But the fact is, #christ has been raised from the dead, the #firstfruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man death came, by a man also came the #resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to our God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. (1 Corinthians 15:20-26)
If you haven't read C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength lately (or ever), I highly recommend it. Lewis perfectly describes the inner workings and true allegiances of the intelligencia and elite socialites.
"Why you fool, it's the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles. He buys his paper for the football results and the little paragraphs about girls falling out of windows and corpses found in Mayfair flats. He is our problem. We have to recondition him. But the educated public, the people who read the high-brow weeklies, don't need reconditioning. They're all right already. They'll believe anything." -Miss Hardcastle in That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
But the fact is, #christ has been raised from the dead, the #firstfruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man death came, by a man also came the #resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to our God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. (1 Corinthians 15:20-26)