Death And Resurrection

But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 

I Corinthians 15:20-22 

By man came death and by man came the resurrection from the dead. This lies at the heart of our text. By what man did death come? It came by Adam. God said to Adam and Eve that they would die if they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They ate, sin came into the world and death came with it. Thus, we have become a dying race. What could change this the course of this procession of death?  Christ is the answer. Paul contrasts Christ, Who has risen from the dead, as a man, a true human, with Adam by whom death came. All the ancients testified of their looking forward to Christ.  The evangelists and disciples saw Him alive from the dead and testified of what they had seen. We follow in the same vein, testifying that Christ has risen from the dead and that He is the Man by Whom has come the resurrection from the dead. Thus, Christ is the central figure apart from Whom there is no eternal life. He is, as He says, ‘the Way, the Truth, and the Life.’ By man came death, by Man came the resurrection from the dead. Christ is the Man.  

Our Glorious, Living Christ. 
We rejoice that You are alive from the dead. 
We praise You that because You live, 
we shall live also. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning