The problem with that interpretation is that the opening of the graves at the time of Jesus’ resurrection was already in the past when the NT writers spoke of the first resurrection as a future event, so they simply cannot be the same event.
The problem with that interpretation is that the opening of the graves at the time of Jesus’ resurrection was already in the past when the NT writers spoke of the first resurrection as a future event, so they simply cannot be the same event.
Did you consider the other scriptures I quoted?
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1 cor 1520 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Many translations say sleeping but considering what Paul said in Romans ch 8 slept is the only thing that fits.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
Jesus only comes to earth twice, the first time to set up his Church ( the kingdom of God )and at the last day to gather his elect.
It makes sense to me that Jesus took his first fruits with him other wise what in the world is Paul talking about in Romans 8?
What was it talking about in Hosea 6?
Mat 27:53
The people who came out of their graves after the resurrection?
Rev 7:4 tells us exactly who these first fruits are.
So if the first fruits are from the tribes of Israel there is no way that Christians could be in the first resurrection.
So if nothing fits the idea of the Christians waiting for the first resurrection then maybe we need to start looking at it in a different light.