Here is one aspect of our Lord’s resurrection that few realize. He is the first manifestation of the ‘new creation’ that was promised. It has already begun to appear! When Jesus got up out of that grave in His resurrection body, that was the first piece of the new universe walking around. Whereas in the first universe, the heavens and the earth were created. What was the next creation? Man. In the new universe, it’s the people that are created first, then the new heavens and new earth to contain them; it’s exactly opposite. Since the Lord Jesus Christ now exists in a resurrected physical body, He is the first existent piece of the new eternal universe.

The earth came before man (Adam) was created. The Man, J.C., the last Adam, came before the New Earth will be Created.