Nevertheless, that resurrection will not bring
Nevertheless, that resurrection will not bring them out of the old creation, and it will not bring them into God. There is only one kind of resurrection which brings us out of the old creation and into God, and this is the resurrec tion of Christ. Thus, Christ's resurrection is the outstanding resurrection. Christ is the unique One to pass out of the old creation and to enter into God. Christ lived in an old creation body and environment for thirty-three and a half years. Through His death and resurrection He left the old creation behind and was brought into God.
We should not think that Christ was never in the old creation. According to Colossians 1:15 Christ was the Firstborn of God's creation. His physical body belonged to the old creation and, living in a carpenter's home in Nazareth, He lived in the environment of the old creation. Eventu ally, He took the old creation upon Himself as a burden and nailed it to the cross. Now in resur rection Christ is absolutely out of the old cre ation and in God. All He is, all He has, and all He does are in God. This is the significance of the out-resurrection.
If we would know Christ, we must know this out-resurrection and attain to it. Paul's words