The First Resurrection

Chapter 20, Verse 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Verse 4a And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:

After witnessing the binding and imprisonment of the enemy of our souls, John studied more of the scenes unfolding before him, whereupon, he saw two distinct groups of people, each distinguished from the other by a specific criterion: That is, whereas o ...