Once again we have someone looking for text book answers.
And that is problematic? Christians should always be looking for textbook answers; with the Bible as their textbook.
Do you know that the "First Resurrection" is actually in three phases (just like a Hebrew harvest)?
No, I do not, and neither do you, nor can you support your claim from rightly-divided scripture.
I have, many times, and it does not support your claim.
1 Corinthians 15:19-28
"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."
According to the Apostle Paul's eschatology, Christ is the firstfruits of them that slept, or the first one to rise from the dead unto eternal life, and he was raised from the dead on the Jewish Feast of Firstfruits. The saints who will be made alive in Christ will follow the order that Paul laid out for us, and that does not match your suggested order. Again, Christ is the firstfruits, and then afterwards those who are Christ's will be raised at his coming, singular, and not at his comings, plural, as you suggest.
Then, according to Paul, comes the end when or after he has delivered up the kingdom to God, or when he shall have put down all rule and authority and power, for he must reign, during his millennial reign, until he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy, according to Paul, that shall be destroyed is death, and we know, from Revelation chapter 20, that death will be destroyed when it is cast into the lake of fire at the end of Christ's millennial reign with his saints who will be a part of the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:7-15
"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
At the end of Christ's millennial reign, the second of only two resurrections takes place, and that is the resurrection unto damnation for all of those whose names will not be found written in the Lamb's book of life.
Furthermore, after this 1000-year reign on earth with the saints who partook of the first resurrection, Christ will deliver up the kingdom to the Father, just as Paul rightly stated.
And the Resurrection/Rapture is phase II, while the resurrection of the Tribulation martyrs is phase III.
That is something that you and others made up, and it is totally unsupported by scripture. In other words, there is no mention of a separate resurrection of the tribulation saints which allegedly differs from the first resurrection which occurs at Christ's coming (not comings).
The reason why the Holy Spirit mentions the First Resurrection in Revelation 20 is because that same chapter has the Second Resurrection (unto damnation). So those two resurrections are being distinguished from each other.
You got this part right, but it does nothing to support your claim that the first resurrection comes in three phases.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: (Rev 19:1) Everything shown in Revelation 19:1-10 (including the Marriage of the Lamb) is in Heaven. And verse 11 actually confirms this: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Nope.
Regarding the marriage supper of the Lamb, this is what Revelation chapter 19 actually says:
Revelation 19:6-9
"And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God."
This simply says that the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready. It says nothing about the marriage being in heaven. In fact, if it was in heaven, then all of the tribulation saints would miss it because they would have still been on earth. Your premise is ridiculous. Contrary to what you are suggesting here, Jesus will remain seated at the right hand of the Father, as the only mediator between God and man, until the time comes that his enemies are to be made his footstool. In your scenario, as I said in a previous post, Jesus is allegedly partaking in a 7-year-long feast (sounds like gluttony to me) while saints are being martyred here on earth with no one to mediate for them in heaven because Jesus is too busy chowing down with his celestial buddies. It is pure nonsense.
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