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“All people are resurrected at different times depending on how they are judged. But how they are judged is the same.”

I think the key here is that there are two different purposes to the two resurrections, and therefore, two different purposes to the judgements that accompany them. The saved are not judged on their works in order to determine if they will be given eternal life or go on to damnation, because all who are part of the first resurrection are saved from damnation. The purpose that God judges them is simply to determine what rewards they will receive.

The wicked, on the other hand, will be judged on their works, prior to being thrown in the lake of fire. That’s not a sentence that the saved will face. You cannot apply the verse from Rev. 20 the way you seem to be trying, to apply it to both the saved and unsaved, because that section of Revelation is speaking only of the resurrection of the wicked, and we have already previously been told in Revelation of the fate of the saved, and that they will not be subject to that latter judgement. In fact, they will be sitting on thrones beside Christ during that judgement.

Those two sentences contradict each other, are you sure that is what you mean to say? If “how they are judged” is the same, and the time they are resurrected depends on “how they are judged”, then everyone would have to be resurrected at the same time, by that logic.

We know that those who have their names in the Lambs book of Life are saved. Those have already been through a judgement. Their works were what was expected of them and are proof they were valiant in their testimony of Jesus and they are resurrected first.

What I meant in my previous post was the criteria is basically the same for all people. The exception being that it will be tempered with our level of knowledge of the law. The expectation of Peter or Noah or Moses is different than it would be for me. They received more therefore more is expected.

I would say that the judgement is a process and not a single event.

As James stated, you can't have faith without works. We are all judged by our works.

The saved are resurrected first, probably because of the work they will be doing during the time leading up to the final judgement. Plus, they will stand in judgement as well. As well as the prophets of each time period.

Matt 19
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.