Redeemed from death – Part 3

Revelation 20:6 “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”

There are in fact three separate deaths revealed in scripture, i.e. physical death, spiritual death and the second death. Believers experience the first two, while unbelievers experience all three. And so, it is in fact the second death, which the apostle Paul was referring to, when he taught us that God has delivered us from so great a death. In the above passage of scripture, the Holy Spirit reveals to us that it is the second death which has no power over believers. In other words, even though all believers partake of both physical and spiritual death, they will never experience the second death, for it is only unbelievers that will experience the second death.

Michael E.B. Maher