DON'T BE TOO BUSY TO KNOW HOW JESUS BECAME THE FIRST FRIUT OF THE BELIEVERS

Paul the apostle writes in 1 Cor. 15:20-23: “But now Christ is

risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those

who have fallen asleep.

For since by man came death, by Man

also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die,

even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his

own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are

Christ's at His coming.”

Jesus is the first human to be raised from the dead (bodily)

and never to die again. He is a forerunner of what all saints

will experience

Rom. 6:9: “knowing that Christ, having been raised from the

dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.”

Rev. 1:18: "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I

am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades

and of Death.”

1 Cor. 15:21-23 “For since by man came death, by Man also

came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die,

even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his

own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are

Christ's at His coming.”

The next ones to be have eternal life in the body is at the

resurrection/rapture. Those who have died in Christ are

resurrected, those who are living, who are Christ’s will be

transformed by the same power that raises the dead.

Jesus, in a human body has all authority. He is the only one in

this category. His ministry today, he is at thr ight hand of the

Father --He is our mediator, the high priest in human body 1

Tim 2:5 “For there is one God and one Mediator between God

and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”

Heb. 6.:20: “where the forerunner has entered for us, even

Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the

order of Melchizedek.”

Heb. 7:17 For He testifies: "You are a priest forever according

to the order of Melchizedek."The Melchizedek priesthood is

forever, not like the Levitival order where the priests died and

had to be replaced.

Heb. 7:24-25: “But He, because He continues forever, has an

unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to

the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He

always lives to make intercession for them.”

Leviticus 23:10-11, “Speak to the Israelites

and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I

am going to give you and you reap its

harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the

first grain you harvest. He is to wave the

sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted

on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on

the day after the Sabbath.’” I rejoice that

without question, Christ is like the wave

offering from the firstfruits of the harvest,

signifying a bountiful harvest to follow—a

harvest of resurrected souls. I am very

grateful that we who receive Him as our

Savior are assured that even though we will

one day die physically as He did, we will be

resurrected in body and spirit to live with

Him forever! I am in awe to think of the

massive resurrection harvest that will usher

believers into Christ’s kingdom.