REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Forty -The Rest of the Dead

Whom, though, will these kings judge if, as the apostle John here inserts: "(the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended)"?  (Revelation 20:5a)   Again, the expression "come to life" has to be  understood  according to the context. This  expression can have varying meaings in varying circumstances.  For exampe, Paul said of his anointed fellow Christians: "It is you God made alive though you were dead in your trespasses and sins." (Ephesians 2:1) Yes, spirit-anointed Christians were "made alive," even in the first century, being declared righteous on the basis of their faith in Jesus' sacrifice. - ROMANS 3:23, 24. 

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