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Praise the Lord Christ Jesus for making His life an abundance of grace and sacrifice and making it clear that He alone is the resurrection and the life, as the writer John wrote:
John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And His resurrection has now become many wonderful blessings especially for believers. Christ's words I am the resurrection and the life summarizes the complete and undivided doctrine of Christ. There are deep things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life. In 1 Corinthians we are inculcated by instruction regarding the depth of His resurrection for what it brings to us today and the ultimate future. We today know that John's Gospel has precepts that we can learn from, and we know more fully through further revelation to the apostle Paul that John's Gospel was writing concerning Messiah to the Jews as their Shepard and Fellow (equal with God) and promised resurrection in the Old Testament. But now we understand the reference to Jews as the circumcision, for which John's Gospel was directly written to (and which we can acquire godly precepts and knowledge about God and Messiah and His role as Shepard and Fellow equal with God. The Epistles are a further revelation regarding the deep things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life. Now we turn to 1 Corinthians where are described new deeper things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life in the Gospel.
1 Cor 15:20: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 Cor 15:21: For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Cor 15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Cor 15:23: But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christs at his coming.
1 Cor 15:24: 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.
1 Cor 15:25: For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1 Cor 15:26: The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Cor 15:27: 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.
1 Cor 15:28: 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.
Jesus Christ carried out the fulfillment of His Father and of the eternal council of the Godhead the cross. Christ the resurrection and the life also to set in motion future fulfillments for the mandates of the Son of man, and the resurrection orders, and the eventual destruction of that last enemy, death. Ever since Jesus Christ has risen, He is now is that first-fruits from that resurrection. That resurrection has now set in motion future blessed fulfillments. 1 Corinthians 15:2326 delineates an order to the resurrections, it describes the delivering up of the kingdom to God, it describes the last enemy which will ultimately end with the destruction of that enemy, death itself.
The first fulfillment is that Christ Himself begins this order to the resurrections which continues with they that are Christ's at his coming. Then the text in 1 Corinthians 15:2428 continues with the second advent of Christ which shall end with the destruction of death itself at the end as described by John in Revelation 20:1114. This takes place at the conclusion of Christs 1000 year reign as Davids greater Son and as Israels King of kings on this earth.
1 Corinthians 15:24 delineates the future events that Christ shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. This historical resurrection of the cross has now commenced a reign that its righteous session will endure until that last enemy shall be destroyed in which the Son shall deliver up the kingdom to God. This future reign shall also fulfill all the other enumerated mandates found in Genesis 3:15 and recorded within the Covenant given to David, and outlined in the 5 books of Psalms (partitioned only in older Bibles).
Christ is the resurrection and the Redeemer. That first Redeemer mandate is fulfilled. This wonderful truth is now realized and fulfilled in Christ, who is now our life. The next future mandate fulfillments occur at Christ's second coming in which Christ physically delivers Israel from Satan's destruction during His Day, the Lord's Day, Jacob's trouble. This future event is fulfilled when Christ reigns as Deliverer to Israel, in which He will deliver a remnant of His people from danger during Jacob's trouble. At this same future event, Christ will also fulfill the mandate reign as Avenger for Israel, in which He will avenge His people from the evil that the nations had heaved against Israel all throughout their history. At the Lord's Day, after the anti-Christ is put down, then Christ will fulfill His reign on earth as the King and King of kings and Lord of lords. This is a very special and specific fulfillment that was clearly delineated during 1,500 years of prophecy inside Israel's oracles which had predicted that Messiah will reign as Israel's physical King on earth. The final future mandate fulfillment event is when Christ will reign as Blesser as He becomes a great abundant source of blessings and pours out His future blessings upon His people, the remnant, and consequently those same blessings flow out from His Jewish people all throughout the other nations living inside the 1000 year kingdom reign. At the conclusion of these mandate session reigns of Christ during that future 1000 year reign as Davids greater Son and King of Israel, Christ will have in a sense completed His session reign (inside this 1000 year reign) and shall then put all things under his feet : God's feet! This then marks a glorious future time when all things shall be subdued unto him [God], then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him [God] that put all things under him [God], that God may be all in all.
Consequently when Christ said: I am the resurrection, and the life, this forms an intrinsic element of the doctrine of Christ. In light of the future mandates of Christ's resurrection and these future resurrections and future reigns: all are dependencies upon what the Lord Jesus Christ said who He is as the resurrection and the life. Christ's resurrection and life manifests that fundamental mandate of the Lord Jesus Christ: His being; His functioning as the Son of man; His future reign that He himself shall preside over.
In the event that someone unfortunately may have such a poor understanding of the doctrine of Christ that these things instill which the Lord Jesus Christ said who He is as the resurrection and the life, and which ordains Him as the Redeemer Christ and appoints Him to function as the future Christ Deliverer, Christ Avenger, Christ the King, and Christ the Blesser to Israel; this then becomes a form of denial for the resurrection of the dead that the Lord Jesus Christ has fulfilled and yet shall fulfill all things which He has been mandated to perform as the Christ. For when Jesus said I am the resurrection, and the life, He became the first fruits of that resurrection for every man in his own order and afterward they that are Christs at his coming and which continue interrupted into future mandate fulfillments that occur at Christ's second coming together with the time when Christ shall delivered up the kingdom to God. In John 11:25 the resurrection and the life, Christ's statement manifests the expression of the complete and undivided doctrine of Christ. Christ's resurrection and life are all fundamental distinct parts of His mandate regarding His express being and His functioning as the Son of man and His future reign over Israel as King, after fulfillment of His righteous session in His Day as Christ the Deliverer, Christ the Avenger, Christ the King, and Christ the Blesser to Israel and the nations.
John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And His resurrection has now become many wonderful blessings especially for believers. Christ's words I am the resurrection and the life summarizes the complete and undivided doctrine of Christ. There are deep things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life. In 1 Corinthians we are inculcated by instruction regarding the depth of His resurrection for what it brings to us today and the ultimate future. We today know that John's Gospel has precepts that we can learn from, and we know more fully through further revelation to the apostle Paul that John's Gospel was writing concerning Messiah to the Jews as their Shepard and Fellow (equal with God) and promised resurrection in the Old Testament. But now we understand the reference to Jews as the circumcision, for which John's Gospel was directly written to (and which we can acquire godly precepts and knowledge about God and Messiah and His role as Shepard and Fellow equal with God. The Epistles are a further revelation regarding the deep things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life. Now we turn to 1 Corinthians where are described new deeper things involved in Christ calling Himself the resurrection and the life in the Gospel.
1 Cor 15:20: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 Cor 15:21: For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Cor 15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Cor 15:23: But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christs at his coming.
1 Cor 15:24: 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.
1 Cor 15:25: For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1 Cor 15:26: The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Cor 15:27: 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.
1 Cor 15:28: 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.
Jesus Christ carried out the fulfillment of His Father and of the eternal council of the Godhead the cross. Christ the resurrection and the life also to set in motion future fulfillments for the mandates of the Son of man, and the resurrection orders, and the eventual destruction of that last enemy, death. Ever since Jesus Christ has risen, He is now is that first-fruits from that resurrection. That resurrection has now set in motion future blessed fulfillments. 1 Corinthians 15:2326 delineates an order to the resurrections, it describes the delivering up of the kingdom to God, it describes the last enemy which will ultimately end with the destruction of that enemy, death itself.
The first fulfillment is that Christ Himself begins this order to the resurrections which continues with they that are Christ's at his coming. Then the text in 1 Corinthians 15:2428 continues with the second advent of Christ which shall end with the destruction of death itself at the end as described by John in Revelation 20:1114. This takes place at the conclusion of Christs 1000 year reign as Davids greater Son and as Israels King of kings on this earth.
1 Corinthians 15:24 delineates the future events that Christ shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. This historical resurrection of the cross has now commenced a reign that its righteous session will endure until that last enemy shall be destroyed in which the Son shall deliver up the kingdom to God. This future reign shall also fulfill all the other enumerated mandates found in Genesis 3:15 and recorded within the Covenant given to David, and outlined in the 5 books of Psalms (partitioned only in older Bibles).
Christ is the resurrection and the Redeemer. That first Redeemer mandate is fulfilled. This wonderful truth is now realized and fulfilled in Christ, who is now our life. The next future mandate fulfillments occur at Christ's second coming in which Christ physically delivers Israel from Satan's destruction during His Day, the Lord's Day, Jacob's trouble. This future event is fulfilled when Christ reigns as Deliverer to Israel, in which He will deliver a remnant of His people from danger during Jacob's trouble. At this same future event, Christ will also fulfill the mandate reign as Avenger for Israel, in which He will avenge His people from the evil that the nations had heaved against Israel all throughout their history. At the Lord's Day, after the anti-Christ is put down, then Christ will fulfill His reign on earth as the King and King of kings and Lord of lords. This is a very special and specific fulfillment that was clearly delineated during 1,500 years of prophecy inside Israel's oracles which had predicted that Messiah will reign as Israel's physical King on earth. The final future mandate fulfillment event is when Christ will reign as Blesser as He becomes a great abundant source of blessings and pours out His future blessings upon His people, the remnant, and consequently those same blessings flow out from His Jewish people all throughout the other nations living inside the 1000 year kingdom reign. At the conclusion of these mandate session reigns of Christ during that future 1000 year reign as Davids greater Son and King of Israel, Christ will have in a sense completed His session reign (inside this 1000 year reign) and shall then put all things under his feet : God's feet! This then marks a glorious future time when all things shall be subdued unto him [God], then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him [God] that put all things under him [God], that God may be all in all.
Consequently when Christ said: I am the resurrection, and the life, this forms an intrinsic element of the doctrine of Christ. In light of the future mandates of Christ's resurrection and these future resurrections and future reigns: all are dependencies upon what the Lord Jesus Christ said who He is as the resurrection and the life. Christ's resurrection and life manifests that fundamental mandate of the Lord Jesus Christ: His being; His functioning as the Son of man; His future reign that He himself shall preside over.
In the event that someone unfortunately may have such a poor understanding of the doctrine of Christ that these things instill which the Lord Jesus Christ said who He is as the resurrection and the life, and which ordains Him as the Redeemer Christ and appoints Him to function as the future Christ Deliverer, Christ Avenger, Christ the King, and Christ the Blesser to Israel; this then becomes a form of denial for the resurrection of the dead that the Lord Jesus Christ has fulfilled and yet shall fulfill all things which He has been mandated to perform as the Christ. For when Jesus said I am the resurrection, and the life, He became the first fruits of that resurrection for every man in his own order and afterward they that are Christs at his coming and which continue interrupted into future mandate fulfillments that occur at Christ's second coming together with the time when Christ shall delivered up the kingdom to God. In John 11:25 the resurrection and the life, Christ's statement manifests the expression of the complete and undivided doctrine of Christ. Christ's resurrection and life are all fundamental distinct parts of His mandate regarding His express being and His functioning as the Son of man and His future reign over Israel as King, after fulfillment of His righteous session in His Day as Christ the Deliverer, Christ the Avenger, Christ the King, and Christ the Blesser to Israel and the nations.