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resurrection. He says, “But every man in his
own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward
they that are Christ's” — those belonging to
Christ — “at his coming.” So Christ was
raised first. He is the first fruits of a great
harvest that will come later. Then he says,
“they that are Christ's at his coming,” those
who belong to Christ. And Paul says in 2
Corinthians 10, verse 7, “Do ye look on
things after the outward appearance? If any
man trust to himself that he is Christ's” —
there’s that expression again — “let him of
himself think this again, that, as he is
Christ's, even so are we Christ's.” We see
that expression “in Christ” many times, but
I'm just using these few verses to show what
it means to belong to Christ, to be in
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