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been buried in graves will be resurrected. Please note the difference between these two verses and verse 25. In verse 25, the dead shall hear His voice, but in verse 28 all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice. Those who are in the tombs are different from those who are dead. Verse 25 refers to the dead living on the earth; verse 28 refers to the dead buried in the earth. Those buried in their graves shall be resurrected at the Lord's second coming.
In addition to the resurrection in the spirit which we saw in verse 25, verse 29 distin guishes two kinds of physical resurrections. The resurrection in our spirit means that our spirit is made alive. This is also regeneration in our spirit. The regeneration in our spirit is a resurrection made by the Lord Jesus with the divine life, which is Himself. In addition to this, there are two kinds of physical resurrections. The "resurrection of life" is the resurrection of the saved believers before the millennium, the thousand years (Rev. 20:4, 6; 1 Cor. 15:23, 52; 1 Thes. 4:16). The dead believers will be res urrected to enjoy eternal life at the return of the Lord Jesus. Hence, it is called the resur rection of life. When the Lord Jesus comes back, all His dead believers will be resurrected and