[Music] calvary church is dedicated to doctrine and we want you to experience the Life change that comes from knowing god's word and applying it to your life so we explain the Bible verse by verse every chapter every book this is expound we're in the Book of first corinthians we're in chapter 15 so turn your bibles get ready for that a Special welcome to those joining us online a Couple weeks ago or this a Week ago when we were in england in sheffield england a Couple that had been on our social media and they have a Coffee shop in england and they said we watch online every week and they drove several hours across england to be at the Event at sheffield and brought a Copy of the bible from thirty thousand feet so i would sign it and we spent a Few moments together and we asked him hey do you suppose you could use your coffee shop to do a Watch party bring friends together and watch it as a Small church as a Group and they said sure we'd love to do that so just in case you're watching uh we know you're out there greetings to you also to to wherever you are think perhaps of doing the Same thing um uh to starting a Watch party in your home or at your business or wherever you're at um in different states or in different countries um it just is was such a Huge eye-opener for me a Revelation for me that here we have this church in albuquerque new mexico and yet uh it's just so much bigger because of the online capability uh for people who are joining us so we give you our greetings from here uh just about every week we have people i meet people from different states who go out of their way when they're on their way to somewhere else to stop by and come to a Wednesday night bible study or a Weekend so um anyway we just want to give you our greetings and say we recognize the Body of christ is much bigger than just one little local church in a Town but anyway welcome turn in your bibles now to first corinthians chapter 15.

So good to be back in this format of bible study father thank you for your word thank you for your people people that are here as well as those who are joining us from all over the Country all over the World we pray that you would strengthen your bride the Church in these last days make us suitable to the Task at hand in the Environment in which we live help us to see that we are more than conquerors we're not just survivors we're not just those who can weather the storm we are more than conquerors we have the Truth and we pray that we would unashamedly proclaim and live the Gospel in jesus name amen well if you know anything about the 15th chapter of the Book of first corinthians you first of all know it's very long there are 58 verses in it now i originally came here thinking i'm going to do 15 and 16 and we're just going to finish it out i'm a Realist at this point as i sit before you in all honesty and i often realize that all my intentions never or rarely are seen to fruition when it comes to how much territory i can cover on wednesday night now if we had a Couple hours of bible study perhaps i could do that but we don't so we have under an Hour so we're going to look at the 15th chapter and we um like to be able to finish it but you know how that goes we'll just go through until we um our time is up if you had to pick a List of the 10 greatest chapters in the Bible i believe you would need to put first corinthians 15 on that list because of its doctrinal content because it is the Definitive chapter on the Resurrection our resurrection jesus resurrection the Resurrection as it pertains to the whole gospel message it is just one of the Greatest chapters in in scripture as you know the Corinthians were a Group of people a Church in a City that was riddled with problems and paul writes first corinthians as a polemic as a Corrective to adjust their errant perspective on a Number of behavioral and doctrinal issues and evidently they were confused in regards to the resurrection and perhaps that's why paul made it so long is because this was so vital so important that he wanted to take his time belabor the Issue because the Resurrection it's not just jesus resurrection but because of jesus resurrection that guarantees our resurrection it's part and parcel of the Gospel is the redemption of our physical bodies and thus he writes about the resurrection now why was there confusion in the Corinthian church about this issue by the Way i find there's a Lot of confusion today in church in churches regarding the Resurrection regarding life after death i've done a Lot of funerals over the Past several decades and i listen to people i listen to church-going people as they talk about the Death of a Loved one and i know the Comments may be emotional comments and i think that they're probably well intended comments but inaccurate comments nonetheless well i know george is up there right now playing golf really you think that's what heaven is what about people who hate the Game of golf that sounds like hell not heaven to them especially if you have a Bad game but nonetheless i digress really he's up in heaven so there's his body in that casket and yet he's up there playing now how is he playing golf if his body's here oh well he's he has a New body you think so and do you think that in the Future that body is just going the Way of all the Earth and or does god have plans for that body if that's a saved individual what will become of that body well if you are a Bible believing christian there's only one way you can answer that that body will one day though it is in the Process of decaying and decomposition and will turn to dust at some point will be raised there will be a Resurrection but i find that even believers are very sketchy when it comes to the Details of this like the Corinthians but back to the Question why were the corinthians so confused about the resurrection answer they lived in a Greek culture the Greeks abhorred the Idea of a Resurrection paul had been in athens and when he was in athens which is a City just a Few miles away from corinth and he was on the Areopagus on mars hill part of paul's message was the Resurrection from the Dead and they laughed at him they thought that was so bizarre because to a Greek the Idea that you would ever want this body to come alive again was absurd because the Greeks taught and thought that the Body was a tomb for the Spirit death liberated the Spirit and so why would you ever want to be shackled and imprisoned entombed again in a Physical body that's how they saw so they did not believe in or entertain the Thought of a Resurrection that's the Culture of corinth a Greek culture also it was culturally a Roman province and the Romans did not believe in a Resurrection you remember when paul stood in caesarea and he preached to festus and he talked about the Resurrection from the Dead he spoke about the Death burial and resurrection of christ and that i believe in the resurrection of the Dead he said and festus interrupted him and said paul your much learning has made you mad dude you have been hitting the Books reading so much it just drove you nuts i mean that's crazy that's absurd so the Greeks didn't believe in resurrection the Romans certainly didn't believe in resurrection and a Whole group in judaism didn't believe in the Resurrection the Sadducees the Pharisees did but the sadducees they were pure materialists they did not believe that there were angels or spirits and they didn't believe in the resurrection in fact they came to jesus one time with a Trick question they said you know we had this guy and he was married to a gal and she couldn't produce any children for him so he died and she married his brother according to old testament law and then he died and couldn't didn't produce children and then he she married another guy one another so he she had like seven husbands they all died and then they thought they had jesus in the Resurrection whose wife will she be what they were trying to do is point out the Absurdity of once you're dead to have that body come back and i love jesus answer he said you're ignorant well that's not all he said he didn't put a Period at the End of he said you are ignorant not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of god scriptures say there's a Resurrection and the Power of god guarantees the resurrection not hard for god to resurrect a Dead body and bring it back to life and reorganize all of the Atoms no matter where they are any more than it was for god to create life to begin with so that's why paul when he stood before king agrippa he said king agrippa why do you think it's an Incredible thing that god raised the Dead if it's god raising the Dead isn't hard for the God who creates life to begin with so there was confusion in corinth and so paul introduces the Topic of the Resurrection first of all jesus own resurrection as a premise for our resurrection and you'll see how they tie in together i can almost guarantee i won't get through the whole chapter of chapter 15 tonight but it's important enough that we'll slow down through it and and get a Comprehensive view of it maybe two parts maybe but nonetheless um it is so important that in the Book of romans chapter 10 in verse 9 paul said if you confess with your mouth listen the Lord jesus and believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead you shall be saved in other words you can't be saved you're not a True believer a Saved person if you deny the Resurrection it's part and parcel of the Historic christian gospel so again in chapter 15 the First few verses he is laying the Foundation showing us evidences of jesus resurrection why because jesus resurrection is the First fruits that's a Word he will use or the template for our physical resurrection one guarantees the Other so moreover brethren i declare to you the Gospel gospel means the Good news which i preached to you which you also received i preached it you heard it you then received it you internalized it you made it your own and in which you stand by which also you are saved if you hold fast that word which i preached to you unless you believed in vain evidence number one for jesus resurrection number one the Fact that there were believers in corinth that in this pagan city there were some who believed the Message that paul preached and in believing the Message that paul preached which is the Death burial and resurrection of jesus christ it totally transformed their lives that's the First evidence is the Existence of christians in corinth because he says you also received it in which you stand by which you are saved if you hold fast that word to which uh which i preached you unless you believed in vain so the Fact that there are people in corinth who were gentiles who believe the Message of christ death burial and resurrection which is the Gospel as you will see that's the First line of evidence that jesus rose from the Dead you believe the Gospel inherent in the gospel is the Resurrection of christ from the Dead you see a Dead savior can't save a Dead savior does no one any good the idea that jesus lived a Good life he was a Good person he taught some wonderful things then he did he died he's dead and never came back so what so what that's a Philosophy that's not transformative what is transformative is the Guy who died got back up which means he can conquer death if he can conquer death and by the Way he's he predicted that that was going to happen no man takes my life from me i lay it down of myself i have the Power to lay it down and take it again anybody that has the Power to do that has the Power to do anything else he promises so if he promises he can transform your life then he can and he will if you let him so that's the First line of evidence the existence of christians in corinth evidence number two the Prediction of the Resurrection found in the Scripture verse two or verse 3 for i delivered to you first of all that which i also received when did paul receive that when did paul receive the Gospel first well the Damascus road was his moment of transformation he had heard from stephen about jesus but when he really embraced the Gospel was the Damascus road he he received it then he spent three years in arabia sort of working through the Theological implications of that internalizing it before he went out and and shared with the Rest of the world so he he heard it he received it he was transformed by it for i delivered to you first of all that which i also received that christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures that he was buried and that he rose again the Third day according to the Scriptures the Scriptures predicted the Suffering of the Messiah isaiah 53 graphic detail the Suffering serpent actually the End of isaiah 52 the Rest and then isaiah 53 in in graphic detail wounded for our transgressions bruised for our iniquities the Chastisement for our peace was upon him by his stripes we are healed then you have psalm 22 which uncannily describes death by crucifixion hundreds of years before crucifixion was even invented by the Persians and adopted by the Romans and and you have a List of these things that are predicted in the Scriptures so evidence number one change lives in corinth evidence number two fulfilled scripture from the Old testament predicting the Death of jesus the Burial of jesus also isaiah 53 says he would be buried along with the Rich and then it says and that he rose again the Third day according to the scriptures now we have something interesting because you need to ask where exactly does the Old testament predict the Resurrection of jesus christ on the third day well you could like peter look at psalm 16 that's what peter did on the Day of pentecost he reached back to psalm 16.

quoting what david said in psalm 16 david said you will not allow your holy one to see decay or corruption and peter makes the Point that david wasn't talking about himself because he died and his tomb is here in jerusalem and his body did decay so when he said you won't allow your holy one to see decay peter said he wasn't talking about himself he was talking about the Son of david the Ancestor of david jesus the Messiah who did not see decay he was in a Tomb and rose again so he quotes psalm 16 but still you don't have three days jesus himself goes back to the Book of jonah and announces beforehand for as jonah was in the Belly of the Whale or the great fish three days and three nights the Son of man will be in the Heart of the Earth three days and three nights so jesus points to jonah however there's nothing in jonah that announces the Burial and residing of jesus or the Messiah in the tomb for three days prior to a resurrection but interesting in the Prophet hosea hosea said that god spoke through the prophets in similitudes or in parables so that's why we believe and we know that there are types in the Old testament that are fulfilled in the New so let me let me throw something out at you in genesis chapter 22 there's the Story of abraham sacrificing isaac or almost sacrificing isaac because the Lord said take now your son your only son isaac to a Place that i will show you a mountain that i will show you the mountain of moriah and you will sacrifice him there for me now that's interesting wording because abraham didn't have a single son and only son he had two sons he had ishmael and then he had isaac so when god said take now your son your only son isaac abraham could have said uh pardon me god first of all your premise is all wrong i have two sons not one but the Point is god didn't recognize the Son of the Flesh the Work of the flesh he only recognized the Son of promise isaac but the Wording is interesting take your only son sounds a Lot like john 3 16 for god so loved the World that he gave his only begotten son take now your son your only son whom you love the Very first time the Word is of love is used in the Bible it's used there in genesis chapter 22.

and it's remarkable because the First time in the Bible the Word love is used it's used of a Father sacrificing his only begotten son on a Certain mountain the Mountain of moriah fast forward a Few thousand years jesus was crucified on calvary golkatha moriah okay so abraham goes probably is down in hebron he goes toward mount moriah which would become jerusalem eventually and he sees the Mountain of far off it says on the Third day abraham looked up and saw the Mountain that he was to sacrifice his son what does that mean it means that for three days isaac was dead in the Mind of abraham take your son your only son and kill him and he said okay i'll do it so he's taking his son and he travels to mariah for three days for three days his son was dead to him he knew that he was going to kill his son but abraham had a Little bit of a quandary didn't he because god promised him that through that son isaac all of the Promises of god would be fulfilled throughout history so if i kill him how is god going to fulfill the Promise well the Book of hebrews answers that question it says abraham by faith took his son isaac to sacrifice him supposing that god could and would raise him from the Dead so he's taking his son his son is dead to him and for three days he takes the Son he's going to follow through he has the knife lifted up but by faith he believes i'm going to kill my son then god's going to resurrect him so he goes his son says dad we got the Wood um got the Fire but where's the Sacrifice listen to the Answer of abraham my son god will provide himself a Sacrifice not provide for himself as a God will provide himself a Sacrifice and then he says in the Mountain of the Lord it shall be seen that was a Prophecy a prediction in the Mountain of the Lord mount moriah gog at the Calvary it was seen so once again back to first corinthians 15 he was he died he was buried according to the Scripture and he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures plural so line of evidence number one the resurrection of jesus christ saved people in corinth number two the Prediction of the Scripture evidence number three post-resurrection appearances jesus appeared to people after he had risen verse five and he was seen by cephas that is peter then by the Twelve after that he was seen by over 500 brethren at once of whom the Greater part remained to the Present but some have fallen asleep falling asleep is euphemism for death because the Corpse looks like it's sleeping it's a Nice way of saying they'd they kicked the Bucket they died you know we say um uh we will often say they passed on we want to soften like i said whatever happened to someone oh he he died but if we say oh he passed on for some reason that's okay that's better than if you just say yeah he he carked it he's dead you know he's he's he's horizontal now room temperature you know we we have to soften it and be nice and so they they did too they've fallen asleep and then verse seven after that he was seen by james then by all the Apostles now that's eyewitness testimony post-resurrection appearance eyewitness testimony if 500 people in albuquerque saw somebody commit a Crime if you have that many eyewitnesses well 512 and then 13 i mean you add all these up that's a sizable group for eyewitness testimony in a Court of law anywhere in the World eyewitness testimony is the Most powerful line of evidence so if you had 500 and so many people seeing a Crime committed in albuquerque do you think the Person would would suffer the Consequences go to jail or well maybe given our climate today we might side with the Poor victim you know he's he got bit by a Cat when he was 10 and you can't blame him for that and but in in normal sane times yes eyewitness testimony would be enough to seal the deal but but look at these post-resurrection appearances he was seen by cephas remember jesus thought that it was important that he had a Special meeting with peter after the resurrection peter do you love me he asked him three times he was restoring the Apostle who fell so he was seen by cephas then by the twelve jesus appeared to his disciples on the Night of the resurrection and he had been walking on the Road to emmaus that evening he appeared just appeared in the Room in his resurrected body to his disciples and said peace shalom and he saw them there when they were gathered together in the Upper room then he was seen by over 500 at once of whom the Greater part remained of the present but some have died but out of that group they're still around to tell the Story after that he was seen by james there are two apostles that are named james there's james the Brother of john the son of zebedee they were in a Fishing business together one of the Close associates of jesus peter james and john were often with jesus when the Others weren't they had special access access there was also james the Son of alphaeus who was one of the Apostles i don't believe either of them is the James paul is talking about i believe that james that paul is talking about is james the Half-brother of jesus who became the Head the Leader of the early church in jerusalem in acts chapter 15.

so jesus was born of a Virgin conceived in the Womb of mary after jesus was born mary and joseph had normal physical relations produced children jesus had brothers and sisters half brothers have sisters one of them was named james james did not believe in jesus john chapter 7 it says his brothers did not believe in him in fact they chided him and said you ought to go up to the feast show yourself nobody does these things in secret you know prove who you are because the Footnote john says is that his brothers even his brothers did not believe so when did james believe when did he get converted right here the Resurrection jesus showed up hey jimmy boy after the Resurrection he showed himself to james and i believe it was the Resurrection that brought the Conversion of his half-brother so he was seen by james then by all of the Apostles then last of all he was seen by me also so this is the Fourth line of evidence for the Resurrection of jesus christ paul said i saw him as well and he was the Last to see him he was on the Road to damascus post-resurrection and post-ascension jesus had already ascended into heaven and yet he makes an Appearance a Special appearance to saul of tarsus who becomes paul the Apostle paul said i saw the Resurrected christ he looked up and he saw that bright light and he said who are you lord not knowing it was jesus because he didn't expect the resurrection he didn't believe jesus rose he believed jesus was dead and buried and decaying in a Tomb in jerusalem and he was out to hunt down and persecute maybe kill but at least in prison believers who had gone from jerusalem to damascus he was hunting them down because he said this is stupid they're believing in a Guy who died he's not risen from the Dead so he says who are you and the Lord answered i am jesus what you are jesus like you're still around i am jesus whom you are persecuting now he realized he's alive so he appeared to me also as one born out of due time what a fascinating description of himself i was born just a Little too late to be in the Original lineup of the 12.

maybe longing wouldn't it have been great to have known him in the Flesh and to be discipled by him like those others for three and a Half years i was born out of due time for i am the Least of the Apostles who am not worthy worthy to be called an apostle because i persecuted the Church of god there is really no reason why saul of tarsus should be converted he was a violent oppressor and a Violent unbeliever but he was converted radically because of the Resurrection so paul he pulls that out he goes i have a Personal stake in this i saw him interesting there was a a Lawyer years ago named frank morrison who made this statement he said he was an Unbelieving attorney at the Time and uh you know you get an Unbelieving attorney and that's a Force to be reckoned with i know we have some attorneys in the room tonight so i'm glad you're saved and and i hope you like me but um frank morrison said there are two things that must be addressed to overturn the Credibility of christianity number one is the Resurrection of jesus and number two is the Conversion of saul of tarsus those two things if you can overturn the credibility of the Resurrection and the conversion of saul of taurus if you can explain those two radical things you could overturn christianity he was an unbeliever and he sought to do exactly that through research he was gonna he was determined i'm gonna debunk christianity once and for all the Idea of the Resurrection that has to be done conversion of saul has to be done in the Process of his research he became converted he gave his life to jesus and the Name of his book that he was going to he was going to write this book proving that it didn't happen but he now wrote the Book after that called who moved the Stone and it's a Book on his discovery that jesus is indeed who he claimed to be and his journey of faith in trying in compiling the Evidence trying to overturn the Resurrection and conversion of saul and he said i couldn't do it i was faced with the Evidence and now i either had to put it out of my mind or walk away or respond to it and i i decided to respond to it and he was saved converted so happened to me i saw him the Apostle born out of due time for i'm least of all the Apostles i persecuted the Church of god but i love this part but by the Grace of god i am what i am now he's an Apostle now he's a representative now he's a Saved teacher of truth preacher of the Gospel by the Grace of god and let me just say you heard it tonight in our exhortation and worship the Grace of god is what makes all the Difference and no matter who you are what you've done where you've come from apply the grace of god to your life everything changes everything changes everything is different all things are possible if anyone is in christ she's a New creation all things are passed away all things become new by the Grace of god i am what i am and his grace toward me was not in vain but i labored more abundantly than they all yet he's kind of same than the Other guy the Other apostles yet not i but the Grace of god which was with me i do marvel at the Energy of paul you know he says you know i labored more than those guys now i i don't know i'm not going to get into that but as i read the Account it's like the it's like that ever-ready bunny you know just keeps going or like timex watchers they just take a Licking and keep on ticking or or that wind up you just he just he's always you get him up in the Morning you wind him up and he just goes hits a Wall keeps going gets beat up keeps going gets threatened keeps going gets bloodied and they think he's dead gets up keeps going finally they kill him chop his head off if it weren't for that he'd keep going the Grace of god which was with me therefore whether it was i or they whether it was myself or the Other apostles so we preached that is the resurrection and so you believed so those those are the Lines of evidence for the Resurrection of jesus christ that's the Foundation before he gets into the Rest and that is our resurrection now if there is no resurrection like the sadducees say like the Romans say like the Greeks say if there's no resurrection then what then what well he answers that first of all there's no resurrection then jesus is still dead verse 12.

If christ is preached that he has not been raised or that he's if if christ has preached that he's been raised from the Dead how do some among you say there is no resurrection of the Dead if there is no resurrection of the Dead then christ is not risen so if there's no resurrection then jesus didn't get raised and that means he's still dead that means everybody's worshipping a dead decomposed historical figure there's no power in that there's no gospel in that there's no transformation in that that's number one number two it would mean jesus is a Liar if there's no resurrection jesus is flat out the Biggest liar in the World because he predicted his resurrection he said i'm going to jerusalem they're going to beat me up they're going to kill me and on the Third day i'm going to rise again and he predicted over and over again that he would die get buried and be raised up if he didn't get raised up he's dead decomposed and he's a Liar number three if there's no resurrection then our preaching is ridiculous verse 14.

If christ is not risen then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain the Reason it would be vain or ridiculous empty is because the Resurrection is at the heart of the Gospel it was at the Heart of every single message preached in the Book of acts the Resurrection the Resurrection the resurrection this is why in jesus ministry when he was on the Earth three and a Half years his enemies were the Pharisees not so after jesus rose again and ascended the enemies of the Early church in the Book of acts were the Sadducees because the Apostles and the Christians preached in every message the Resurrection the resurrection the Resurrection so there's no resurrection jesus is still dead he's a Big liar and our preaching is absolutely empty and ridiculous number four if there's no resurrection the Disciples are all liars verse 15 yes and we are found false witnesses of god because we have testified of god that he raised up christ whom he did not raise up if in fact the dead do not rise you remember the Disciples were pretty uh they were pretty amped up over the Resurrection at first when they didn't believe it of course they weren't the Women came from the Tomb going man the Tomb is empty i think he's alive and it says the Disciples paid no real attention to that oh these are women they're emotional i know they love jesus they didn't see if they was early in the morning there's tears in their eyes you didn't get that right okay i'm god bless you yeah pat on the Back see you later but they didn't believe but then peter and john went to the Tomb they looked in they believed then jesus appeared to all of them then they believed even thomas the Doubter believed and they went everywhere with that message animated by that message that jesus is not a Dead savior but he's alive but there's no resurrection then they're liars number five if there's no resurrection from the Dead there's no forgiveness for sin four if the Dead do not rise then christ is not risen if christ is not risen your faith is futile empty you are still in your sins because part of the Transaction of forgiveness necessitates not just his death but his conquering of death in the Resurrection justified we are justified by believing in his death burial and resurrection but if there's no resurrection then there's no forgiveness number six if there's no resurrection then death is the End for all of us for every person verse 18 then those who have fallen asleep or died in christ have perished think back if you know your history to the Early days of christianity when the Number of martyrs was exponentially growing to be a Believer in the Roman empire to assert that you believe in the Death burial and resurrection and you follow christ that you are harassed meant you are persecuted met you lost your job meant you got beat up and many of them many of them killed between the Second century and fourth century a.

D there were ten waves of persecution by the Empire against the Christian church in which they were beheaded they were flayed alive burned alive they were disemboweled they were put on poles alive covered with pitch used as torches to light up the Gardens of the Emperor at night they were just a Litany of things that they suffered worthless suffering worthless stupid if there's no resurrection there's no hope beyond this life a Physical resurrection not just being with the Lord but because it's promised in the Scripture promised by jesus if there's no resurrection then death ends at all and we have no future and then verse 19 is the Summary verse to all this here's the Summary if in this life only we have hope in christ we are of all men most pitiable that's a Summary statement there's no resurrection and we just are living this little pipe dream it's a little fool's paradise to believe in jesus that he rose and we're gonna write it's just it's a Fool's paradise it's just it's a Feel-good religion but it has no real teeth for transformation for the Future if in this life we have hope in christ only we are of all men most pitiable when paul wrote to the Thessalonian church one of the Issues he was dealing with is they were so worried about their loved ones who had died before the Coming of the Lord and for some reason they thought my loved ones who have died they died before jesus could return they're going to miss out on the Glorious kingdom age so paul writes to them and says brethren i don't want you to be ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep lest you sorrow like those who have no hope lest you sorrow like those who have no hope when i do a Funeral and i look out at the Audience i can tell just by looking at people who believes and who doesn't i mean it's it's a Anybody could it's not like i have some magical mystical powers i know who's saved now i don't but you can tell when you're at a Funeral when you are facing the Hard cold reality of death and you bring up the Promises of god you can see people who are yes amen i believe that and or you know their it resonates they're comforted by it and others just blank stares they are sorrowing with a Hopeless sorrow those who believe in their resurrection they sorrow but not like those who have no hope they're filled with hope they know they're going to see that loved one again because of the Resurrection so that's the Summary statement in this life only we have hope in christ we are of all men most pitiable but now christ is risen from the Dead so he's affirming it christ is risen and has become the First fruits of those who have fallen asleep now he's transitioning to our resurrection jesus was the Prototype the Template his resurrection guarantees our resurrection because jesus said if you believe in me you'll never die if you believe in me some will be resurrected to damnation others will be resurrected to life if you believe in me you'll be raised to new life he he predicted our resurrection so his resurrection is the Template the Prototype and the guarantee of our resurrection so christ is risen from the Dead he has become the First fruits what does that mean in the Old testament there was a festival in judaism called the Festival of first fruits it was the Inn gathering and they would bring a Sheaf from the harvest and they'd tie it up and they would wave it before the Lord now that sheaf that they waved before the Lord was emblematic that there's a Whole harvest they didn't take every thing that they cut from the Fields and wave it before the Lord just one sheaf but the Sheaf is the Statement that the Whole harvest belongs to the Lord that's first fruits jesus resurrection was like waving that sheath it's the Guarantee that there'll be a Harvest of souls who will also be raised up so one is the Prototype and the Guarantee of the Other four since by man came death who was that man that brought death adam you know your bible by man capital m also came the resurrection of the Dead for as in adam all die you could write in the Margin of your bible romans chapter 5.

Look at that later not now as in adam all die even so in christ all shall be made alive that is adam sinned and passed death onto every and the consequences of that fall that sin to every human being as we mentioned this last weekend so adam then acted as what we call where theologians call the Federal head of the human race what he did we all suffered the consequences for i know you go well that's not fair adam blew it i didn't make that decision no you didn't but you would had you been in that same spot well how do you know that well because all have sinned it says right after that in romans 5 all have sinned have you sinned i know i have i i'll nod yes we are sinners by nature and by choice so you might say well that's not fair i wasn't there when it happened and yet i'm suffering the Consequences okay you're right i'll give it to you it's not fair but neither is it fair because you weren't there at the crucifixion it's not fair that you should be forgiven all of your sins that's not fair you deserve punishment so do i but god isn't giving you what you deserve what is fair he's he's putting all the Punishment on jesus so you can have what's not fair salvation so one man blew it for everybody but one man got it all back and that is jesus so you could say it's not fair okay good it's not fair not fair that jesus took the Pl blame for you and that you get the Benefit of what he did that's not fair but it's grace and by the Grace of god i am what i am so when adam all die even so in christ all will be made alive but each one in his own order orders a Military word in rank or in a Certain procedural time frame would be a Translation of that each one in his own order that is different resurrections for different people christ the First fruits afterwards those who are christ at his coming then comes the End when he delivers i love paul's eschatology it's so concise here then comes the End when he delivers the Kingdom to god the Father when he puts an End to all rule and all authority and all power for he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet the Last enemy that will be destroyed is death there is not a General resurrection as some suppose some think that we're all going to die and then at some point in the Future there's just everybody stands before god at one time and there's a General resurrection and a general judgment not the Case now you might think that's the Case if you were to read john chapter 5 and it says the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear my voice and some will be raised to the Resurrection of life others will be raised to the resurrection of condemnation it might sound just because jesus said that that that's all going to happen at once but it won't he didn't say it will and if you read the Rest of the Book we know there's a Thousand years between our resurrection and unbelievers or our resurrection and unbelievers resurrection and judgment so at his coming it says our resurrection first thessalonians chapter 4 um voice of the Archangel the Trumpet of god the Dead in christ the Dead in christ shall rise first rise first so those who have died all your loved ones who have died who are believers at the Rapture of the Church will be the Resurrection of their physical body their spirit and their bodies will reunite you say i it doesn't sound like a Good thing for me to get back in my body i kind of like i'm getting old now and i don't want this but i don't don't worry um you're not going to look like that uh when that happens but that's a Whole nother discussion i'm looking at the time i don't have time to get into that because it's kind of covered here later on in the Chapter so jesus resurrection then he comes back rapture of the Church he comes for the church in the Air first thessalonians chapter four the Dead in christ rise first then there's a Translation those who are alive and remain will be caught up to meet the Lord in the Air that's it is coming but then after he comes back and there's a Seven year tribulation and then jesus comes back with us to the earth his foot touches the Mount of olives that's his second coming then there's a Thousand years a Thousand years of peace on the Earth we call it the Kingdom age that's the old testament idea the New testament idea in revelation 20 is the Millennium or the Millennial kingdom the Kingdom age a Thousand years ruling and reigning with christ upon the Earth a Renovated earth after that comes another resurrection for unbelievers revelation 20 it says after the Thousand years i saw the Dead the Dead those who had died raised up standing before the Great white throne judgment of god and all of those people their names was not they were not written in the Book of life they were cast into the Lake of fire that is the Second death now that resurrection for unbelievers happens at the End of the Thousand-year period so some will be raised to life rapture of the Church others to condemnation a Thousand years later so that's the Order of it he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet the Last enemy that will be destroyed is death again i commend to you read revelation chapter 20 it says and death and hades were cast into the Lake of fire it's the Day when death dies because now everyone has been resurrected everyone will live forever in their resurrected bodies either in heaven or in hell death is no longer an Issue death dies the Last enemy that is destroyed is death for he has put all things under his feet verse 27 but when he says all things are put under him it is evident that he who puts all things under him is accepted that is god the Father now when all things are made subject to him then the Son himself will also be subject to him who who will who put all things under him that god may be all in all jesus left heaven came to the Earth was subject unto his father ascended into heaven at the Right hand of the Father he'll deliver the Kingdom to his father the Triune god will be um at that point once again not one um on earth subservient to the Other but the Triune god father son and holy spirit one triune god uh throughout all of eternity in the Eternal state let me just finish the verse and and i'll explain that and we'll move on all things verse 28 i already read that that god may be all in all otherwise i won't even get into verse 29.

rapture of the Church thousand years later unbelievers after that death dies after that heavens and earth are destroyed and john says i saw a New heaven and a new earth and there's a New capital city new jerusalem we call that the Eternal state so after the Resurrections comes now the Eternal state so all men saved or unsaved living forever in one place or the Other in a Resurrected body either one to condemnation or one to life and the Reason i'm not going to get into verse 29 i'll read down to verse 34 and then pick that up because you'll see why otherwise what will they do who are baptized for the Dead what on earth is going on here who baptized were there mormons back then because that's that's the Only group today who baptizes for the Dead and you know why they do it because of this verse erroneously and contextually wrong misinterpreted otherwise what will they do who are baptized for the Dead if the Dead do not rise at all why then are they baptized for the Dead and why do we stand in jeopardy every hour i affirm by the Boasting in you which i have in christ jesus our lord i die daily that is i face the Possibility of death daily if in the Manner of men i have fought with beasts and ephesus what advantage is it to me if the Dead do not rise let us eat drink for tomorrow we die do not be deceived evil company corrupts good habits awake to righteousness and do not sin for some do not have the Knowledge of god i speak this to your shame okay now that's 34 verses most chapters are about that long so i have covered the Average chapter though i haven't covered the 15th chapter because there's 58 verses in this but but we did pretty good and yet what does it mean to be baptized for the dead that i will explain when we pick up corinthians again for more resources from calvary church and skip heitzig visit calvarynm.

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