{"id":36250,"date":"2022-09-13T12:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/explain-the-1st-and-2nd-resurrections-united-states\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:47:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:47:52","slug":"explain-the-1st-and-2nd-resurrections-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/explain-the-1st-and-2nd-resurrections-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain the 1st and 2nd resurrections. (United States)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesus was the first to receive immortality. Immortality means life that needs nothing to exist forever. It is death-proof. God used his mighty power to give Jesus this gift. Ephesians 1:19-20, “the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might <\/strong>that he worked in Christ<\/strong> when he raised him<\/strong> from the dead…” \u200b<\/p>\n

Jesus “brought life and immortality<\/strong> to light through the Gospel,” 2 Timothy 1:10.  Jesus opened this “new<\/strong> and living way<\/strong>,” Hebrews 10:20. “And he<\/strong> (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead<\/strong>,” Colossians 1:18. This is the first resurrection. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Faithful followers of Jesus, his body members, will be part of the first resurrection. Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy is the one who shares<\/strong> in the first resurrection<\/strong>! Over such the second death has no power<\/strong>.” 1 Corinthians 15:52-53, “and we (those who are Christ’s body members<\/em>) shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality<\/strong>.”\u200b<\/p>\n

Very few, only a “little flock” of believers (Luke 12:32), will faithfully follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Revelation 2:10, “Be faithful until death<\/strong>, and I will give you the crown of life.” \u200b<\/p>\n

Yet, Jesus taught that all would be resurrected. John 5:28-29 (ESV), “…an hour is coming when all<\/strong> who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out<\/strong>, those who have done good to the resurrection of life<\/strong> (the first resurrection), and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment<\/strong> (the second resurrection).” Again Acts 24:15 states, “…there will be a resurrection of both the just <\/strong>(those justified by Jesus’ blood, Christians<\/em>) and the unjust<\/strong> (the billions of mankind<\/em>).” \u200b<\/p>\n

During Christ’s 1,000 year reign, resurrected mankind will be taught righteousness through judgments. Isaiah 26:9, “when your judgments<\/strong> are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness<\/strong>.” Jeremiah 31:34, “…no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me<\/strong>.” \u200b<\/p>\n

This was God’s plan all along. John 3:16,17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life<\/strong>, (not immortality<\/em>), For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved <\/strong>(from death<\/em>)”.  \u200b<\/p>\n

The first and second resurrections have different rewards<\/strong>.  The first resurrection has a heavenly reward – immortality.  The second resurrection has a reward of human perfection with everlasting life on earth (as Adam had<\/em>). Both are wonderful, but the first resurrection is higher, because Christians are developed through sacrifice<\/strong> and suffering<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus was the first to receive immortality. Immortality means life that needs nothing to exist forever. It is death-proof. God used his mighty power to give Jesus this gift. Ephesians 1:19-20, “the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when … Continue reading “Explain the 1st and 2nd resurrections. (United States)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}