He was the "firstfruits" of a whole harvest of human beings who will be made immortal through his achievement (1 Cor. 15:20), "the firstborn" of a new spiritual family who will be given God's nature (Col. 1:18 cp. Eph. 3:15).
Yote haya yamewezeshwa kwa kufufuka kwake Kristo. Yeye alikuwa "limbuko" la mavuno yote ya wanadamu watakao pewa uzima wa milele kwa kufaulu kwake(1Kor. 15:20), "mzaliwa wa kwanza"wa jamaa mpya wa kiroho watakaopewa mwili wa Uungu (1Kor:18; Efe 3:15).