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“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20).
When the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, we see in today’s verse that He became the “firstfruits” of them that slept. What does that mean? It means that He was the first man to rise from the dead with a glorified body, never to die again. Those who died and were raised from the dead, like Lazarus and the son of the widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-18), got old and eventually had to die again. But the Lord Jesus will never die again.
His resurrection is the absolute guarantee that you and I, as Christians, will also have glorified bodies, fit for heaven, and that will never decay or get old. If we die before the Lord comes, we will get our changed bodies when He comes. If we are still alive when He comes, we will be changed “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye” (1 Corinthians 15:52). The resurrection of the Lord Jesus is the assurance of our salvation, and the assurance of our resurrection with glorified bodies. “As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).
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