Thursday, February 11

Christ did not rise as a private person

Christ, as the first fruits, arises, and that in the name and stead of all believers; and so they rise in him and with him; for Christ did not rise as a private person, but he arose as a public head of the church; so that in his arising all believers did virtually arise.

— Edward Fisher
The Marrow of Modern Divinity
(Ross-shire, UK: Christian Focus, 2009), 121