The first begotten of the dead is Jesus, first to rise and not die again.
The faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Jesus is the first begotten of the dead. John sets the title beside the faithful witness and the prince of the kings of the earth. He died, and He lives forevermore, holding the keys of death and Hades. Paul calls Him the firstborn from the dead, so that in everything He might be preeminent. Others were raised and died again. He is the first of the resurrection that does not return to the grave. The first resurrection belongs to Him and to those who are His.
- First begotten and firstborn are the same title. The older English says begotten. The meaning is first from the dead.
- He is first in rank and first in the order of that resurrection.
- The empty tomb is the proof. The title is the claim.
The first begotten of the dead.
The firstborn from the dead.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.
- The first begotten of the dead is Jesus.
- The title stands in the opening of Revelation.
- Firstborn from the dead is the same claim.
- He did not return to the grave.
- He holds the keys of death and Hades.
- Those who are His rise because He rose.
- The Title – First from the dead.
- The Word – Begotten, or firstborn.
- The Place – Revelation 1:5.
- The Rank – Preeminent.
- The Keys – Death and Hades.
- The Company – The first resurrection.
- Revelation 1:5 – “Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.”
- Colossians 1:18 – “He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.”
- Revelation 1:18 – “I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 – “Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 – “Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.”
- Romans 6:9 – “Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.”
- Acts 26:23 – “The Christ must suffer and… by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light.”
- Revelation 20:6 – “Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection.”
- Matthew 28:6 – “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.”
- John 11:25 – “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”
The first begotten of the dead.
The firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.
The first begotten of the dead is Jesus. First to rise and not die again. First in rank over all who rise.
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