Jesus, the Last Adam

     "The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven," (I Cor. 15:47).

These few words speak volumes.  The first man, created by God, was called Adam.  The second man, sent by God, is also called Adam.  However, there is a difference between the two.

 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;

the last Adam was made a quickening spirit," (I Cor. 15:45).

 

Jesus the Christ, was not always a glorified Son of Man; but, from eternity past he has always been the Son of God.

 

"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ," (Acts 2:36).

 

"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?" (Prov. 30:4). 
(see also  Ps. 90:2, 110:1, John 1:1-3)

 

Some of Jesus' rewards for victoriously completing his assignment on earth is that  (1) he gets to be the Head of over all things to the Church (Eph. 1:22); (2) his name is above all names (Phil. 2:9); (3) the fullness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily (Col. 2:9); (4) he has all power and authority in heaven and earth (Mt. 28:18); (5) he has secured for himself a wife! (cp. Isa. 62:5; Mt. 9:15, 25:1; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:22-32).

 

I will not go into depth here, but please note that the first Adam was not just the "male" man.  Adam is made up of both male and female. 

 

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

² Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created," (Gen. 5).

Woman was taken from the side of the man; and so she was called "woman", a shortened version of "womb-man" (Gen. 2:23, "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man).  It wasn't until after sin entered into the human experience that the man Adam changed his wife's name, "And Adam called his wife's name Eve..." (Gen. 3:20). 

In creating man, God used himself as the pattern (Gen. 1:26-27, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."     In his original state, man could be fruitful and multiply and his seed would sustain the image in which he himself had been created - the image of God.  However, that pure and holy image was lost because of sin.   Genesis 5:3 tells us that "Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth." 

Therefore, in the last Adam, the Father had to restore a perfect, holy and incorruptible seed in the earth.

"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever," I Pet. 1:23).

 

God has always had a Father's heart.  His passion has always been to have a family. 

"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren," (Ro. 8:29).

Speaking of Himself as a Seed, Jesus stated, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit," John 12:24.  This was the joy that was set before him (Heb. 12:2).  This is why He was able to endure the suffering of the Cross.  This is what the Sheaf of the Feast of the Firstfruits saw.  The harvest! 

"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb," (Rev. 7:9-10).

 Jesus came in the flesh to destroy that which was destroying us.

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil," (Heb. 2:14).

In the first Adam we all died; but we are made alive again in the Last Adam - Christ (I Cor. 15:22). The Lord from heaven has made us complete in himself (Col. 2:10).  The Potter has restored us to the image of God (Col. 3:10) and has poured out of his fullness into each of us (John 1:16).  

The deeper we have looked into the death of Jesus, the more we have seen life, for that is what He came to win for us.  

 "...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," (John 10:10b).

Beloved, you can only know that life if you know Jesus.  And you can only know Him if you believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ, repent of sins, and invite the Lord from heaven to make his home in your heart.   You may be reading this blog and have never prayed a sinner's prayer.  Just repeat out loud this simple prayer below; believe it in your heart, and you shall be saved.

 

A Sinner's Prayer

Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and that I need forgiveness.  I know there is

nothing I can do to earn salvation.  I know that if I don't change my ways

and turn my life over to You that I will die in my sins and go to hell.  But I do believe that You loved me enough and that You are powerful enough that you were able to cause a Virgin to

conceive the Savior, even Jesus Christ. 

I believe Jesus died on the Cross to take away my sins and that He suffered in my place,

even tasting death for me to keep me out of hell.  I believe that He rose
again on the third day, just like it is written.  I believe that He
ascended back into heaven and that He is still alive.  I
believe He will return again and that all true believers will live
forever in the place that He has prepared.

Forgive me.  I repent.  Save me now.  I open my heart to you. 

Come into my heart and change me from within.

By faith I accept that You have heard my prayer and

that I am cleansed and forgiven.

 

Thank you for giving me a new start.  From this day forward I call you

my Savior and Lord.  I now have a heavenly Father watching

over me.

 

Thank you, dear Jesus.   Amen.

 



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