Matthew 25:46 “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” Then Jesus separates them into those receiving everlasting life at His right hand, and those doomed for all eternity on His left. Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” These two resurrections are separated by the one-thousand-year reign of Christ. We don’t know the timing of that which could be a short time or a considerable time afterwards.Īfter the 7 years of tribulation there will be two resurrections, one of the righteous to everlasting life for those who refused to take the mark of the beast during the tribulation which happens at the end of tribulation, and another of the unrighteous to everlasting contempt. Sometime after that (this is the pre-tribulation view), the tribulation will begin. Those of faith will rise to eternal life when the rapture occurs. John 5:28-29 “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.” Two groups will arise from death constituting the “many”, meaning all (as in John). “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.” “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” “Then we which are alive remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” This happens at the rapture which happens before the tribulation starts. You can read a great deal more of this (in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17). To have your name written in the book means you are saved.ĭaniel 12:2 “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame everlasting contempt.” Notice also, that the deliverance of those, whose names are written in the Lamb’s book (the book of the saved), is not before this time, but during. This time of trouble is speaking of the great tribulation. During that period, Michael the archangel (Jude 9 10:13), 21 ministers with special attention to protecting Israel during that Gentile time (Isa. This points back (to 11:36-45), the time of the ascendance of Antichrist during the final tribulation period. We know the time mentioned here, is the end of the Gentile age. His ministry is directly under the instructions of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is actually an archangel over the other angels. Notice the word “and” which connects this with the end of the last chapter which was speaking of the willful king, the Antichrist.ĭuring the Great Tribulation, there will be an unprecedented attack to exterminate the Jews, but they will be delivered by Michael the archangel.įirst of all, we must see that Michael is a ministering spirit to the believers. In chapter 11, we were brought to the “time of the end”.
Daniel 12:1 “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”
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