Read 1 Thess. 4:16-17. The dead in Christ rise first, then the living in the Rapture. That is the first resurrection, and it happens before the Tribulation. The Tribulation is the wrath of God poured out on the earth (Rev. 6), and Paul wrote several times that we are delivered from the wrath of God which is to come.
Is the church not the Bride of Christ? If so, what groom would say to his bride: āIām going to marry you, but first I will subject you to my wrath. You know, the wrath I already paid the price to save you from.ā?
The second resurrection is after the millennial reign, when all the unbelievers from every time period are brought before the great white throne and judged (Rev. 20).
Read 1 Thess. 4:16-17. The dead in Christ rise first, then the living in the Rapture. That is the first resurrection, and it happens before the Tribulation. The Tribulation is the wrath of God poured out on the earth (Rev. 6), and Paul wrote several times that we are delivered from the wrath of God which is to come.
Is the church not the Bride of Christ? If so, what groom would say to his bride: āIām going to marry you, but first I will subject you to my wrath. You know, the wrath I already paid the price to save you from.ā?
The second resurrection is after the millennial reign, when all the unbelievers from every time period are brought before the great white throne and judged (Rev. 20).