FreeGrace2 said:
Apparently, then, you believe that bodily-less souls will reign with Christ??? Are you serious?
That's what the Bible clearly says:
OK, you do have a reading problem then.
Revelation 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and
I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
No mention of those souls receiving their spiritual bodies.[/QUOTE]
Well, why don't you just include the NEXT VERSE then? That's where we see that these beheaded souls WERE resurrected.
v.5 - (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)
This is the first resurrection.
So, this "first resurrection" refers to the beheaded martyrs of the Tribulation. They ARE resurrected, and the word "resurrection" ONLY REFERS to the body, in every passage of resurrection.
When someone becomes saved they are instantaneously in the kingdom of God reigning with Christ.
You are rather unfamiliar with the Bible if you believe that.
2 Tim 2:12 refutes your opinion. It is only those who "endure" who will "reign with Christ". Do you understand what "endure" means? It means to remain faithful to the end of your life. So "reigning with Christ" CANNOT be "instantaneous" as you opine.
Yes, when someone becomes saved their soul has been resurrected from the dead.[/QUOTE]
Please prove this claim with actual Scripture that SAYS what you opine.
There will 2 resurrections for the elect. 1 of the soul, the other for the body.
I don't believe opinions. I do believe verses that SAY what others say.
Again, in Rev 20:4 mentions no spiritual bodies reigning with Christ it only mentions the souls.
How about the very next verse which proves these beheaded martyrs ARE resurrected.
Yes, the millennial reign in heaven. The 1000 years are not a literal 1000 years.
OK, there's no reason for further discussion. You have been quite deluded. Rev 20 is crystal clear about a literal 1,000 years.
I don't deal with deluded people. They are impossible to reason with.
Revelation 20:4 does not say they lost their heads IN the tribulation.
You've already lost your head.
Good bye.
Here's your final REFUTATION from Scripture:
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And
I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. T
hey came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)
This is the first resurrection.
Red words PROVE that the souls who will reign with Christ were beheaded for their testimony and didn't worship the beast or his image and didn't receive the mark of the beast.
Blue words PROVE that they WERE resurrected and then reigned with Christ for 1,000 years.
Orange word PROVE that their "came to life" IS their resurrection, of which ALL saved people are resurrected at the same time.
1 Cor 15:23 PROVES that.