This week we come to Revelation 20:5-6:   

         The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

       Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

         Here we see that there are two resurrections. The one addressed in last week’s text was the “first resurrection,” which is again mentioned...

        This week we continue with Revelation 20:4:

       Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and...

         This week we continue with Revelation 20:1-3:     

       Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

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This week we continue with Revelation 19:17-21 and the ultimate folly of fallen men to make war against the Lord, and their resulting doom:

       Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

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         Much of what I have used in this study has been from a historical view of Revelation, which was common and almost universal in the Protestant church before the 1844 Advent Movement. It was during that movement when much of the emerging evangelical church embraced a more futuristic understanding of Revelation. As noted, I have studied most of the perspectives of Revelation and have found some merit to most of them. However, some of the holes and contradictions in the futuristic perspective would be resolved with an understanding of the historic view.

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