The resurrection of Yahshua is the ultimate demonstration of Yahweh’s supreme power over death. On the first day of the week, following His crucifixion and burial, several women went to the tomb and found the stone rolled away (Matthew 28:1-2 HNB). An angel of Yahweh announced the glorious news: “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where Yahshua lay.” (Matthew 28:6 HNB).
Yahshua did not simply vanish; He appeared to His disciples over a span of 40 days (Acts 1:3 HNB). He showed them His hands and His feet, even eating in their presence to prove his resurrection (Luke 24:39-43 HNB). He appeared to Mary Magdalene, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, to the eleven apostles, and later to more than 500 believers at once (1 Corinthians 15:6 HNB).
Crucially, the scriptures reveal that Yahshua has been raised from the dead, becoming the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1 Corinthians 15:20 HNB). In ancient biblical times, the “firstfruits” was the very first portion of the harvest dedicated to Yahweh. It was a guarantee that the rest of the massive harvest was safely on its way.
How Does this Apply to You and Me
This truth directly transforms our lives today in two powerful ways:
- Our Concrete Guarantee: Because Yahshua rose as the firstfruits, He broke the mold of the grave. The scriptures declare that “in Messiah all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Messiah the firstfruits, afterward those who are the Messiah’s (1 Corinthians 15:22-23 HNB). For you and me, this means death is no longer a permanent end, but a new beginning. We have an ironclad guarantee that when He returns, we will follow his resurrection.
- Our Future Transformation: Just as the rest of the harvest matches the quality of the firstfruits, our future resurrected bodies will match His. Yahweh will transform our lowly, mortal bodies so that they may be like Yahshua’s glorious body. (Philippians 3:20-21 HNB).
- Some people in the religious world think Yahshua resurrected a physical body. In 1 Corinthians 15:35 HNB Saul said this, But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Paul addresses this question in 1 Corinthians 15: 44-45,
44 “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body. “45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam was
made a living soul; the last Adam (Yahshua) was made a
quickening spirit.” Not a physical body.