Resurrection of Judgment

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The resurrection for judgment before the great white throne will not consist of a mixture of saved and lost, or of just and unjust. Scripture calls them "dead"-"I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God." Rev. 20:1212And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:12). This resurrection is called by our Lord, "the resurrection of damnation," or judgment, in contrast to the "resurrection of life," or "the resurrection of the just."
We are further told that all who appear before the great white throne will be judged "every man according to his works," and who could be saved if judged according to his works? There is no account, therefore, of any being saved who are judged at the great white throne. Those who are taken to glory at the coming of our Lord will be raised from among the dead a thousand years before the great white throne judgment. See Rev. 20:55But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. (Revelation 20:5) and 1 Thess. 4:16, 1716For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16‑17).