This is PRECISELY why I will LOUDLY affirm that Spurgeon was NOT very good in eschatology, and why I point out that he even gave a pleasantly boneheaded endorsement to one of the more evil books ever written on eschatology.
I have a very, very high regard for Spurgeon. But I will deliberately knock him off the pedestal when I think there may be silly Spurgeonolators present.
Spurgeon himself would insist that I do so, of course.
John 5:
[25] Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
[26] For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
[27] And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
The hour is here when the [spiritually] dead will hear Jesus’ voice. Those that hear will live [become born-again].
Notice the passage says the “hour is coming, and now is….”
To continue with John 5:
[28] Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
[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.
The time frame has switched from “hour is coming, and now is” to just the “hour is coming.” This portion is still future.
The subject has changed, it is no longer “the dead” it is now all those who are “in the graves.” That would indicate that it has to be those who are physically dead.
Those in the grave shall hear Christ’s voice when He returns. When He does the graves will open and those who are righteous(saved) shall enter into the Kingdom. Those who are unrighteous shall be set aside in Hell to await the Great White Throne judgment.
So you are partially correct. There will be a general resurrection at the coming Christ. The saved to enter the Kingdom and the unsaved to wait in Hell for the final judgment.
Let’s look at Revelation 20.
Revelation 20:
[1] And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
[2] And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
[3] And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
[4] And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
These first five verses back up my interpretation so far. Satan is bound for a thousand years. The righteous dead enter the Kingdom and the unrighteous dead are set aside until the Final Judgment.
Revelation 20:
[6] Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
[7] And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
[10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
[11] And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
[12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
[13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
[14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
[15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Here we are told what is to happen after the Millenium. Satan is loosed, nations are deceived again, they go up to battle Jesus. Jesus casts Satan into the Lake of Fire. All the dead are then resurrected and brought before the Great White Throne. They are then thrown into the Lake of Fire.