For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming. (I Corinthians 15: 22-23)
In Adam all die, in Christ all were made alive. The first Adam came into being as a living existence, yet the last Adam our savior, Jesus Christ came into our world a life giving Spirit. The first Adam forfeited paradise and the increase God gave in creation, He forfeited holiness, heaven and eternal life. All of those things and more have been restored to us because of Christ and now we walk in newness of life.
Everyman in His own order, (verse 23) Christ the first fruits and after that the body of Christ, thank God He has come and verse 24 makes the statement, then cometh the end of the devil’s rule, the kingdom delivered to the Father, all rule, authority and powers of darkness have been laid aside with absolutely no relevance.
He reigns until every enemy is under His feet, We are the body of Christ, He is the head. The way I read that is - we are everything from the neck down and we derive all our strength and power from Father God and His Son Jesus Christ and we are empowered by the Holy Spirit. Since that is so, lucifer is under my feet along with every spirit that is aligned with his malignant plan. Verse 26 explains that the last enemy, physical death, has not been destroyed. I have good news; our spirit man on the inside will live forever in the very atmosphere of Heaven which is called eternal life.
One day we will lay this old body down and life will get better and better. Today we are living in the glory, filled with His Spirit and sometimes I am so excited about the Word of God that I can’t even talk. However, upon exiting this old body and entering heaven we will receive a glorified body and wake up to the living light of heaven where there will be no darkness and we will experience the glory from the throne of God with no encumbrance or limitations of the flesh.
I need to finish my little homily. I am reminded of I John 4:17 where at the close of the verse John said “as He is, so are we in this world.” Allow me to paraphrase, as Jesus is in our world and in heaven, as He is, so are we, the saved, filled with the Spirit of God in this world, not in the world to come, but in this world now. What a God we serve.
Pastor Danny
