1 Corinthians 15:44-45

The First and SecondAdam

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This concept is not new…

FIRST…• COVENANT• GOD’S CHOSEN

PEOPLE• PROMISED LAND• SACRIFICE• SAVING THROUGH

WATER

SECOND…• COVENANT• GOD’S CHOSEN

PEOPLE• PROMISED LAND• SACRIFICE• SAVING THROUGH

WATER

The First and Second

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

Adam

• 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

DIFFERENCES• DID NOT SIN!

Adam

• SINNED

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”

““Seeing then that we have a great Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. confession. 1515 For we do not have For we do not have a High Priest who cannot a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as but was in all points tempted as we are, yet we are, yet without sinwithout sin.”.”

The First and Second

DIFFERENCES• DID NOT SIN!• SUFFERED AND DID

NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH

Adam

• SINNED• MADE EXCUSES AND

SUFFERED

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

“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

DIFFERENCES• DID NOT SIN!• SUFFERED AND DID

NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH• WAS A SPIRITUAL

BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF MAN

Adam

• SINNED• MADE EXCUSES AND

SUFFERED• WAS A PHYSICAL

BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD

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.”

““There is a natural body, and there is There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. a spiritual body. 4545 And so it is written, And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.giving spirit.4646 However, the spiritual is not first, However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. spiritual. 4747 The first man was of the The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaventhe Lord from heaven””

““As was the man of dust, so As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are Man, so also are those who are heavenly. heavenly. 4949 And as we have And as we have borne the image of the man of borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.”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

DIFFERENCES• DID NOT SIN!• SUFFERED AND DID

NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH• WAS A SPIRITUAL

BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF MAN

• LIFE COMES FROM HIM

Adam

• SINNED• MADE EXCUSES AND

SUFFERED• WAS A PHYSICAL

BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD

• DEATH COMES THROUGH 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

DIFFERENCES• DID NOT SIN!• SUFFERED, AND DID

NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH• WAS A SPIRITUAL

BEING THOUGH PHYSICAL

• LIFE COMES FROM HIM

Adam

• SINNED• MADE EXCUSES AND

SUFFERED• WAS A PHYSICAL

BEING THOUGH IN THE FORM OF GOD

• DEATH COMES THROUGH HIM