Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
The second
Bible References
Blessed
Revelation 20:5
The rest of the dead were not restored to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!"
Revelation 22:7
See! I am coming very soon! Blessed is he who heeds the words of prophecy that are in this book."
Luke 14:15
One of the other guests heard this, and said to him, "Blessed is the man who shall be at the banquet in the Kingdom of God!"
The second
Revelation 20:14
Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death??he fiery lake.
Revelation 2:11
Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.'
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."
Priests
Revelation 1:6
he has made us a kingdom of priests for his God and Father??o him be glory and power forever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10
and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.
1 Peter 2:5
and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God.
And shall
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 1:6
he has made us a kingdom of priests for his God and Father??o him be glory and power forever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10
and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."
Romans 8:17
and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!