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God and also because this acts for a time as a witness to the Second Creation
               helping to keep it sin-free and yet with free will (Rev 14:11) although this stops
               when the last repentence takes place (Rev 22:3). In summary everybody ends up
               eternally with what they eternally want (Isaiah 55:7-9) and God is fair (Ezek
               18:25-32).


               Death and hell give up all their dead (Rev 20:13) and the dead are resurrected (Rev
               20:12) and judged along with all the remaining devil spirits, angels and those
               Christians, both alive and in Heaven, that became Christians after the first
               resurrection and were not therefore included in the first resurrection (1 Thes 4:15-
               17, Rev 20:13-15).  Only those that are saved by Christ are not then cast into the
               second and final death (Rev 20:14-15).


               Everyone including first resurrection Christians come before this final judgement
               but they are already resurrected, or changed, (2 Cor 5:10).  Non-Christians are
               dead when resurrected for Final Judgement (Rev 20:12). With Christians their
               status before and at the final judgement is known, pre-determined and is a post-
               judgement appropriation of the eternal resurrection.  Already therefore for them the
               second death, is passed (Rom 8:1, Eph 1:5, 11), and ‘has no power’ (Rev 20:6).
               Second resurrection Christians, as they are not changed or resurrected at the first
               resurrection, are resurrected at the second resurrection on an eternal basis (Rev
               20:15, 21:4). The only judgement at the final judgement is whether someone is
               saved or not, there is no other judgement for sin or virtue (Jer 31:30, 2 Cor 5:10, 2
               Tim 4:8, Rev 20:15).  The Judgement is between the second death or the book of
               life (Rev 2:11, 20:15).  Resurrection to receive judgement is obviously distinct to
               obtaining eternal life at the judgement (Rev 20:12-15).


               The final judgement occurs after the final Armageddon battle and is described in
               Matthew (Mat 25:31-46).

               Each resurrection process includes a tribulation, the exercise of Godly
               force, selection of the saints from the rest of mankind, the coming of
               Jesus in power and the changing or resurrection of the saints.  The second
               resurrection process additionally includes the final Judgement.


               First                                                 Second


               Tribulation (Rev 13:7-18)                       (Mat 24:22, Rev 16:2-17)
               This affects only those saints saved after
               the first resurrection during the start of the
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