The resurrection of the dead typifies the renewal of all things because mankind was originally appointed by God to be the apex of creation. Thus the resurrection of Jesus as “the firstborn from the dead” (Col. 1:18; cf. Rev. 1:5) was a particularly defining sign for the early church. If God raised Jesus from the dead by his Spirit, then will he most certainly raise all from the dead by his Spirit and restore creation as promised. Moreover, as believers in his resurrection, God promises that we will “be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers” (Rom. 8:29). By this Paul means, “We await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself” (Phil. 3:20–21). As younger sons (cf. Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:5), we will be raised from the dead by the same Spirit that raised Christ, the firstborn, from the dead. - John P. Harrigan, the Gospel of Christ Crucified, p.97