??? "spiritual resurrection", of souls??? What is that supposed to be?
Those that John is referring to are not "physically" resurrected, as in the resurrection that will occur on the last day at the judgement. They were sitting in a position of judgement with Christ at the time of the revelation and are likely the souls of some of the patriarchs and the apostles.
Those "dead" are those who did not participate in the First Resurrection: they are the unbelievers.
No. All will be judged, believer and unbeliever. The only difference is that the believer's transgressions are covered by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.
John 5:28-30
28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when
all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out
those who have done good will rise to live, and
those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing;
I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
Rev 20:11-15
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead,
great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 20:15 says that anyone who's name is not found in the book of life is thrown into the lake of fire. So what about those who's names ARE found in the Book of Life?
If all of the dead that are judged are non-believers as you ascert, then why even bother with the Book of Life? Why not just throw them all into the lake of fire?
Just read the chapter.Yes, it is the judgment of the quick.
Although the verses do not specifically mention the dead, you would have to take them in their exclusivity, ignoring other judgment statement by Jesus and the Apostles, such as the parable of the wheat and the tares, in order to separate the judgement from both the quick and the dead.
Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of
quick and
dead.
2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the
dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
1 Peter 4:5
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the
quick and the
dead.
Well, at least I have good Scriptural reasons to suppose "hour" is not just 60 minutes, whereas I see no reason to suppose 1000 years are not 1000 years.
I didn't propose that "hour" was a literal 60 minutes. In fact, I an almost certain that it is anything but 60 minutes. It could be within the "twinkling of an eye" or it could take some extended period of time. It doesn't matter. Time at that point is likely irrelevant. The point that is being communicated is that it is the final series of events.
Even if they're not, we are NOT in that period now. Christ hasn't come yet.
Amillennialists ascert that we are indeed in that period. However we are not at the end of that period. And, if you do not take Matt 23, Mark 13 and Luke 21 out of context, you might see that Jesus has already "come", not physically, as in His final "coming", but in "clouds of judgement" against the City of Jerusalem, it's leaders and it's Temple, just as God had "come in clouds of judgement" over and over again in the Old Testament.
