Section 3
But the point we are making here is that the resurrection of a grain of wheat does not begin with the sprouting of the grain. Rather, its resur rection begins much earlier than this. The res urrection of a grain of wheat begins with the death of the grain.
From the illustration of the dying and grow ing of a grain of wheat we can see that while Christ was dying, He was resurrecting. When did Christ's resurrection begin? We should not say that it began three days after His crucifixion. According to the picture of a grain of wheat dying and growing, Christ's resurrection began while He was dying. He likened Himself to a grain of wheat falling into the ground to die so that many grains might be brought forth. The Lord Jesus, like the grain of wheat, was growing, sprouting, resurrecting, even while He was dying.
DYING TO LIVE
Now that we have the principle that the proc ess of the Man-Savior's resurrection began while He was dying, we need to ask when the Lord Jesus died. Did He die only on the day of the Passover? The New Testament indicates that He began to die immediately after He was born. Throughout His years on earth, He was dying to