Revelation 20 — The Great White Throne Judgment & 2nd Resurrection Explained in 7 Points

What will happen to the many men, women, and even children who have died without fully knowing or understanding the truth of the Bible and God’s way of life?
Is there any hope for them or are they all just lost forever?
The Bible actually shows that these individuals will be resurrected. They will be raised back to physical life to be judged in what is described as the Great White Throne Judgment.
This is the second resurrection. And this is an incredible part of God’s plan of salvation that gives genuine hope for those many thought were lost forever!
So in this video, we’ll explain what the Bible says about the Second Resurrection and the Great White Throne Judgment in 7 simple points.
Be sure to stick around for all 7, and remember, don’t just believe us, but look up these verses and prove this for yourself from the pages of your own Bible!
The Second Resurrection and Great White Throne Judgment are mentioned in several places in the Bible.
The most notable place is Revelation 20:11–14. The Apostle John wrote what he saw in vision…
“I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it... And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened... And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades (or, the grave) delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.”
Point #1: This is clearly describing a resurrection.
Note that it says, “I saw the dead… standing before God… and the dead were judged… and Death and Hades (or, the grave) delivered up the dead… and they were judged.”
This clearly shows that the dead will be resurrected back to life for judgment.
Point #2: The Second resurrection occurs 1000 years after the First Resurrection.
The First Resurrection is described a little earlier in verses 4-6, which says, “I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them… And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”
Verses 5 and 6 clearly explain that “This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection.”
But notice the beginning of verse 5, it says, “But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. ”
Clearly there are 2 different resurrections described here!
Faithful Christians will be resurrected at the beginning of the millennium, when Christ returns, which is the first resurrection. But “the rest of the dead” will be raised to life at the end of the thousand years at the second resurrection.
Point #3: This is a resurrection back to physical life.
Those who are raised in the First Resurrection will be raised as immortal spirit beings with eternal life. The Apostle Paul described the First Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15. He said,
“Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God… For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible… For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality… then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’”
Revelation 20:6 says, “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power…”
This is why it is called “the better resurrection” (Heb. 11:35)
Those Christians who died in the faith, along with those still alive at Christ's return, will be raised to life and transformed into immortal Children of God who can never die. (1 Cor 15, Rom 6:23)
But the Second Resurrection is a resurrection back to physical life.
Those in the Second Resurrection will be subject to death.
Ezekiel 37 describes this physical resurrection in more detail:
In a vision, Ezekiel was set, “in the midst of [a] valley; and it was full of bones…” And, “there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry [in other words, they had been dead for a long time].” The passage continues, and “He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O bones, hear the word of the LORD!’... ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live… and… the bones came together, bone to bone… the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over… and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet…”
So we see this is a resurrection back to physical life.
Point #4: This is a time of judgment.
The First Resurrection is the hope of faithful Christians who are being judged now. If they faithfully endure to the end (Matt. 10:22), they will receive salvation and be raised to eternal life, not to another judgment.
The Second Resurrection on the other hand is a time in which those who are raised will be “judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”

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