Resurrection, the first
'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)
Arcana Coelestia # 223
223. Since the Lord's face is mercy, peace, and all good, it is clear that He always looks with mercy on anybody, and never turns His face away from anybody. Instead it is man, when governed by evil, who turns away his face, as the Lord has said through Isaiah,
Your iniquities are what separate you from your God, and your sins what cause His face 1 to hide from you. Isaiah 59:2.
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1. literally, faces
The same applies in this verse which states that 'they hid themselves from the face of Jehovah because they were naked'.
