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1 | Adam and Christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 11352 | ||
Hi prayon, This is an important question to answer and I hope you get many responses. I don't know if any of the other "types" get the press that Adam gets as in Romans 5:14. Here it is made abundantly clear that he is "a type of Him who was to come." The passage goes on to show the difference between the one man (Adam) and the one Man, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17 says that "the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." I don't believe that the original Adam was the son of God. Luke 3:38 is the only place where that was said of Adam. I believe that Luke 3:38 is talking about the Son of God, the second Adam. That is the One who was supposedly the son of Joseph, Luke 3:23. I see a correlation between the Romans 5 passage and I Corinthians 15:22. Romans 5:6, "For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ* died for the ungodly." 1 Cor 15:22, "For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ* all shall be made alive." In order to see that correlation you would have to know that difference between the man Adam and the Man by whom came the resurrection of the dead. See 1Cor 15:21 NKJ One would have to go to the NKJ also for the final reference scripture. 1Corinthians 15:44-49."It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 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. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man." 1Corinthians 15:56, "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." |
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2 | Adam and Christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 29384 | ||
Dear prayon, In Hebrews 10:5, it says: "...sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body thou hast prepared for me:" Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God who God the Father prepared a body for. He inhabited a body, apart from the first creation, for this body was without original sin. So, He is legitimately a second Adam...really a man, but God...subject to temptation, but able to choose against sin and in fact never did sin. He did not have the burden of the original sin nature, but had the choice to fall just as Adam had...yet did not. I hope this is of some help to you. Itiswritten |
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3 | Adam and Christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | srbaegon | 29389 | ||
Question and Comment................. Would you explain a bit more of what you mean by "He inhabited a body, apart from the first creation, for this body was without original sin"? Also, Jesus could not sin, and therefore not have a choice to fall. He is God. Steve |
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4 | Adam and Christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | itiswritten | 29477 | ||
Dear Steve, I'm sorry concerning what I said about Christ's body. I worded that badly. What I meant was that because He inherited his body from His earthly mother only, and did not have an earthly father [though He pre-existed as the Son of God and was With God in the beginning and was also our Creator] in the sense of His flesh, He did not inherit Adam's sin nature which Adam passed down to everyone else born of man since his fall. However, in His flesh, He was as Adam was before the fall and had the free will to sin, though He chose not to. The reason I say this is because of what it says in Hebrews 4:15- "For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in ALL POINTS TEMPTED like as we are, yet without sin." One instance is in Matthew 4:1-11, where the devil tempts Him. Had it not been possible for Him to choose to sin, it would not have been a temptation. This is the basis of my reasoning. Itiswritten. |
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5 | Adam and Christ? | Bible general Archive 1 | srbaegon | 29538 | ||
Thank you................................ Thanks for clarifying. I maintain that Jesus Christ, being God in the flesh, could never have sinned. If He had the capacity to sin, He would have ceased to be God. The importance of the verse you mentioned is that He experienced what we do every day, and because He went through them, He is the perfect representative of man to God. We have assurance His intercessory work is accomplished. Steve |
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