SCRIPTURE: Revelation 19:11-20:15 (Page 1471); Daniel 7:1-28 (Page 1062)
SERMON: The First Resurrection							       15 April 2001

INTRODUCTION: BE BEREANS! (Acts 17:10,11 2Tim.3:16,17)

  I. TRUTH: SATAN NOT ALLOWED TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS (Rev.20:1-3)
A. SATAN BOUND (1-3; see 20:2&12:9,5f; see Lk.11:20f;  Jn.12:31; 1Jn.3:8; Heb.2:14,15)

B. TEMPTATION, SIN, DEATH (1Jn.3:8; see Mt.4:1f; Phil.2:8; Heb.2:14-18; Acts 2:24; 1Cor.15:1f,54f)

C. RESTRICTION: NOT DECEIVE THE NATIONS (2,3,8; see 12:9; Acts 14:16; 17:30,26f; Mt.28:18f; Eph.3:6; 2:11f)

 II. CONSEQUENCES: CHRIST RULES THE NATIONS (Rev.20:4-6)
A. THRONE: VICTOR & SPOILS (2,3&4f; 10&11f; 12:7f&10f,5; Dan.7:12&13f,9f; Lk.11:20-22)

B. VICTOR: CHRIST (11; see 22:1,3; 7:17; 3:21; see Lk.11:20f; Heb.2:14,15; 1:3f)

C. REIGN WITH HIM (4c; 3:21; see 6c; 1:6; 5:10; Heb.7:1f; 8:1f)
1a. thrones, they sat upon them: ruled with Him (4; see Mt.19:28)

1b. judgment given to them: vindication for rule (4=Dan.7:22(LXX),26)

2a. martyrs: faithful until death (4; 6:9-11; see 1:9; 12:11; see 2Tm.2:12a; Rom.8:18)

2b. victors: not apostasize (4; see 12:11; 15:2; see 12:13f; 13:4,8,11,14,15f; see 2Tm.2:12b)

D. DURING SATAN’S CONFINEMENT (1-3; 3:21 & 2:26/ 22:5; see Dan.7:14,22,26f; see Ps.2:1f,8f; see Mt.28:18f)

E. FIRST AND SECOND (5,6)
1. temporary and permanent (5,6&6,14; see 1Cor.15:45f,53b; Heb.10:9; 8:13f; see Is.43:18f; 65:16f; 66:22)

2. one only and another also (4,5; see Jn.5:24,25&28,29; Rom.6:4-13; 8:10,11)

F. THE FIRST RESURRECTION (5,6a)
1. raised to eternal life (6b, 2:11; see 20:14; 21:8; see Mt.25:46; Jn.3:15,16; 5:24,25; 11:25,26)

2. a share in (6; see “with”, 4,6; see 4:4,10; see Rom.6:5,11,23; Eph.2:5-7; Col.3:1-4)

3. the first resurrection (4,6; see E above; also see Rev.1:5; Col.1:18; 1Cor.15:20,23f)

4. those who sit (4; see 3:21; 2:26,27; 2Tim2:12a; with Phil.2:5-8&9-11; Heb1:3f/ Eph2:5,6; Phil.1:23; 2Cor5:8; Heb12:22f)

5. raised as priests and princes in Christ’s millenial kingdom over the nations (4-6; 1:6; 5:10; see Eph.2:5-7; 11f; 3:6f; see Ps.2:7 with Acts 13:33; Heb.1:5; 5:5; Rev.2:26,27; 12:5f; 19:15&20:3f)

G. THE SECOND DEATH (6,14; 21:8; 2:11)
1. the dead (5,12,13; see Eph.2:1f,5f)

2. raised to eternal death (5,12,13; see 14,10; 19:20; see Jn.5: Mt.25:46; Jn.5:28,29; see Mt.8:12; 22:13; 25:30)

3. the second death (6,14; see 10,14; 14:11; see E above)

III. JESUS IS RAISED & RULES! (Rev.1:5,13f; 3:21; 5:1f; 11:15f; 12:5,10f; 20:4-6; 22:1f)
A. WE ARE RAISED & RULE WITH HIM! (Rev.1:6)

B. NOW (Rev.1:6; 1Pt.2;5,9(Ex.19:6); see Eph.2:4-10; Rom.6:4f,12f; 8:10f; Acts 26:17,18; see Mt.28:18f)

C. AT DEATH (Rev.20:4-6; 2:26,27; 3:21; see Phil.2:5f&1:23; 2Cor.5:8; Heb.12:22f)

D. AT HIS COMING (Rev.19:14,8; 2Th.2:10)

E. FOREVER (Rev.22:5; 5:10; see Dan.7:18,22,26f; Mt.19:28)