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.
(Riferimenti: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)
Arcana Coelestia #10025
10025. 'At the door of the tent of meeting' means in order that they may be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'the door of the tent of meeting' as truth and good joined together, which is called the heavenly marriage, dealt with above in 10001. Since 'the door of the tent of meeting' has this meaning it was decreed that if the slaughtering were carried out anywhere else blood should be imputed and that soul should be cut off from the people 1 , Leviticus 17:3-4, 8-9. The reason for this was that goodness and truth joined together, thus the heavenly marriage, was not represented then, but evil and falsity joined together, which is the hellish marriage.
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1. literally, the peoples