He Shall Have Dominion

Third, Scripture knows of only one resurrection, no resurrection
centuries from the end will occur. “There will be a resurrection of the
dead, both of the just and the unjust” (Ac 24:15). “The hour is coming in
which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth; those
who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have
done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (Jn 5:28–29).
Premillennialists attempt to maneuver around the rocky shoals of
John 5:28–29 by arguing that the hour “allows for its extension over a
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long period.” This permits the reference to cover the 1,007 years
necessary for their position. Certainly, “hour” can encompass a long
period of time. But to argue such here involves the dispensationalist in
manifest absurdity: It allows that the “resurrection to life” occurs over the
entirety of the 1,007 years involved. It suggests that the “shout/trump” of
Christ in John 5:28–29, 1 Corinthians 15:51, and 1 Thessalonians 4:16
continues throughout the period, for this shout/trump is that which
causes the resurrection. It also involves the system in internal
contradiction: it permits the resurrection of the damned to occur over
that same period, despite the assertion that it occurs at the end (and only
in one phase).
Actually “it is not the length of time which this word ‘hour’ is designed
to mark . . . but it is the unity of period and action which alone is
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intended.” That is, it speaks of a general resurrection, which will involve
both the just and unjust.
Fourth, the resurrection signals death’s destruction: “But each one in
his own order: Christ the first fruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at
His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God
the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last
enemy that will be destroyed is death” (1Co 15:23–26). Clearly this “last
enemy” is destroyed at “the end,” and both occur in conjunction with the
resurrection.
The Hyper-preterist Resurrection
Unfortunately, a new gnosticism is infecting the church: hyperpreterism.
One major feature of hyper-preterism is its denying the
believer’s future physical resurrection at the end of history. The hyper-
62. Pentecost, Things to Come, 400.
63. Brown, Christ’s Second Coming, 191.