But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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Bede
AD 735
first resurrection: That certainly is the first resurrection in which we rise again through baptism, as the Apostle says, "If ye have risen with Christ, seek the things which are above." For as the first death in this life is through sins, since "the soul that sinneth, it shall die," so also the first resurrection is in this life through remission of sins. <a
