Are the people in 1 Corinthians 15:23 Israel?
No, that company is not Israel. The resurrection context of 1 Corinthians 15 distinguishes these people from Israel, from the Old Testament economy, and from those in the still-future tribulation. They are not part of that Old Testament program, nor do they pertain to the tribulation yet ahead.
Les explains that in 1 Corinthians 15, the great resurrection chapter, he has been spending time on verse 23, not the verse itself but what builds up to it. He asks where this particular company of people comes from, then states they certainly are not Israel, not out of the Old Testament economy, and not in reference to the still-ahead tribulation. So the people of 1 Corinthians 15:23 are distinct from Israel and from the tribulation.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
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Does 1 Corinthians 15:23 refer to the tribulation saints?
The company of people in view in 1 Corinthians 15:23 are not in reference to the still-future tribulation.