The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

And in Revelation XX., 6 : " Blessed and. holy ishe that hath part in the first resurrection; on suchthe second death hath no power, but they shall bepriests of God and of Cl~rist, and shall reign- withhim a thousand years." In Romans VIII., .17, weare told thit we must sufler with Christ before wecan k glorified with him, but t;lie Apostle adds :" The su'fferings of this present time are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shallbe revealed in. us." " It is a faithful saying.:For if we be dead with him (Christ), we shall alsolive with him. If we suffer, we shall al'so reignwith -him "-2 Timothy II., 11, 12.I hope that everyone in this audience will be ofLl~is class. The offer is free to all who hqvq earsto hear the Glad Tidings, and who ill take uptheir cross &aily and follow in the f~otsteps of- the Master. If yr>u are faithful unto death, youwill get the crown of life,.and then, when you arereigning with Christ, you will be like Him, for youwill be raisgd in the likeness of His glorbus spiri;tualbody-Revelation II., 10; 1 John III., 2:Philippians III., 21,The Resurrection of the UnjastBut what about the rest of mankind? The term- " First Resurrection " implies that there will beanother, and that is exactly what we are told inthe Scriptures. Thele is to be a resurrection bfthe unjust as well as of the just-See Acts XXIV.,- 15. Why are they to be raised ? Qrthodoxy sayathey are to be raised simply to be condemnedagain. That is why the translators of the Author-,-*ised Version of the Scriptures translated tbe Greek'word krisis in John V., 29, by the word "damn-34 -