'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.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

4785. 'For I will go down to my son, to the grave mourning' means that the Ancient Church was perishing. This is clear from the representation of Jacob - who says this about himself - as the Ancient Church, dealt with above in 4680, 4700, 4772; from the representation of Joseph, to whom 'my son' refers here, as the Divine Spiritual or Divine Truth, dealt with above; and from the meaning of 'going down to the grave mourning' as dying, and in reference to the Church, and also to Divine Truth, as perishing.