When did the first fruits resurrection, Christ and those who came out of the grave, happen?
The first fruits resurrection, including Christ and those who came out of the grave, occurred at the time of Christ's resurrection, as recorded in Matthew 27. This event is distinct from the later Church resurrection and the Old Testament saints' resurrection after the Kingdom is established.
Les teaches that the resurrection of the just, meaning believers of all ages, occurs in three distinct stages. The first stage is Christ and those who came out of the grave in Matthew 27. He identifies this as the first fruits, which took place back in Matthew 27. The second stage is the Church resurrection, which includes the Rapture, and afterward, almost 2,000 years later, those who are Christ's at His coming—referring to the coming for the Body of Christ, not the Second Coming. The third stage is the resurrection of the Old Testament saints shortly after the Kingdom is established.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
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Who were the first fruits in the resurrection after Christ?
After Christ's resurrection, those who came out of the graves in Matthew 27 were resurrected, and they comprised the first fruits as in Israel's harvest days.
Who will be the next main group resurrected after the first fruits?
1 Corinthians 15:23 is speaking of those who are in Christ, and they will be the next main group resurrected after the first fruits that took place at Christ's resurrection.
Why were some believers resurrected at the same time as Christ's resurrection?
Because a bundle of firstfruits could not consist of one stem of grain but had to contain many, Christ could not be the only firstfruit, so the Matthew 27 believers were resurrected as a sampling.
Who are the 'firstfruits of them that slept' Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians?
The believers who were resurrected and walked into Jerusalem in Matthew 27:52-53 were a sampling of believers who had died, and with Christ as the firstfruit they altogether became the firstfruits of them that slept.