I was thinking about the Bible's "first will be last", etc. and came up with this.

Matthew 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.


This is talking about the resurrection from the dead. During the thousand year reign of Christ, Jesus will resurrect the dead back to life on earth like he demonstrated in the Bible.

So the first to die will be the last to be resurrected and the very last to die in this system will be the first to be resurrected.

The first to be resurrected will be taught from new scrolls(Revelation 20:12; read all of Rev 20 to give you more background) that will be opened and then more people will be resurrected to be taught until everyone who has died from the beginning are resurrected(Adam, Eve and most likely Judas and Cain will not be resurrected). It will be a glorious time as families are reunited with each other.

hi,i took it to mean that the first are those who through going to church and stuff think they are the bride of christ but have been decéived by following worldly lukewarm christianity will be left behind after the rapture and will come into the kingdom by being martyerd.while the last are those who are outcasts of the churches and who dont follow their manmade doctrines,who will be taken in the rapture and be first in the kingdom......something like that anyways.

I disagree, Judas was sorry that he had done this and he will be with the saved, in my opinion. God says He will have all to be saved and He will raise up who He will. I will leave this all to Him and it is not for us to condemn anyone.

Who is going to rank highest on the priority list ?

The " saved " or the " unsaved " ?

No God, your all dumb.................Can't wait to hear you guys say that I need my soul saved!

"You're"

Enough said.

i agree that through the repentance judas did after he betrayed christ,god knows he was sorry,even unto death and he will be in the kingdom.also maybe it could mean the jews who were to be first will be saved last,while the christians who came afyer the jews will be saved first.

that is why i said most likely. no one knows for sure about him. but the majority of humans that have died will have a resurrection. just was saying those not being resurrected would likely be very small.

Parable of the Vineyard Workers

20 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.

3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. 4 So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. 5 So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.

6 “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’

7 “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’

“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

8 “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. 9 When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. 10 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. 11 When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, 12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’

13 “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

16 “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” Matthew 20:1-16

God is not biases the same reward is offered unto everyone until it's too late. those closest to god will be left last so they can help carry out his will and those of his children who werent as close will go first into heaven to protect them and their soul. if you were father of all mankind what would you do (:

some souls came here first, some later.

Because first and last is just a concept, or an illusion in the first place. But beyond this relative reality as we know it exists a place of infinite nature, all inclusive.

First, last or half way there just can not apply