Resurrection as New Creation

Christ Fixes Adam’s Sin

1 Corinthians 15:20 KJV 1900

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Firstfruits-downpayment

Christ guarantees what will happen to us.

Exodus 23:19 KJV 1900

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Further explains why this is the case. It was God’s plan.

In Paul’s theology, Adam was a type of Christ

Romans 5:14 KJV 1900

14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

1 Corinthians 15:21 KJV 1900

21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:22 KJV 1900

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Resurrection—a word that made the Greeks laugh at Paul. That’s one of the ways we know it was a physical resurrection.

Acts 17:31–32 KJV 1900

31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

App: our resurrection is going to be as physical as Christ’s was.

But it is not just us Christ is going after.

Christ Prepares a Kingdom Gift

1 Corinthians 15:23–24 KJV 1900

23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

First, Christ

Then, us,

then the end, when all enemies are defeated and he hands his gift to the Father.

App: God is telling a story that works on his timeline.

Patience is hard.

Christ Finally Defeats All Enemies

Christ, Paul says, will one day hand his kingdom to the father.

He will do this when all of his enemies are done.

1 Corinthians 15:25 KJV 1900

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

1 Corinthians 15:26 KJV 1900

26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Genesis 3:15 KJV 1900

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Psalm 110:1 KJV 1900

1 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

This is not just personal death. This is cosmic death.

Romans 8:19 KJV 1900

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

creature—creation

1 Corinthians 15:27–28 KJV 1900

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

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FCF: How Jesus' resurrection guarantees that our bodies and our planet will be resurrected into physical glory as the culminating work of Jesus' reign and glory to God.