We then learn in Revelation that judgement doesn't occur until the second resurrection which [...]
Here's a post I made on that, some time back...
[quoting excerpt from old post... Note the TWO "PUNISH" words in Isaiah 24:21-22[23], and what they are PARALLEL to]
[...] speaking specifically of the verses Isaiah 24:21-22a [PARALLEL] with Revelation 19:19,21 / 16:14-16 / 20:5 [/ His Second Coming to the earth]"
So, ^ in Revelation 19:21a (one of the verses I pointed out) it says "and the remnant were SLAIN" (i.e. they DIE). This is what verse 22 means in Isaiah 24 where it says [see verse 22]:
Isaiah 24 -
21 In that day the LORD will punish
the host of heaven above
and the kings of the earth below. [<--COMPARE with Revelation 19:19,21 / 16:14-16 / 20:5 (at His 2nd Coming to the earth)]
22 They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit.
They will be confined to a dungeon
and AFTER MANY DAYS shall they be PUNISHED"
This is distinct from what Revelation 20:11-15 says specifically, that "and death and hades delivered [/gave] up the dead" (v.13).
The "pit" is not "the lake of fire," see. (the "pit" is equivalent to "death [and/or] the grave," see).
"But the rest of the dead lived not again UNTIL,"... see [they go to or remain in the "pit" ('death and/or the grave') UNTIL... Until the SECOND of the TWO "PUNISH" words, the one in Isaiah 24:22b ("and AFTER MANY DAYS shall they be PUNISHED"--same way that Rev19 is at an earlier time-slot than Rev20:11-15/GWTj--SAME SEQUENCE, and with a TIME-PERIOD between them!)]
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Re: "the pit" and "the grave" (basically meaning "death"... not that someone's BODY necessarily had to have been "buried" in the ground! [see again the word "SLAIN" in Rev19:21])
Isaiah 38:18 -
"For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth."
Ezekiel 28:8 -
"They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas."
Ezekiel 31:14 -
"[...]: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit."
[I see this also as equivalent to the phrase "cast into outer darkness" which will take place at the time of His Second Coming to the earth, in that, those to whom this phrase pertains will NOT be entering the promised and prophesied earthly Millennial Kingdom (aka 'the age [singular] to come') to enjoy it]
[END quoting old post]
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Inserting certain things into the incorrect time-slots [or, chronology] can really wreak havoc in our interpretations and understanding. = )
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