FirstFruits: 1 Corinthians 15, Acts 2 & 17

 

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, 

we are of all men most miserable.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:19-20

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

Acts 2:24

PROOF OF GOD'S JUSTICE GIVER

Acts 17:30-31

"Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

Psalm 9:8

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

Psalm 96:12-13

Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.