1 Corinthians 15:44-45 “There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being.’ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.”

The First and Second Adam P A R T 2

This concept is not new… FIRST… SECOND… COVENANT GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE PROMISED LAND SACRIFICE SAVING THROUGH WATER COVENANT GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE PROMISED LAND SACRIFICE SAVING THROUGH WATER

The First and Second Adam SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES BORN OF GOD BOTH WORKED ON THE EARTH GOD HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON THEM BOTH THEIR BRIDES CAME FROM THEIR SIDES

The First and Second Adam DIFFERENCES SINNED DID NOT SIN!

Romans 5:12 “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned”

Hebrews 4:14-15 “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.”

The First and Second Adam DIFFERENCES SINNED MADE EXCUSES AND SUFFERED DID NOT SIN! SUFFERED AND DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH

Genesis 3:11-12 “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” 12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

Genesis 3:17 “Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: ‘Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.’”

Genesis 3:18-19 “Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Isaiah 53:5 He was bruised for our iniquities; “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:6 “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

Isaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.”

The First and Second Adam DIFFERENCES SINNED MADE EXCUSES AND SUFFERED WAS A PHYSICAL BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD DID NOT SIN! SUFFERED AND DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH WAS A SPIRITUAL BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF MAN

Genesis 1:26; 2:7 “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’ And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”

1 Corinthians 15:44-47 “There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven”

1 Corinthians 15:48-49 “As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.”

Philippians 2:5-8 “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross”

The First and Second Adam DIFFERENCES SINNED MADE EXCUSES AND SUFFERED WAS A PHYSICAL BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD DEATH COMES THROUGH HIM DID NOT SIN! SUFFERED AND DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH WAS A SPIRITUAL BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF MAN LIFE COMES FROM HIM

1 Corinthians 15:20-22 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.”

Romans 6:21-22 “What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God…”

Romans 6:22-23 “…you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

The First and Second Adam DIFFERENCES SINNED MADE EXCUSES AND SUFFERED WAS A PHYSICAL BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD DEATH COMES THROUGH HIM DID NOT SIN! SUFFERED, AND DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH WAS A SPIRITUAL BEING THOUGH PHYSICAL LIFE COMES FROM HIM