The resurrection of Christ is one of the cardinal truths of the Gospel (1 Cor. 15), for it demonstrates the acceptance by God of the work of Christ on our behalf, He being raised from the dead by “the glory of the Father” (Rom. 6:4). The idea of a general resurrection is a Jewish one (Acts 24:15; John 11:24), but the clearer light of the New Testament teaches us this will be divided into the resurrection of the just (of which 1 Cor. 15 speaks), and of the unjust (see Rev. 20), separated by an interval of more than 1,000 years. The first resurrection is of all the dead in Christ, and may take place at any moment when Christ comes, and will be instantaneous (1 Thess. 4) It will also include some Jewish saints, who will be slain by Antichrist after the Christians have all been taken to heaven (Rev. 20:4-6). The second resurrection or second death (John 5:29) takes place after the millennium, and is exclusively to damnation, all being condemned who then rise. Christians now are risen with Christ, being alive in a new life, by a spiritual resurrection, (Col. 3:1) in the power of which they are to live daily. Hence the expression, “resurrection ground,” meaning the position of being risen with Christ—no longer dead in trespasses and sins.