The resurrection of the dead has its origins in Genesis 2:17, when Adam ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
● Genesis 2:16 » And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
● Genesis 2:17 » but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Paul wrote in Romans 5:14 that the death reigned from Adam to Moses. It is understood that the death ceased to reign when the angel fought with Jacob, and changed Jacob's name to Israel (Genesis 32:28). When Jacob and his children entered Egypt, death no longer reigned, because the children began to be born living soul, without knowledge of good and evil, making room for the angels to reign and also start the resurrection of the dead. Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ linked to the Gentiles.
● Romans 5:14 » Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.
Those who died from Adam to Moses are the "other dead" mentioned in Revelation 20:5 who were part of the great generation of Adam who had the knowledge of good and evil, and were considered children of God (Genesis 3:22). After the end of the thousand years, the resurrection of the dead begins and will end when the number of the chosen ones is completed.
● Revelation 20:5 » The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
The "other dead" are also mentioned in Revelation 17:15, they are the peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues, who came with the waters of the deluge and are now reliving from the dead. In the deluge there were waters and God sent more waters, just as there were souls (spirits) and God sent more souls.
● Revelation 17:15 » And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Revelation 20:4 mentions the persecution that was in Eden, before the deluge, against those who were faithful to the Lamb, who worshiped neither the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark on their foreheads or hands. The faithful were killed, but they revived and reigned with Christ a thousand years (twenty-four thousand years, a thousand years as a day). Revelation 20:4 makes it clear that the dead have already been judged by the things that are written in the books that appear in Revelation 20:12.
● 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 had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
● Revelation 20:11 » And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
● Revelation 20:12 » And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is `the book' of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
The text in Daniel 12:2 also makes it clear that the dead have already been judged according to their works.
● 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.
In Revelation 20:6, it says that the elect, who have part in the first resurrection, will die, but over these the second death has no power, and they will reign with Christ for a thousand years (second millennium). If the second death has no power over the faithful, then there has already been the first death. The first resurrection is taking place and it goes on to complete the number of the chosen ones.
● Revelation 20:6 » Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
In Matthew 22:31, Jesus Christ spoke of the resurrection of the dead, citing Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who died with “the knowledge of good and evil” and needed to revive from death.
● Matthew 22:31 » But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
● Matthew 22:32 » I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not `the God' of the dead, but of the living.
● Matthew 20:16 » So the last shall be first, and the first last.
Jesus Christ is the example of the resurrection of the dead when he was born of Mary. It was the Lamb, the son of God, who came down from heaven and was revived in the person of the baby Jesus, and after he died, the second death had no power over him, because he rose from the dead and was caught up into heaven (Revelation 20:6) .
Jesus could not be Joseph's son and this became clear when he spoke to his mother "woman what I have with you". Jesus did not belong to the house of Israel.
● John 2:4 » And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
In Matthew 22:30, Jesus Christ spoke to the disciples about the resurrection, he was talking not about the resurrection of the dead as it appears in Matthew 22:31, because the disciples did not have the "knowledge of good and evil", they were angels and these angels were the stars of heaven mentioned in Revelation 12:4.
● Matthew 22:30 » For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.
When Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven was at hand or when he said of the resurrection, as it appears in Matthew 22:30, he was talking about the rapture of the lost sheep of the House of Israel, which Jesus Christ came to save and appear sealed in Revelation 7:4.
● Matthew 10:5 » These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into `any' way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:
● Matthew 10:6 » but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
● Matthew 10:7 » And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
● Revelation 7:4 » And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
The commandment of baptism did not apply to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Baptism represents the burial of the old man, who has risen from the dead with “the knowledge of good and evil,” just as Jesus was. Jesus set the example when he was baptized by John the Baptist.
It is understood that the great multitude that appears in Revelation 7:9, are those who were raised from the dead, that is, they participated in the first resurrection and were caught up, and over these the second death that speaks in Revelation 20:6 will have no power.
● Revelation 7:9 » After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of `all' tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
The following chart clearly shows a population increase after the thousand years, that is, after Jesus Christ. They are the "other dead", who died with the knowledge of good and evil and who are reliving.
Original source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Population_curve.svg
Men who died with the knowledge of good and evil, can only return to God after the resurrection of the dead, which speaks in Revelation 20:5. Men are reliving once, until completing the number of chosen, after which judgment comes (Hebrews 9:27).
● Hebrews 9:27 » And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this `cometh' judgment;
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