The moment that Christians are resurrected is the moment that death dies.

From the beginning, the curse of sin wrote its dominion in one dreadful word: death. Every grave, every tear, every silence in the dust testified that death ruled unchallenged. Yet Scripture reveals a staggering paradox—death itself is destined to die. And the One who kills it is none other than the Author of Life.

But here is the mystery: before death is destroyed, before it loses its power over the saints, two other enemies fall first—the beast and the false prophet. And only then, at the appearing of Christ, does death meet its end.

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He Must Reign Until Every Enemy Falls

Paul makes the order unmistakable:

“For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” (1 Cor. 15:25–26)

Jesus is not waiting to reign—He reigns now. From the right hand of God, He rules in the midst of His enemies (Heb. 10:12–13), steadily subduing them in a divine sequence.

1. First, the beast and false prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:20).
2. Then, Satan is bound for a thousand years (Rev. 20:1–3).
3. And then death itself is destroyed—not by decree, but by resurrection.

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The Resurrection: Death’s Defeat

Paul does not say that death simply fades away. He declares how it dies:

“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass the saying… Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Cor. 15:53–54)

When the saints are raised, death is stripped of every hold it ever had. It cannot touch those who are changed. Its dominion is shattered.

This happens after the beast and false prophet fall, because death is “the last enemy.” If death fell first, it wouldn’t be last. Scripture’s order is deliberate:

• The beast and false prophet fall at Christ’s coming (Rev. 19:20).
• Then the dead in Christ rise (1 Thess. 4:16).
• Mortality is clothed with immortality—death loses its grip.

Only then is the curse itself overturned.

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Two Orders—No More

Paul reveals there are only two orders in this victory:

“But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming.” (1 Cor. 15:23)

Christ rose first. Then, at His coming—after the Great Tribulation—those who belong to Him follow. There is no third order, no secret resurrection before the end. Death’s defeat comes in one climactic moment when the saints are raised and changed forever.

The martyrs in white robes (Rev. 7:14) who suffer through the tribulation? Will be raised.

The “two” witnesses slain in Jerusalem (Rev. 11:11)? Will be raised.

All who are Christ’s? Will be raised.

Death loses all its captives in one breath, and the curse is broken.

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Death Dies

Only after the saints rise immortal does death itself receive its judgment:

“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” (Rev. 20:14)

The beast falls first. The false prophet falls with him. Then death itself dies, defeated not by an abstract decree, but by an unbreakable resurrection that strips it of every captive.

This is why the resurrection is not just hope—it is war. Every empty grave is a declaration:

Death has no more victims. Death has no more victory. Death has been swallowed by Life.

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The Reign of the King

Christ reigns now, subduing His enemies in order. But when death dies, His reign shifts from conquest to uncontested dominion:

“King of kings and Lord of lords.” (Rev. 19:16)

In that moment, His last enemy falls, His kingdom stands unchallenged, and His saints reign with Him forever.

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This is the curse’s paradox:
Death killed everything it touched—
until the day it touched the One who could not stay dead.

And because He lives, death will die