Christ is really the first One to be resurrected, in the meaning that He only was resurrected with His body changed to a heavenly body, (He could go through walls.)
The others that appeared in Jesusalem, just died again, their bodies put back into the earth.
There were many resurrections before Christ died, the sick girl, Lazarus, in the OT:the Shunamite’s son by Elisha (2 Kings4:8), and the person which was put into the grave of Elisha.
2 Kings 13:21
But they all died, and their bodies went into the earth.

How do I know? because of 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

To say something more about Christ’s resurrection, this was done by the Power of God, the same power that is able to give us life:
Ephesians 1:18-20
and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
So that is of great encouragement to us!

In Lev 23: 10-11 before the first fruit is harvested a “sheaf of the first grain” is brought to the priest and he is to wave the sheaf before the Lord. This Levitical ceremony was literally fulfilled on the day Jesus the first fruit was raised and so were several “sheaf of the first grain” saints:

“…when Jesus… gave up His spirit… the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” Matt 27: 50-53

foreverblessed, due to prior experience with my reply to your comment on “abiblical topics”, even though I do not agree with your view of Zech 13, I guess am forced to make no comments in response to either defend my stance or answer your Qs about “repentance”. Hope and pray for the Holy Spirit to help you with a better understanding of these things…

1 Peter 4:7-8 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. And above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
With love cover a multitude of sins.

Now, the rest is of topic:
Just different angles on the things brought up
1-As for the rapture, you could also say, that the event in 1 Thess 4 is the same as the one in Revelation 14, and 20.
So there might be just 2 resurrections, the one at Christ return, with all the saints. Of which Christ is the Firstfruit, who is the only one gone to heaven in a ressurected body so far. Rev 20:5 “this is the first resurrection”. So if John says this is the first ressurection, why would we make 4 out of them?
And then the following resurrection of all who ever lived, v 11-15. And I want to say the following about that:

2-What I thought (just my thoughts) is this: the start of the reign on earth of Christ, is not the same as the final judgment.
The Feast of Tabernacles to me pictures also (besides us living in mortal tents now) the 1000 year reign of Christ on earth.
But in Revelation there are more events described after that.
There is another Feast, that is called the Last Great Day. The eigth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Leviticus 23:34-36
And you know what? Jesus, when He was on earth, on that day He did something very profound:
He cried in a loud voice:
“If a man is thirsty let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the schripture has said, streams of living water will flow from him”
Why is that so meaningful: it was the timing of Jesus that He said this, on the last day, and John said even the greatest day of the feast
The greatest day.
And I picture this: that Jesus was referring to the events after the 1000 year reign, when all the dead will be raised. This is what He will say to them: Come to Me.
So all who say: it is over when Christ returned, if you do not know Him then, you will die in your sins. I say, maybe it is different. Maybe you are not aware that God is so merciful, beyond measure and time. He has a Last Great Day. And that Day is forgotten by many christians, they do not even know of its existence.
And I hope that this Day will be very long and last. To redeem all the souls that ever lived and who will repent.

But, as I said, that is all in the future, and so not totally known, so it is not good to say, it will happen like this and this, because maybe we have overlooked some things. As it was very difficult for the saints to know how things would evolve the first time Jesus was on earth. Only just before the crucifiction, or rather after He had risen were all the scriptures that referred to Him clear.

The mean time we must stay sober and clear minded, pray, and love each other deeply:
1 Peter 4:7-8 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. And above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
With love cover a multitude of sins.
Nothing wrong with confessing sins.

“The Bible reveals that along with the rest of the world, Israel herself will be deceived into this temporary peace-like situation. It is inevitable for Israel to experience the birth pains (Matt 24:8) and the terrible days of ‘Jacob’s trouble’. God will eventually see her through this whole ‘fiery trial’ process to bring forth the remnant who have faithfully waited for their Messiah (Zech 13:8-9)”.

My comment is not about resurrection program and the chronological order of Christ’s return but is made in the context of “Jewish Holidays” which has been discussed here before…hence my reference to Yom Kippur.
“…sorrowful repentance from our sinful ways to make a U-turn back to God’s way that actually occasions the return of Christ…” is to affirm with the above statement “According to Zechariah, a surviving remnant of Israel will have a national change of heart…Following this, …the LORD, himself, will go to battle against all of the nations”. So, no… my comment is not refuting with anything that is mentioned in the main post.

Also, “the order” refers to first fruits of the spring grain harvest which is small compared to the great fall harvest. Agree, The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)–the last of God’s seven annual festivals is the Millennial reign of Christ. For further reference please refer to the following Discovery Series booklets titled:

The Holidays of God: Spring Feasts

The Holidays of God: Fall Feasts

Hope this makes sense…even otherwise its OK:)

As far as I can see in all the prophecies recounted in the Bible,it is neither Yom Kippur, repentance, nor turning back to God that occasions the return of Christ. In fact, it is the opposite. There will be “the” great falling away that will herald Christ’s return. And even that won’t be the actual event, but the signing of the Peace Treaty with the Man of Sin and his cohorts. That would be Christ’s return in the air for his own, our Resurrection Day. During the following seven years when the world and Israel gets into serious trouble and totally rejects God will be signs to Israel that Messiah’s return is soon.

Christ will return with us and His feet will stand physically on the mountains of Israel where he will actually fight for Israel alone after Jerusalem is destroyed. There is much more to this as well.

Christ is indeed the first fruit as He is the only one resurrected so far. Then various resurrections follow after he returns, as Paul says, “In the proper order”. The chronological order of events in the resurrection program: 1) the resurrection of Christ at beginning of program (1 Cor.15.23); 2) resurrection of the church age saints at the rapture (1 Thess.4.16); 3) resurrection of tribulation period saints (Rev.20.3-5), together with 4) the resurrection of Old Testament saints (Dan. 12.2; Isa. 26.19) at the second advent of Christ to the earth; and finally 5) the final resurrection of the unsaved dead (Rev. 20.5, 11-14) at the end of the millennial age.

The first four are of course the Resurrection to life, or the First Resurrection. The final resurrection is the one to judgment or the second resurrection.

As Mart says above, the final feast, that of Tabernacles will occur when Christ sets up his kingdom. Wow! What wonderful things we have to look forward to!

The truth in accordance with the divine order is: it is in Yom Kippur’s sorrowful repentance from our sinful ways to make a U-turn back to God’s way that actually occasions the return of Christ and the joyous celebrations of Sukkoth… for both Israel and the nations. And in that day the Jerusalem from above—the mother of us all, will not be burdened by “prisoner symbols of an ongoing conflict.”

Whether it pertains to Israel (Isa 10:22, Joel 2:32) or the Church (Rev 2, 3 & 14), it is only a remnant (Rom 9: 27) which believe to remain faithful till the end are the ones that will ultimately get to celebrate in the feast of the “eternal harvest festival” (reminds me of Ruth and Boaz) that will culminate with the greatest of all joys—God’s permanent dwelling with us!

Meanwhile, as long as we live in these temporary sukkahs and wander in our wilderness earthly journey as strangers and pilgrims, we will continue to depend not on our own strategies for self-protection and false peace/security but on God’s faithful provision of His Word—the Book of the Law (Neh 8) to always mourn and grieve for our sins in order to produce fruits of repentance (2 Cor 7: 11) because God dwells in the contrite heart that is broken not ‘by’… but ‘for’ sins.

“For thus says the high and lofty One–He Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, but with him also who is of a thoroughly penitent and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the thoroughly penitent [bruised with sorrow for sin].” Isa 57:15

And for all those who reject God, refuse to repent…to let go of our false gods/idols/sins and continue in unbelief “The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, yet we are not saved! For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I [Jeremiah] hurt; I go around mourning; dismay has taken hold on me. Jer 8:20-21

The first fruits (Patriarchs and Apostles) have already been harvested. However, events with a supernatural show of miracles that will clearly show that judgment belongs to the Lord, will lead to eternal celebrations that will mark the ingathering of the rest/remnant of us chosen by grace in Christ—the First Fruit… Christ—our only hope of forgiveness, peace, and immortality… and that will be the real Sukkot which will indeed be a time of great rejoicing for ‘all’… of Israel (Rom 11: 26) and nations (Rev 21:24) of this world!