11/04/2019
The resurrection in 3 parts...Part 2
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have [a]fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
The resurrection is associated with a harvest reference. The clarity rests in the way a field is harvested.
Remember Psalms 119:160; Isaiah 28:9,10 and Proverbs 25:2.
The bible has information regarding how a field is harvested. According to Leviticus 23:10-12, 22, 28,29. This happens in three stages.
Stage 1
Leviticus 23:10-12 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord.
This correlates with Christ's resurrection and some old testament saints.
Matthew 27:52-53 New King James Version (NKJV)
52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
Revelation 4:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white [a]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.