John Gill, in his commentary on Daniel 12: 2 wrote (emphasis mine):
"Our Lord seems manifestly to have respect to this passage, when he speaks of men coming out of their graves at the last day, "some unto the resurrection of life, and others unto the resurrection of damnation", John 5:28 and upon these words it may well be thought the Apostle Paul grounded his faith of the resurrection of the dead, both just and unjust, Acts 24:15, and though the resurrection of both is spoken of here and elsewhere together, yet it will be at distinct periods of time; the resurrection of the just at the beginning of the thousand years, and that of the wicked at the end of them, Revelation 20:5, between which will be the intermediate state of the saints dwelling with Christ on earth; where they will be favoured with his presence, and the rewards of his grace, to which the following verse has respect."
John Gill was no Amillennialist. Though he often gave a spiritualized definition to the fulfillment of prophecy, a fundamental aspect of Amillennialism, yet he was nevertheless right in affirming that the bible teaches that the resurrection of the just does not occur simultaneously with that of the unjust. A denial of that proposition is one of the foundational pillars of Amillennialism. The passage in Revelation chapter twenty, along with numerous other texts, show that they do not occur at the same time. If anyone wants to debate this issue, we are open to participate.
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