1 Corinthians Commentary Chapter 15 (4)

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1 Corinthians 15 (4)

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 is the historical event of Jesus Christ's death on the cross and being raised, and verses 12-19 are about our relationship with Christ, the resurrection.

Then verses 20-28 are about the order of the resurrection.

Verse 20 “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”

The firstfruits of those that slept means that he became the prototype of the resurrection from the dead.

Then there are many resurrected people attached to him.

Verse 21 "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."

This is the relationship between Adam and Christ.

Let's reexamine Romans 5:1-11 and Romans 6:11.

In Adam, we died with Christ and were born again, becoming one with Christ through baptism, so that we  lived in him.

From one man, Adam, sin came, and through that sin, death came.

That is why all people became slaves to death.

We all inherited the inheritance of sin.

As a result, the conscience of man only knew good and evil, and did not know the tree of life.

Man have never eaten life.

However, the purpose of God giving us the Bible is to help us know Christ and obtain eternal life through him (John 5:39, 20:31).

Romans 6 explains our relationship with Christ well.

It talks about the principle that the Lord completely ended the sin that was in Adam, and that we become new creations in Christ, offering holy living sacrifice,.

In Romans 6:3-11, we see that we were resurrected and from verse 12, we see an emphasis on the living sacrifice.

Verse 22 "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."

He emphasizes again that through Jesus Christ we die to death and through him we live again in his life. 

This is the resurrection of the dead.

Verse 23 “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.”

This is the order of resurrection.

This refers to the many who are in Christ.

A grain of wheat has become much fruit.

This is the people who have received Christ in their flesh and become embodied in John 1:14.

Verse 24 “Then comes 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.”

"Then" just as Moses offered the tabernacle and the camp to God after they were all set up, Jesus Christ also offers the temple of God to God after it is completed.

Chapter 19 is the judgment of Christ, the King.

Chapter 20 puts Satan in the bottomless pit, so there is no deception.

In verses 4-6, those who are attached to Christ will reign as kings for a thousand years.

Verse 7, when the thousand years are over, there will be another deception.

After verse 11, there is the judgment of the white throne. This is the final judgment.

Verse 14, the greatest enemies, death and Hades, are thrown into the lake of fire.

1 Corinthians 15:25 “For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.”

Christ reigns only until chapter 20 of Revelation.

Chapters 21-22 of Revelation are the new heaven and new earth, the kingdom of God.

Verse 25 “For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.”

Christ reigns only until chapter 20 of Revelation.

Chapters 21-22 of Revelation are the new heaven and new earth, the kingdom of God.

Verse 26 “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”

The judgment ends with the following order: 

1) Antichrist and the false prophet (Rev. 19:20-21),

2) the devil (Rev. 20:10),

3) death and Hades (Rev. 20:14).

27-28 “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. And  when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him God may be all in all.”

He will be all in all.

The existence of God is not revealed. (Rev. 21:22-23)

Jesus Christ was originally in his glory.

He also appeared as an angel in the Old Testament.

The Lord who appeared to Moses said, “I am who I am”. (Exodus 3:14)

The Lord came to this earth as the baby Jesus, died on the cross, and rose again to become the sacrifice of our atonement and reconciliation.

And then he ascended back to his original state.

Creation is done by Father God, and salvation is done by Jehovah(the Lord) God.

The one who says that God is love is Jehovah God.

The God of Elohim appears in Genesis 1 and appears again as God in Revelation 21-22.

In it, Jehovah God does all the work. He is Christ.

And then he returns to all things.

The reason God has not yet fully restored all things is because he has not completely recovered what Adam handed over to the devil. (Luke 4:6)

That is why God has not yet rested, and the Lord says that because the Father is working, he also is working.

Through Christ, we meet God in all things.

God is all things.

All things were created and are preserved by His breath. (Psalm 33:6)

However, the problem is that He cannot reach the hearts of people who have sin.

That is why we must learn about Christ through the Bible and about God through nature.

So, it is said that when special revelation is opened, natural revelation is also opened.

We can have fellowship with God, who is all things, in Christ.

We who died in Adam must be united with Christ’s death and being raised, and become one with His resurrection and life, before we can call God, who is all things, our Father.

The Jehovah of the Old Testament is Jesus Christ of the New Testament.

He says, “I am the one who has spoken from the beginning” (John 1:1, John 8:25).

He says that He existed before Abraham was born. Who is this person?

It is Jesus Christ. He is now the King of resurrection and life within us.

After finding all the lost, He will definitely remain the King until the enemy, the devil, becomes his footstool.

From Genesis to Revelation, we can see that God is searching for something that was lost.

Genesis 1:1 talks about the heavens and the earth that God created, and verse 2 talks about the earth.

We must not forget that the blue sky and the earth of the earth do not exist alone, but that the heaven and earth of the spiritual world always coexist.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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