Because Christ is now in resurrection, we
Because Christ is now in resurrection, we cannot know Him experientially unless we know the power of His resurrection. In Philippians 3 Paul aspires to know Him not only in His death, but even the more in His resurrection.
In Philippians 3:11, a continuation of Phi lippians 3:10, Paul says, "If by any means I may attain to the out-resurrection from among the dead." The expression "the out-resurrection" is puzzling. After Christ was resurrected, He be came a person wholly in resurrection. Further more, the resurrection wherein Christ is today is not an ordinary resurrection, like the resur rection of Lazarus; it is an extraordinary res urrection. For this reason, Paul adds the prefix ex to the Greek word for resurrection to show that Christ's resurrection is extraordinary. His resurrection is the out-resurrection.
A DEFINITION OF OUT-RESURRECTION
To be in the out-resurrection means to leave everything of the old creation and to be brought into God. Although Lazarus was resurrected, he neither left the things of the old creation nor was he brought into God. At the end of the coming age all the dead unbelievers will be resurrected.