That the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles." ( Acts 26:23 ) But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming (1 Cor. 15:23 )
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24 ) If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. (Rom. 11:16 ) But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. (1 Cor. 15:20 ) For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection (Rom. 6:5 ) For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. (Phil. 3:20, 21 )
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. (Col. 1:18 ) But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (Rom. 8:11 )
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies (John 11:25 )
