Claim. The biblical “first resurrection” (Rev 20:5-6) is the first historical accomplishment of full restoration — the cleansing of original-sin and elevation to divine-spirit citizenship of the Kingdom of Heaven, accomplished through Christ at the Second Advent for those who first believe in, serve, and attend him.
Elaboration. Per 2.2.7. The First Resurrection: “The ‘first resurrection’ spoken of in the Bible describes the fulfillment of restoration for the first time in providential history. This will be accomplished through Christ at the Second Advent. He will cleanse people of the original sin and restore them to their true, original selves, enabling each to fulfill the purpose-of-creation.”
Who participates: “those who are the first to believe in, serve and follow Christ at the Second Advent. They will assist him in fulfilling all the indemnity conditions worldwide and in accomplishing the providence of restoration. In the process, they will be the first to have their original sin removed, become divine spirits, and fulfill the purpose of creation.”
This is the structural payoff of justification by attendance. The first-attenders of the returning Christ:
- Are first to have original-sin removed via lineage-restoration (extends Ch 2’s lineage-transmission framework);
- Are first to reach divine-spirit (no human has reached this stage in history — see dp-three-stages-of-spirit-form-life-divine);
- Are first citizens of the otherwise-empty Kingdom of Heaven in heaven;
- Form the foundation through which the rest of humanity is later restored.
Doctrinal contrast: in mainstream Christianity the “first resurrection” is variously read as (a) Christ’s own resurrection, (b) the post-tribulation rapture of believers, (c) regeneration in this life. DP transposes it to the start-of-Completed-Testament-Age inauguration of full physical-and-spiritual restoration accomplished through True Parents.
Connects to the next atomic: the 144,000 number sets the required scale of these first-attenders.
See also. dp-second-advent-required-to-complete-physical-salvation