Yes — Paul gives an ordered resurrection timeline, not a single event.
In 1 Corinthians 15:23, Paul writes that "every man" will be raised "in his own order": Christ the firstfruits first, and "afterward" those who are Christ's at His coming. Les Feldick teaches that the afterward stage includes the Church at the Rapture, while the Old Testament and tribulation saints are raised after the tribulation and 75 days after the Second Coming.
1 Corinthians 15:20 — Paul calls Christ the firstfruits of those who slept, beginning the ordered resurrection timeline.
1 Corinthians 15:23 — This is the key verse giving the order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
1 Corinthians 15:24 — Paul says "then cometh the end" after the resurrection of those who are Christ's, which Les places after the tribulation.
Paul is clear that Christ rose from the dead, and he ties that resurrection to the return of those who belong to Him. 1 Corinthians 15:23 says, "But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming." The passage does not describe a single simultaneous resurrection. The word "afterward" in verse 23 marks a later point, and verse 24 continues, "Then cometh the end." So the biblical text itself structures the resurrection in steps: first Christ, then those who are His at His coming, and then the end that follows.
Les teaches that 1 Corinthians 15:23 describes every believer being resurrected "in his own company," not all at one event. The first company was Christ and the Jewish believers who came out of the graves in Matthew 27 — the firstfruits of the harvest. The second company is the Body of Christ, the church-age believer, raised at the Rapture. In this passage, "they that are Christ's at His coming" refers to Christ's coming for the Church, not His Second Coming. After the Second Coming, Les says the Old Testament saints and tribulation saints will be raised in their own company. Based on Daniel 12, he places this resurrection 75 days after Christ returns. He compares the whole order to the Jewish harvest: first the firstfruits sampling, then the main harvest, and finally the corners and gleanings.
Les says the resurrections are not going to happen all at one event. He points to 1 Corinthians 15:23, "every man in his own order," and explains that the believer is resurrected in his own company. The word "afterward" in the verse means not simultaneously, but at a later time. Les therefore teaches that the resurrection of the just takes place in three distinct, separate stages.
Les compares the resurrection order to the Jewish harvest. First the firstfruits are taken out as a sampling of the whole field. Then the main harvest is gathered in. Finally the corners and gleanings, which were left, are harvested last. Les applies this to resurrection: Christ and the Matthew 27 saints are the firstfruits, the Church is the main harvest at the Rapture, and the Old Testament and tribulation saints are the final gleanings.
Les places the resurrection of the Old Testament saints and tribulation saints after the tribulation has run its course. From Daniel 12, he teaches they will be resurrected 75 days after the Second Coming or after the Kingdom has been set up. Then they will be part of the Kingdom, and this completes the resurrection of the just of all the ages.
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Every Man in His Own Company
Les says every man will come out in resurrection in his own company: Christ the firstfruits first, then the Body of Christ, and after the Second Coming the Old Testament and tribulation saints.
Three Distinct Stages
Les says the resurrection of the just will be in three distinct stages and that "they that are Christ's at His coming" refers to the coming for the Body of Christ, not the Second Coming.
Not All at One Event
Les repeats that the resurrections are not all at one event; the firstfruits were Christ and the Jewish believers from Matthew 27, and after that come church-age believers.
Seventy-Five Days After Christ Returns
Les teaches that after the Rapture, the Old Testament and tribulation believers will be resurrected, probably 75 days after Christ returns, completing the first resurrection.
Harvest Picture: Firstfruits, Harvest, Gleanings
Les uses the Jewish harvest to explain the order: firstfruits, then the Rapture as the general harvest, then the Old Testament and tribulation saints raised 75 days after the Second Coming.
Church Saints Not with Old Testament Saints
Les stresses that every man is resurrected within his own company; church-age saints are not raised with the Old Testament saints, just as the harvest gathers firstfruits, the main crop, and then the leftovers.
Afterward Means Not Simultaneously
Les points out that the word "afterward" in 1 Corinthians 15:23 means a later time, not the same moment, and that the church age believer is the group Paul is most concerned with.
1 Corinthians 15:20: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Paul establishes Christ as the firstfruits, the first one raised in the ordered resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:23: But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
This is the key verse showing the resurrection happens in stages, not all at once.
1 Corinthians 15:24: Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
Paul places "the end" after the resurrection of those who are Christ's at His coming.
Matthew 27:52: And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Les identifies these saints who arose at Christ's resurrection as part of the firstfruits company.
Matthew 27:53: And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
These Matthew 27 saints are included by Les in the first stage of the resurrection order.
No. Based on 1 Corinthians 15:23, Les teaches that everyone is resurrected "in his own order" — Christ first, then the Church, then the Old Testament and tribulation saints. The word "afterward" marks a later time, not the same moment.
At the Rapture. Les says that in 1 Corinthians 15:23, "they that are Christ's at his coming" refers to Christ's coming for the Body of Christ, not His second coming to earth.
Les places their resurrection after the Second Coming, 75 days later, along with tribulation saints. He draws this timing from Daniel 12.
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