Who are included in those who are Christ's at His coming in 1 Corinthians 15:23?
They that are Christ's at His coming include all believers of all the ages, from Adam and Eve onward to the end of the Tribulation. This encompasses the Church's resurrection and rapture, the Old Testament Saints, and the Tribulation Saints, gathered as the major harvest of God's reaping.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 15:23 gives resurrection order or company: Christ the firstfruits, and afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. He identifies those at His coming as all the believers of all the ages, from Adam and Eve on up to the end of the Tribulation. This includes what was covered as the resurrection of the Church, the rapture, the great resurrection day of the major harvest of God's reaping, and the bringing together of the Old Testament Saints and the Tribulation Saints, as seen in Daniel chapter 12.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
More Questions
What is the order of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:23?
In 1 Corinthians 15:23 every human being will be resurrected, but each in his own order or company: Christ the firstfruits first, and afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
Does 'they who are Christ's at His coming' in 1 Corinthians 15:23 refer to the Second Coming?
In 1 Corinthians 15:23, 'they who are Christ's at His coming' does not refer to the Second Coming, but to the coming for the Body of Christ, since Paul is writing about the Church.