Christ’s Resurrection IS Humanity’s Resurrection

His resurrection gurantees the justification of all

In 1 Corinthians 2:3, Paul says that he decides not to perceive anything among the Corinthians except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

What does ‘Jesus Christ crucified mean?’

The answer to this question is based on all that Christ is and all that the crucifixion accomplished for us.

Now, the cross of Christ led to a lot of things, such as: the death of the old humanity (Romans 6:6), the justification and eventual salvation of all creation (Romans 5: 18-19, Colossians 1: 15-20, 1 Corinthians 15: 21-22, 1 Timothy 4:10), and the guarantee that God will be All in all (1 Corinthians 15:28).

However, I am not going to focus on these things in this article. What I am going to focus on is the fact that Christ’s resurrection guarantees that all humanity will be resurrected. In fact, Christ’s resurrection IS our resurrection!

There were those among the Corinthians that did not believe in the resurrection. These are the people Paul was talking to in 1 Corinthians 15: 12-19. I encourage you to read all of these verses but I am going to focus on two here.

1. Now if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been roused (1 Corinthians 15:13).
2. For, if the dead are not being roused, neither has Christ been roused (1 Corinthians 15:16).

Do you get what Paul is saying here?

He is saying that if the ‘died ones’ will not be resurrected then Christ was not resurrected. Paul is not saying that Christ was resurrected and then ‘some, but not all’ of those that died or the ‘died ones’ would be resurrected.

No! Paul is saying that Christ’s resurrection is a guarantee that those that have died will be resurrected. He is saying that the resurrection of the ‘died ones’ is proof that Christ was resurrected. Without the resurrection of humanity, Christ was not resurrected. That is how closely we are related to Christ’s resurrection.

In essence, Christ’s resurrection is our resurrection. That is why Paul says in Colossians 2:13 that Jesus vivifies us together jointly with Him…

In Romans 6: 4-7, Paul says we were entombed together with Christ, planted in His death, and that we shall be of the resurrection. You see, that is what it means to know Christ crucified: that we died with Him and will share in His glory. He accomplished this, not us.

Religion denies Paul’s word because they say that humanity is resurrected and saved apart from Christ. They say Christ was resurrected but it is up to humanity to save themselves by their own faith, acts, or rule following. This is not what Paul says. Paul says that all humanity is in Christ and participates in His death and resurrection.

Some come to this realization now and have an early, special salvation. However, many have to go through judgement and some even through the lake of fire before they realize the reality of what Christ has accomplished for them.

…God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers (1 Timothy 4:10).

Read Romans 5: 18-19 to prove that all humanity is guaranteed eventual justification and immortal life. Yes, many will miss out on the 1000 year kingdom and perhaps the ‘new heaven and new earth’ ages. Many will face judgement. However, these verses talk about a time when Christ’s accomplishment is complete and judgement and death are over. The parenthesis (all mankind) are my addition. ‘The many’ in verse 19 refers to the ‘all mankind’ in verse 18

18 Consequently, then, as it was through one offense for all mankind for condemnation, thus also it is through one just award for all mankind for life’s justifying.
19 For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many (all mankind) were constituted sinners, thus also, through the obedience of the One, the many (all mankind) shall be constituted just.

Humanity is not separate from Christ and His accomplishments as religion tells us. NO, Christ’s immortality is not for Him only and then we must ‘do something’ separate from Christ in order to partake. We must ‘do’ things but all things are of God and He does all.

We all are with Christ and His resurrection guarantees our resurrection. Not only that, Christ’s immortality guarantees all humanity’s immortality. The fact that God is Christ’s all guarantees that God will be humanity’s all.

Grace and peace to you all!