Christ’s return. Scripture show this glorious climatic event will see the glorification of God’s people and the glorification of this earth. The means by which God removes corruption from this earth at the end is by fire. People need to be glorified in order to equip them to populate the new perfected environment.
Mortality cannot possess it. The wicked cannot possess it. Premil has billions of both polluting the new earth.
Romans 8:19-23 continues,
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption (phthora or decay) into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.”
There is a direct connection between the liberation of “creation” and the liberation of the “sons of God.” Both the creature and creation are waiting for “the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body” – or resurrection day. This is the day when both will simultaneously be delivered from the aforementioned “bondage of corruption.” The day of redemption is shown throughout Scripture to be the second coming of Christ. It is there is that man experiences the final part of redemption – the redemption of his body.
Jesus said in Luke 21:26-28, 36:
“for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming (
erchomai)
in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh … Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall (or
mello or
hereafter)
come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
Luke 21 shows us what occurs at the climactic future coming of Christ. Not only will creation be glorified, the righteous will also experience the same. This is the moment when man and creation is simultaneously perfected. This is shown to be the realization of the final aspect of redemption. Various clear and repeated Scripture prove when the day of redemption is.
Ephesians 1:13-14 assures us that
“ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 4:30 similarly states,
“ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
That day is the climatic coming of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is here described as “that Holy Spirit of promise.” The word “earnest” here relates to a security down payment. It is taken from the Greek word
arrhabon, which is from a Hebrew origin [meaning a pledge in advance as security for the rest. You have heard of earnest money. ‘It is a portion of something, given or done in advance as a promise of the remainder’. This seal is active until the time when Jesus comes and we shall be physically redeemed.
Colossians 3:4 tells us:
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
2 Thessalonians 1:7&10 declares:
“the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven … When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe.”
We shall indeed be changed into the image of the glorified Christ upon His return. 1 Corinthians 15:49 confirms:
“we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”
Philippians 3:18-21 says,
“we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall metaschematizo (or)
change our vile body, that it may be summorphos (or) fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”
Peter also looked forward by faith to an age approaching as an age when he will be
“a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed (or
mello) hereafter)” (1 Peter 5:1). He too was talking about resurrection day, when Jesus comes.
John tells us in I John 3:1:
“when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
These passages describe the final act of redemption that occurs when Jesus returns. God’s people will then no longer suffer from any spiritual lack or inability. This will be a day when every last evidence and remembrance of sin, rebellion and pride will be eliminated.
1 Corinthians 15:22-24 records:
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.”
As Jesus comes and rescues ‘the just’ in the twinkling of an eye He also destroys ‘the unjust’. This passage is an irrefutable description of the end. Those “in Adam all die.” The second coming is shown to be the termination of all insurrection. It is the time “when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.” But equally, “in Christ shall all be made alive.” This is the time “when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.” It is clear that everything is tied up at the end (“His coming”). This is the event when the elect are glorified in order to equip them to inherit the new perfect arrangement. This involves them being given new glorified bodies that are completely devoid of sin and corruption
