In the teachings concerning the holy era of evangelization, participation in the first resurrection is understood not as a mere chance event, but as a necessary, preceding step on the path to the subsequent, universal resurrection.

Divine Pathways: The First Resurrection and the Road to Salvation

In the teachings concerning the holy era of evangelization, participation in the first resurrection is understood not as a mere chance event, but as a necessary, preceding step on the path to the subsequent, universal resurrection. In particular, one source states:

"General descriptions provide a fairly broad understanding of participation in the first resurrection: ‘...participation in the first resurrection should be understood not as an incidental occurrence—a detail that might well have been omitted—but as a necessary step on the path to the universal, second resurrection. The latter, in the sense of prophecy, could not be accomplished without the first, even though this connection remains hidden to us now, as does everything related to resurrection and life in the coming age, including the predecessor age, ‘the millennial.’ This first, and in that sense preliminary, resurrection according to the text of Revelation is inextricably linked with the participation of the ‘resurrected’ in the reign with Christ for a thousand years."
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Another text asserts:
"Also we read: 'Here we speak of some preliminary, “first” resurrection, which, although it liberates one from the ‘second death’, that is, from final rejection, obviously only precedes the universal resurrection...'"
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Thus, participation in the first resurrection for the holy epoch of evangelization is defined as an inevitable stage on the path to the fullness of resurrection, demonstrating the special participation of the righteous in the reign with Christ in the forthcoming millennium.

Regarding who is granted the opportunity for salvation, the texts emphasize that salvation is accessible not to those confined to purely human thinking and attachment to the earthly, but to those who turn to God as their counselor and teacher, accepting His justifications and commandments concerning poverty and calling upon Him for help.

One of the sources states:"Those who heard this said: who, then, can be saved?

But He said, ‘What is impossible for men is possible for God. For one whose mindset is purely human—caught up in the relative and attached to the earthly—salvation is impossible, while for God it is possible; that is, when one takes God as a counselor and makes Him one’s teacher, accepting the justifications of God and His commandments about poverty and calling on Him for help, then salvation becomes possible.'"
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Thus, the possibility of salvation is revealed for those who overcome the narrowness of the human approach by seeking God’s guidance and support, enabling them to participate in the resurrection and draw closer to the eternal reign.