What does it mean that every man is resurrected in his own order or company in 1 Corinthians 15:23?
It means resurrection unfolds in ordered companies, not all at once. Christ rose first; the Jewish saints raised after Him comprise the firstfruits. Church-age saints will not be resurrected with Old Testament saints. The harvest pattern is firstfruits taken as a sampling, then the main harvest, then the gleanings last.
Les teaches that 1 Corinthians 15:23 means every person is resurrected within his own company or order, not all together. Christ is the first to be resurrected. Then the Jewish saints raised right after Him comprise the firstfruits, the plural firstfruits pictured in Leviticus by many grain stalks gathered into a sheath and taken to the priest. Church-age saints are not resurrected with Old Testament saints and are not part of the firstfruits, because that already happened. Les compares it to harvest: firstfruits taken as a sampling, then the main harvest, and finally the gleanings last.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
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What is the resurrection order in 1 Corinthians 15:23?
In 1 Corinthians 15:23, resurrection comes in order: first Christ the firstfruits, and afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.