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“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept…For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:20,22).
Today is the Lord’s Day—the day on which our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. He has truly become “the firstfruits of them that slept.” What does this mean? It means that since Christ rose from the dead, and is up there in heaven—in glory, every true believer in Christ will also rise from the dead when the Lord Jesus comes back to take His own people home to be with Him. He was the first one to rise from among the dead, but because of His resurrection power, every other true believer who has died in Christ will rise too. What a wonderful truth this is!
As children of Adam, we are all subject to death, sooner or later, but because of the resurrection of Christ, all who believe on Him will be made alive. This is because we are “in Christ”; that is, we have the same life as He has, and are seen before God in all the perfection of Christ Himself. That glorious hope is before us, of being both with Him and like Him, when He comes for us.
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