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Why couldn’t first and second be referring not to number but to type or order? You have two types of resurrection - one to eternal life, one to destruction.

Or, they could be of different types as in one is spiritual and one is physical corresponding to death. Or they could be different in the way outlined in 1 Cor. 15:23, "Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming." Rev. 20:6, "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection." It is certainly true that all who are in Christ have a part in His resurrection, since He is the firstfruits.

But there are verses that seem to join the physical resurrection of all men together, e.g.,:

"I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust." (Acts 24:15)

If it refers to type rather than number (which I believe is the case), there is no issue whatsoever about the 1000 years.

That is true, depending on how to define the types. This leave you wide open to a postmil/amil interpretation of Rev. 20.

If it refers to type rather than number (which I believe is the case), there is no issue whatsoever about the 1000 years.
That is true, depending on how to define the types. This leave you wide open to a postmil/amil interpretation of Rev. 20.

Bingo!

Or, they could be of different types as in one is spiritual and one is physical corresponding to death.

I believe that there are just two types of death, and just two types of resurrection, one physical and one spiritual. I don't know how to define them. If death is a separation and resurrection somehow reversed death, how is it that Revelation refers to the dead standing before God. Note also, that this happens before the second death.

Or, they could be of different types as in one is spiritual and one is physical corresponding to death.
No. We are spiritually raised at death. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord or to be in Sheol. Physical resurrection occurs later and Scripture is clear that resurrection speaks of a phenomenon not a singular event. As Christ said " John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." Two types of resurrection. Not one general resurrection of everyone who ever lived. With that in mind, Revelation 20 supports neither Post Mil or Amill. Rather, it supports the idea that there are two resurrections. One at His coming and one 1000 years later. Pretribbers, such as Pink and myself, believe "His coming" occurs in two phases. There are comparisons between the Second Coming and the Rapture that show them to be separate occurences. In one, he comes in the clouds and we rise to meet Him. In the other, He sets foot on the Mt of Olives, etc., Premillenialism by far makes the most sense and doesn't require mental gymnastics to understand. Rather, the basics of this theology are found on the words of the page and can be taken literally. Only non-essential elements are open to interpretation.