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=> Email to Ray => Topic started by: Craig on July 23, 2006, 10:27:47 AM
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Hi Ray,
In 1 Cor. 15:22 we read--"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.Thus a clear declaration that everyone will resurrect. Then he continues to declare in v. 23 "But every man in his own order: ( so there is a sequentual order) Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming". I wonder why he failed to give the order of those not in Christ? Am I overlooking something?
Mel
Dear Mel:
He did. You missed it, however, the King James translations is no particular help. Let's read from another version: "Yet each in his own class: [1] the Firstfuit,Christ; [2] there upon those who are Christ's in His presence; [3] thereafter the consummation" (I Cor. 15:22, Concordant Literal New Testament). The "putting down of His enemies" in verse 25 is the process by which "all shall be made alive IN Christ."
God be with you,
Ray