The 7 Resurrections of the Dead

At the end of the world there will not be one general resurrection of the dead as many believe. There are seven written in the New Testament. Author Ron Jones wrote in the Mysteries of the Afterlife. Read Revelations 20:11-15. “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”

Jesus is the 'Firstfruits'

Jesus is the “firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” Resurrection not reincarnation is the future hope for the believer in Jesus Christ. Did you know there are seven resurrections mentioned in the New Testament? Many people, even Christians, incorrectly assume there is one general resurrection at the end of the age. However, a careful reading of the New Testament reveals there are seven. Two have already taken place. The first, of course, is Jesus’ own resurrection. His resurrection is called the “firstfruits” in 1 Corinthians 15 (an illusion to the Feast of Firstfruits in the Old Testament) to suggest there are many more to come. “But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.”