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Revelation 20:5
ESV The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
NIV (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
NASB The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
CSB The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
NLT This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.)
KJV But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
NKJV But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

What does Revelation 20:5 mean?

This verse assures us there will be a resurrection of the wicked dead. It will occur at the end of the millennium. The first resurrection that John saw occurs before the millennium. Christ arose as the "firstfruits" (1 Corinthians 15:20), evidence of a future resurrection harvest. The resurrection of church saints before the tribulation comes next (1 Thessalonians 4:13–17), followed by the resurrection of the two faithful witnesses in the middle of the tribulation (Revelation 11:9–12), followed by the resurrection of tribulation martyrs and Old Testament saints at the end of the tribulation (Revelation 20:4; Daniel 12:1–3).

All these resurrected believers reign with Christ throughout the millennium. The resurrection described in 1 Corinthians 15:51–55 guarantees believers a brand-new body. It will be incapable of dying or decomposing. It will be like the resurrected body of the Lord (Philippians 3:21). Sin, pain, sorrow, and death will no longer be the experience of believers.
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