The First Resurrection

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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;

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →

Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; — read the full passage →

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; — read the full passage →

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection; — read the full passage →

Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come; — read the full passage →

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified. — read the full passage →

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. — read the full passage →

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, — read the full passage →

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, eventhe lake of fire.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. — read the full passage →

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. — read the full passage →

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, beingthe ninth hour. — read the full passage →

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren? — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.

And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

Now on the firstdayof the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

and cast him into the abyss, and shutit, and sealeditover him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; even Jesus Christ our Lord,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →