基督─睡了之人初熟的果子
在二十节保罗宣告说，“但如今基督，就是睡了之人初熟的果子，已经从死人中复活。”本节至二十八节是插进的话，宣告基督是复活的初熟果子，以证实复活的真理。基督是第一位从死人中复活的，是复活的初熟果子。这是利未记二十三章十至十一节，在安息日的次日，就是复活之日，献给神的初熟果子所豫表的（一捆初熟的果子，包括基督和一些死了的旧约圣徒，在主复活时起来─太二七52-53）。基督这复活的初熟果子，乃是从死人中复活的首生者，成了祂身体的头（弗一20-23）。基督─身体的头─既已复活，我们─身体─也必复活。
死藉着人来，复活也是藉着人来
林前十五章二十一节说，“死既是藉着人来的，死人的复活也是藉着人来的。”死是藉着人来的，这人指头一个人亚当。复活也是藉着人来的，这人指第二个人基督。亚当藉着罪带进死（罗五12）；基督藉着义带进复活的生命（罗五17-18）。亚当所带进的死，一直在我们里面作工，从我们由父母出生起，直到我们身体死了为止。基督所带进的复活生命，在我们里面运行，就如受浸所表征的（罗六4），从我们藉着神的灵重生（约三5），直到我们身体改变形状（腓三21）。
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Christ Being the Firstfruit of Resurrection – 1 Cor. 15:20-21
Christ – The Firstfruit of Those Who Have Fallen Asleep
In verse 20 Paul declares, “But now Christ has been raised from among the dead, the firstfruit of those who have fallen asleep.” This verse begins a parenthetical section that goes through verse 28. This parenthetical word verifies the truth of resurrection by setting forth Christ as its firstfruit. Christ was the first One raised from among the dead as the firstfruit of resurrection. This was typified by the firstfruits (a sheaf of the firstfruits, including Christ with some of the Old Testament saints who had died, was raised at the Lord’s resurrection – Matt. 27:52-53) in Leviticus 23:10 and 11, offered to God on the day after the Sabbath, the day of resurrection (Matt. 28:1). Christ as the firstfruit of resurrection is the Firstborn from among the dead to be the Head of the Body (Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:20-23). Since He, the Head of the Body, has been resurrected, we, the Body, shall also be resurrected.
1 Cor 15:21 says, “For since through man came death, through man also came resurrection of the dead.” The man through whom death came was Adam, the first man. The man through whom resurrection came is Christ, the second Man. Adam brought in death through sin (Rom. 5:12); Christ brought in the life of resurrection through righteousness (Rom. 5:17-18). The death brought in by Adam works in us from our birth through our parents unto the death of our body. The life of resurrection brought in by Christ operates in us, as signified by baptism (Rom. 6:4), from our regeneration by the Spirit of God (John 3:5) unto the transfiguration of our body (Phil. 3:21).