THE FIRST RESURRECTION

 

4 I saw Thrones

On which were Seated

Those who had been Given

Authority to Judge.

And I saw the Souls

OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN BEHEADED

BECAUSE OF THEIR TESTIMONY

About Jesus
And because of the Word of God.

THEY HAD NOT WORSHIPED THE BEAST

OR ITS IMAGE

AND HAD NOT RECEIVED ITS MARK

ON THEIR FOREHEADS

OR ON THEIR HANDS.

They came to Life

AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST

A THOUSAND YEARS.

5 (The Rest of the Dead

Did Not come to life

Until the Thousand Years

Were Ended.)

THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

6 BLESSED AND HOLY

ARE THOSE WHO SHARE

IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION.

THE SECOND DEATH

HAS NO POWER OVER THEM,

BUT THEY WILL BE PRIESTS OF GOD

AND OF CHRIST

AND WILL REIGN WITH HIM

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

(Revelation 20:4-6, NIV)