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Although the resurrection of the righteous is called "first" in Rev. [[20:4|bible.87.20.4]]+, it is not one event but embraces a series of resurrection events, "Every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming" (1Cor. [[15:23|bible.67.15.23]]). Under the single profile of the first resurrection, therefore, is to be comprehended the resurrection of Christ, the rapture-resurrection of church saints, and the resurrection of tribulation saints (such as the two witnesses of Rev. [[11:1-19|bible.87.11.1-87.11.19]]+). It also comprehends the resurrection of Old Testament saints at the end of the tribulation.2
See commentary on Revelation 2:11.their enemies saw themNotes
1 "Not only does the weight of external evidence favor ἤκουσαν [ēkousan] , but since the Seer constantly uses ἤκουσα [ēkousa] throughout the book (24 times), copyists were more likely to substitute ἤκουσα [ēkousa] for ἤκουσαν [ēkousan] than vice versa." -- Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1994), 672.
2 Paul Lee Tan, The Interpretation of Prophecy (Dallas, TX: Bible Communications, Inc., 1993), 94-95.
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