338 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 29 - Order of the Resurrections - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 29 ORDER OF THE RESURRECTION - PART 2 Now verse 22: I Corinthians 15:22 Are the lost going to be resurrected?" Yes! That's surprises people. Let's go back to John's Gospel. The lost are going to be resurrected. John 5:28,29a Now from that verse alone we have people who teach a general resurrection; everybody all at the same time. The saved and the lost. Let's read on. John 5:29b Now you have two distinct groups of people who are going to be resurrected. Because it's in Paul alone that we find the true nature of the old Adam. Now we know the Old Testament people believed in resurrection. Job 19:25,26 Resurrection! Resurrection life. Now look at verse 23. I Corinthians 15:23a "But every man (lost or saved) in his own order:..." (or company.) I Corinthians 15:23a Christ the firstfruits ..." It gave us an inkling now that we can look at the resurrection much like Israel practiced her grain harvest. Because after all what does God consider bringing human people unto Himself? A harvest! In His earthly ministry he says the "fields are white unto harvest but the laborers are few."Let's look at the first group. Christ, in verse 50, has just given up the ghost, or died. Now verse 51. Matthew 27:51,52 Now remember the saints of any age are the believers. So here we have a group of Jewish believers, because there certainly weren't enough Gentiles in that Old Testament economy to count. Matthew 27:53 "And came out of the graves after his resurrection,..." Now that's an important verse because if they would have come out of the graves before Christ was resurrected, that would throw a kink in the whole plan of God that Christ was the firstfruits of resurrection. So now, I have to feel that these Jewish saints who were resurrected right after Christ was, comprised that which we call the firstfruits. I Corinthians 15:23a So let's look at the harvest process. Everything but the corners and the gleanings were harvested. Christ and the first fruits that already been accomplished, but where has been the largest number of people brought in God's harvest? Old Testament or Church age? Well the Church age of course. Because now go back in the Old Testament economy. Throughout the history of Israel there were very few Jews, percentage wise, who were believers. 120 souls. After 3 years of The Lord's own earthly ministry there were only 120 Jewish believers evidently. Now come back with me to the Book of Daniel Chapter 12, and here I'm going to throw the Tribulation saints in with the Old Testament saints, as well as those who were believers during Christ's earthly ministry. Let's look how Daniel covers it, and let's just start with verse 1. Remember this is the Old Testament and Daniel is talking about resurrection just like Paul does. Daniel 12:1 "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: (Now Daniel was a Jew) and there shall be a time of trouble, (That's foretelling of the Tribulation that is yet to come) such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time (That is at the time of the Tribulation) thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." Now verse 2: Daniel 12:2 Again Daniel, by inspiration, writes almost as if it's going to be a general resurrection that the lost Jew is going to be resurrected at the same time that the saved Jew is. Now verse 3: Daniel 12:3 God's going to always reward righteousness in the believer. Verse 4. Daniel 12:4 "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, (God is telling Daniel to just close the book and forget about it) even to the time of the end: (Now from Daniel's perspective, which was about 500 years before Christ, and that would make it about 2500 years ago, that the Book of Daniel is to be closed up and not considered all that much.) That is at the time of the end. Verse 5: Daniel 12:5-7 (In other words these prophecies written by Daniel) Well it is, but the time of the mid-point is when the man Anti-christ will come into the Temple and defile it, and turn on the Jews. Now verse 8: Daniel 12:8 Now verse 9: Daniel 12:9 "And he said, `Go thy way, Daniel : for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.'" What's God saying? Verse 10: Daniel 12:10 How in the world is God going to do it? It's just a small part with all of it's billions and billions of stars in just the milky way galaxy alone. My little 9-year-old grandson just amazes me sometimes. Now verse 11: Daniel 12:11-13 Christ and the firstfruits, 2. The Church the main harvest, and 3. The Old Testament and Tribulation saints, the gleanings and corners) But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot (or company) at the end of the days." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible