4 And I saw †thrones, and they sat on them, and †judgment was committed to them. Then I saw †the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, †who had not worshiped the beast †or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they †lived and †reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such †the second death has no power, but they shall be †priests of God and of Christ, †and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
Nelson, Thomas. Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV) (pp. 1199-1200). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
I finished the book; it will soon be in print. Two resurrections remain since the resurrection of Jesus Christ. All who are listed above rise at the first resurrection, including the apostles and probably each of Israel's twelve patriarchs as the judges on twenty-four thrones; also, all who will have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the Word of God and who had not worshiped the beast and his image and refused to take his mark on their foreheads or their hands. [The literal wording opens the possibility that all who reject the beast and his mark are in heaven with the beheaded martyrs who overcome the beast, which seems to be the case in chapter 15 as those who have overcome the beast who stand beside the sea of glass. Furthermore, we should consider 1 Thes. 4:15-18, where the survivors of the tribulation [thlipsis] ascend together with the risen martyrs; these are its connecting parts.] No one can number their multitude in Revelation, chapter 15. This is the first resurrection after the great tribulation, which is a global holocaust. The rest of the dead rise at the last resurrection [after the thousand years], including multitudes of holy ones who did not rise in the first resurrection. The first resurrection is at the great trumpet of God in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; the last, at the last trumpet of the seven angels in Revelation 11:15-18 and in 1 Corinthians 15:50-56 when death is destroyed and time ends at the Judgment Throne of Christ. Revelation is not simply written in the order of its events, which is why you should read Unveiled! The following was the manuscript a year ago. Minor things have been corrected, and more revelations have followed since its appearance on this web site. Though I published it in 2023, you'll find its 2024 Edition [labeled and with updates] on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple-i soon if not by the time you read this.