In an essay on the resurrection of Jesus and the future, eschatological resurrections, Andrew C. Skinner provided the following useful table on the various orders of the (eschatological) resurrections:
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Time
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Characteristic
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Scriptural support
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First to be resurrected after Christ—righteous who lived from Adam to Christ.
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CELESTIAL
prophets, believers, “all those who have kept the commandments” |
Mosiah 15:21-26
Matthew 27:52-53 Alma 40:16-20 D&C 133:54-55 |
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“Morning of the first resurrection,” at the Second Coming—those living from Christ to Millennium
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CELESTIAL
“just men made perfect” |
D&C 88:95-98
D&C 76:50-70 |
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“Afternoon of the first resurrection,” second trump at Christ’s coming
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TERRESTRIAL
“received not the testimony of Jesus in flesh”
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D&C 88:99
D&C 76:71-80 |
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Later resurrection—after “the thousand years are ended,” third trump
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TELESTIAL
“found under condemnation” |
D&C 88:100-101
D&C 76:81-85 |
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Last of the last, fourth trump
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PERDITION
“filthy still” |
D&C 88:102
D&C 76:43-44 D&C 43:18 |
Source: Andrew C. Skinner, “In Praise of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ” in Thou Art the Christ the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament, eds. Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler G. Griffin (Provo/Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University/Deseret Book, 2018), 26-48, here, p. 42
