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I wonder what Revelation 20:12-14 is talking about in terms of "the dead". It seems they are different groups, but share a common label.
In ch20, how does "the dead" compare between v5 and v12?
Troy Day
appear like babylong the great @highlight Philip Williams John Mushenhouse but then again @michael upchurch may NOT think so WHILE Michael Chauncey always has a good answer
Michael Chauncey
By this time in the chronology of The Book of Revelation all who are saved will have been have been raptured and resurrected. The only dead remaining in thier graves would have been those who died in their sins. This passage in Revelation 20:5 mentions “the rest of the dead” setting the apart from the blessed and the holy who by this time will already have been ressurected and raptured1,000 prior. The rest of the dead, ie the wicked will stand before the Great White throne where they will be judged by the works. Since their names wont be foind in the book of life they will be cast into the lake of fire for eternal punishment. “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