3736 — Who Are Included, Rev. 1:7?
By Editor
Will you please explain Rev. 1:7? Does this mean that there will be more than the righteous raised at the first resurrection? The text itself would imply that those only who are on the earth would see our Lord when He comes. Those who pierced Him, if it refers literally to those who thrust the spear into His side, should have a special resurrection previous to this time. Dan. 12:2 would seem to indicate that there was just such a resurrection as this—not a general, but a special—in which some of the righteous and some of the wicked would be raised to see our Lord when He should come. "Every eye shall see Him" would simply be every eye of those upon the earth.