Ok you are correct. He says nothing here directly about Kingdom Exclusion. He simply says that some (Written in the Lamb's BOL) are in Hell during the period between the 1st Ressurrection and the GWT.
Lacy,
Thomas does NOT say nor imply that some Christians are in Hell during the period between the 1st Resurrection and the GWT. He wrote,
3. Then we read of people raised at the last Resurrection, judged according to the deeds done in the body, and out of this number those whose names are found written in the Lamb's Book of Life (Rev. xx. 12-15 ; xxi. 27). Seeing that the members of the Church have long before been raised and glorified in the first Resurrection (Rev. xx. 4-6), who are these mentioned as in the Lamb's Book of Life long after the first Resurrection?
Rev. 20:1. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
2. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
3. and he threw him into the abyss, and shut
it and sealed
it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
4. Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I
saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
6. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
7. When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,
8. and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.
9. And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
10. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11. Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
12. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is
the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
13. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one
of them according to their deeds.
14. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
There are very many more published opinions of Revelation 20 than there are verses in it. Rev. 20:4 – Rev. 22:21 presents to the serious scholar of Revelation more contextual problems than all the contextual problems in the rest of the New Testament. Many commentators gloss over these problems, and, to a great extent, gloss over Rev. 20:11-15. R. H. Charles, however, in his 870 page commentary tackles these problems head on. Anyone who truly wants to understand the Great White Throne Judgment and who is present and when it occurs should most definitely read Charles’s commentary.
R. H. Charles,
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Revelation of St. John. T & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1920. 2 vols.
This commentary is a standard work on Revelation and has been continually in print ever since it was first published in 1920 (a great rarity for a commentary on Revelation) and it can be purchased from many sources, both new and used, and it can be found in most university libraries, as well as Bible college and seminary libraries. It is expensive to purchase, even used, but it is a very valuable work and is indispensable for anyone who wishes to get their feet wet studying Revelation.
As for W. H. Griffith Thomas, he asks, “who are these mentioned as in the Lamb's Book of Life long after the first Resurrection?” And he does not answer the question. One possible answer, however, is that they are those who will be saved during the millennium and who will remain dead and un-resurrected till the Great White Throne Judgment, and who will then be resurrected from the dead (NOT hell) and stand before the Judge along with the unsaved persons who will be resurrected from Hades. No responsible exegete of Revelation has ever even suggested that the Apostle John was writing here about naughty Christians who had been in hell for one thousand years
.
