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.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)
Job 26
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"How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
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"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
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He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
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He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
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He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
