Joh 5:25 (KJV) 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. Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, Joh 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 Do you think the hour is coming and now is means 2000+ years in the future? Also keep in mind that shortly after Jesus said those words the Old Testament saints were raised.
Matthew 8: 21-22, Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and
let the dead bury their own dead.”
Here we have an example of Jesus referring to spiritually dead and physically dead people in the same verse. This is an important observation to make. Jesus used the term interchangeably.
John 5: 24-25, "“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who
hears My word and
believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment,but
has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you,
the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live."
We should always use context to determine what is being said. Verse 24 gives us the context of verse 25. Jesus is talking about people who
believe have passed from "
death to life". He is referring to
spiritual resurrection. Those that are hearing the gospel preached "the hour is coming, and now is" are being saved. Jesus was preaching NOW and people were getting saved right then in that moment through faith.
John 5: 27-29, "and has given Him authority to
execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this;
for the hour is coming in which all who are
in the graves will hear His voice and
come forth—those who have done good, to the
resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the
resurrection of condemnation."
Pay special attention to the bold. Once again the context determines what's being said. This is about judgment. Jesus says
the hour is coming but it ISN'T NOW like the one in John 5: 25. People "come forth" "from the graves". This is a completely different context.
This is the Great White Throne judgment. All the dead "come forth from their graves" on that day for Jesus to "execute judgment". That hour has not come yet.
John 5: 25 is about spiritual resurrection. John 5: 28-29 is about the physical resurrection of all who have ever lived and died.