@puzzledperson,
If I was wrong about your trolling I apologize. Your comment combined with your statement about 'this is not what I believe' made it sound to me as if you were saying 'Ha Ha, there's a contradiction, it's all a load of bollix.' But I'll take you at your word that you weren't trolling.
On to the current point about the 1000 years.
Previously you said:
"Since the dead in Christ are not limited to those beheaded for their witness to Jesus, they are not resurrected until the thousand years have finished."
I agree that the dead in Christ were not limited to those beheaded, it just included them. But when it says 'the rest of the dead were not resurrected until the thousand years have finished' reads to me like it means those who died and were NOT in Christ. Those were the ones who didn't even get the basics right. That eliminates the contradiction for me.
So what is the relevance of Cor. 1:19? I don't disagree with it. Who do you think it was referring to?