What does "resurrection of the dead" refer to in Hebrews 6:2?


That Scripture states, "Of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment" (Heb. 6:2 NKJ).

This foundational doctrine refers to all the resurrections that the Bible teaches. The Bible teaches two specific times that resurrection from the dead will take place. The Christians will be resurrected in the first resurrection (1 Thess. 4:13-18). We will have the right and privilege to rule and reign with Christ.

The next resurrection will take place at the end of the thousand-year reign of Christ (Rev. 20:7-15). Everyone who has ever lived on the earth will be resurrected at this time. If their names are not written in the book of life, they will be cast into the lake of fire.

You and I can have our names written in the book of life by accepting Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior (Rom. 10:8-13).

Revelation details this particular resurrection as follows:

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands.

And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

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.
(Rev. 20:4-6 NKJ)

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