Js.1:18 According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.
Christ is the first of all those, including all who were "in Adam", who "in Christ" (= salvation) will be made alive, i.e. unto immortality as Christ was:
1 Cor.15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive
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But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits;
So all will be "in Christ", hence saved.
Rom.8:18For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time
are not comparable to the coming glory to be revealed to us.
19For the earnest expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the
One having subjected
it, in hope
21that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay, into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails together until now.
23And not only
so, but we ourselves, even having the firstfruit of the Spirit, also groan ourselves in ourselves, awaiting divine adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
24For in this hope we were saved; but hope being seen is no hope; for does anyone hope for what he sees?
25But if we hope for what we do not see, we await in patience.
All created beings will be "set free...into the freedom of the glory of the children of God" (8:21) of those who have "the firstfruit of the Spirit" (v.22)!
Rom.11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16
If the first fruit of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches. 1
Rev.14:4 These are they who have not been defiled with women; for they are pure, these following the Lamb wherever He shall go. These have been redeemed out from men
as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
They are the firstfruits of all men to be redeemed.
Rev.15:4 Who should not fear
You, O Lord,
and will glorify Your name?
For
You alone
are holy.
For all the nations will come and will worship before You,
because Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
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