The First and Second Resurrection — Voddie Baucham

There is a unique group of people described in Revelation 20:4-6; and as with most elements of Revelation, there are many views on what they could represent. Pastor Voddie makes the case that these people are the children of God, and puts a special emphasis on martyrdom and what it looks like today.

4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for 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. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 20:4–6.

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