Resurrection, Why Bother?

Acts 24:15 says that there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked. Other verses share this view.

Daniel 12:2--Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 25:46--"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

John 5:28, 29--"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.

So the good folks being raised get rewarded with eternal life. This is understandable since these people would have earned this by their deeds. But what does not make sense to me is the eternal punishment of the bad people.

First of all, the wages of sin is death. (Rom. 6:23) Once a person dies, their sins are payed for. So what would be the point of bringing them back? To judge them again and then kill them? Proverbs 11:19 says--"The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death." I don't subscribe to the hellfire doctrine as it appears that the penalty for wicked deeds is death.

There is another point to consider that makes this scenario even more unrealistic. Read Revelation chapter 20 and as you do, note each point being made. Here is the outline that I jotted down in case you are feeling lazy.

1. Satan is tossed into the Abyss for 1000 years.
2. Chosen ones get to rule with Christ for 1000 years.
3. The rest of the dead do not get resurrected until the 1000 years has ended.
4. Satan is let loose after the 1000 years has ended.
5. Satan deceives the majority of humankind once again.
6. Satan and his horde of evil humans march on God's city.
7. Fire consumes the attacking army.
8. Satan is tossed into a lake of burning sulphur.
9. They will be tormented day and night forever.
10. The dead are judged and the ones not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire.

How many things can you find wrong with this list? For starters, Satan is let loose at the same time that the rest of the dead, otherwise known as the earthly subjects, are brought back to life. So how difficult do you think it will be for Satan to deceive the majority of humankind that he already fooled once? Pretty easy since it says their number will be like the sand on the seashore. Then there is the human horde getting consumed by fire. Since this army is the majority of humankind, and this happens before the actual judging occurs, who of the unrighteous will there be left to judge?

The jws teach that the dead will be brought back during the 1000 years. And it is during the 1000 years that they will be brought back to perfection. They say that if this is not the case, the anointed would be ruling over a desolate globe.

Like every other topic, the jws miss the obvious. Verse 5 blows away their speculative reasoning. Maybe they forgot about the Armageddon survivors. They try to use Eph. 2:1 to back up this claim. But if you read the verse in context with the surrounding verses, it is obviously talking about the ones ruling with Christ in heaven.

The thought of resurrecting someone just to inform them of their evil deeds and then kill them again does not make any sense. Especially since their sin would have been paid for from dying the first time.