(2)

Not to fear, he shall not be hurt of the second death (Rev. 2: 10, 11).

(3)

He will eat of the hidden manna, have a white stone and a new name

(Rev. 2: 17, see Rev. 19: 12).

(4)

He shall rule the nations with a rod of iron (Rev. 2: 27).

(5)

He shall be clothed in white, and his name shall not be blotted out of

the book of life (Rev. 3: 5).

(6)

He will be made a pillar in the temple, and have the name of the new

Jerusalem written upon him (Rev. 3: 12).

(7)

He will be granted to sit with Christ on His throne, even as Christ

also overcame, and is set down with His Father in His throne

(Rev. 3: 21).

All is linked with the book of the Revelation itself, even as we see that in Rev. 20: 4,

none live and reign except those who were martyred under the Beast of Rev. 13: 18.

"The Millennial kingdom" is a very exclusive kingdom. We are not told in so many

words that Israel is a restored people, we can only infer that from the reference to the

beloved city and the camp of the saints. If Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David, have been

raised from the dead at this time, they do not enter into the picture drawn in Rev. 20:

They have no place in "the first resurrection". The inspired qualification limits this

resurrection to martyrs of the last three-and-a-half years of Antichristian Dominion.

Two resurrections, and two only are envisaged here and they form a pair :

(1)

The overcomers, every one a martyr. This is "the first" resurrection.

(2)

The rest of the dead. No other resurrection takes place until that of the great

white throne at the end of the thousand years. And these two resurrections

complement one another and make a pair--"overcomers" 5: "the rest" not

"saints" 5: "the wicked dead", as is usually taught.

It will be seen we trust, that so far as the record of Rev. 20: is concerned, the

Millennial kingdom is preeminently the sphere of reward for those who have suffered

unto death during the persecution instituted by the Antichristian Beast of the time of the

end. We only learn from that passage that there are "nations" on the earth at the same

time, by the reference to the rebellion at the end. We learn at the same time that the

beloved city and the camp of the saints have a place there too, but these are not the theme

of the Apocalypse.

Only one resurrection is recorded as taking place in this kingdom, and the names of

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David are not even mentioned.

We realize that inasmuch as the Millennium is the immediate outcome of the Second

Coming of Christ to the earth, all other prophetic features associated with that phase of

the coming must find a place here. We learn from other passages that there will be a

resurrection of Israel (Dan. 12: 1-3 and Ezek. 37: 1-14).  These too must find a

place. It is possible that some prophetic passages refer to the period that follows the