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The Second Adam, Being Christ Jesus Our Lord And Savior

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We all know from the book of Genesis how Eve fell first and Adam thereafter by the tricks of Satan. The ate the Proverbial "Apple" or whatever fruit of the tree, that they were commanded not to eat. Thereby losing fellowship with God and being cast out of Eden.

From then, man basically acted based upon his body and intellect (mind- the central thinking part of the body). His relationship was lost so man lived based on what he understood and sensed. This resulted in murder, proud heartedness, lust, dishonesty and so on. In other words, he became ‘egotistic’ or a mindset that everything centered on him; or, that everything should be “self-gratifying.”

Unfortunately, the scenario with the “tree of good and evil” which Adam ate from was used to kill the spirit’s (or light) function and thus breaking fellowship with God. Even God told Adam he would “surely die” if he ate from the tree he ate from.

However, God wasn’t speaking of an immediate death, but rather it was spiritual, physical and eternal. The only death that was instantaneous was spiritual, in other words man lost fellowship with God at the same instance. That’s why many theologians sometimes refer to spirituality as Godconsciousness.

The devil knew if he ever got man to die spiritually, if he was successful in disintegrating the inner part of man that he could cause the spiritual likeness of God to disappear from …man. Then … man would be left with a [soul] and a body, with the ashes of his spirit scattered around him.

Adam and Eve saw that the tree had to do with their intellect; it had to do with their minds. They chose to eat, so in other words they were thinking, I’m going to elevate my mind and make the pursuit or knowledge the main thing in my life. The bible said, “they knew…”God set about to redeem man. He would take the seed of Eve, and that seed would bruise the devil’s head (Gen. 3:15): “And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head…”. Notice that God said when the Messiah would come that he would deal with the HEAD of the devil. He would deal directly with intellect of the devil. Then, God said also to the devil, “and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen 3:5). Or, in essence you’ll be able to kill him-referring to Jesus’ death on the cross. “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor 15:21-22). Notice the word ‘a-live’! Spiritual death led to all other deaths, including the second death (Rev 21:8); which is the soul’s torment in eternity. All mankind was destined for eternal death, because of Adam’s disobedience. However, through Christ’s spirit there is salvation to everyone that believes and obeys (Mark16:16, Luke24:47, and Acts2:38).

“The first Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit” (1 Cor 15:45). The word “quickening” means to give life, as against our church belief, which associates it solely with shaking, rolling, ‘get-into-spirit’ and other bodily expressions. No. The word quickens means to give life.

Christ was like Adam before he ate the fruit, faultless and without sin. He was spiritually alive and in connection with God 100%. Like Adam, Christ represents soul and spirit covered in flesh, with the spirit ruling over and/or guiding the entire ‘being’ (body and soul).

The book of Matthew records that he was not born of natural birth, but that the Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. Christ, then, was simply the Holy Ghost or ‘word’ covered in flesh, waiting like a fine wine to burst open to its drinkers. When the body was ripped away at Calvary, his spirit resurrected on the third day and that ‘quickening spirit’ was now available to mankind. That is, a life giving spirit.

Adam birthed humans in the earth without a connected spirit to God. However, the second Adam, Christ, came and birthed living souls (1 Cor 15:21 & 45). Souls that when regenerated will be revived as Adam was and pre-enjoy some of its qualities (Acts 9:40, Acts 5:15, Acts 28:8).

It can then be argued that man was initially made to live forever and his flesh also. How is it then his flesh was ‘live’, which suggests a beginning and end? The fact is, when one so call dies, the body or flesh does not just vanishes; it lives on. When the soul is removed upon death, the body goes back to the soil in a different state. That’s why scientists have discover that the same chemical make up that is in the soil exists in man. Your body is then still ‘alive’ in the ecosystem of the world. No wonder we say from ashes to ashes and from dust to dust. The life cycle goes on. But when it’s an earth suit, or human body for a soul, it remains intact until that soul departs. Man was probably made to live in that earth suit forever and manipulate it at will; for instance moleculization, as seen with Jesus walking through the wall in flesh (John 20:26). Or even reconstruct it if it decays, as seen with his resurrection and the purpose of the “tree of Life” (Gen 3:22). However, all this along with the essential relationshipwith God was lost.

Fortunately, Jesus Christ (quickening spirit) came to be an example for us and to give us the power to overcome death, hell and the grave. He came to set the captives (Humanity) free. Through him, we can all become like Adam and fear death no longer but inherit the resurrection power, with a unique fellowship with God. How? We have to be born-again of the water (Baptism) and Spirit (God infilling us afterwards.) in John 3:5. Did you know that the Greek rendering for the English translation ‘born-again’ literally means ‘born from above’? St. John 3:8 records what will happen when someone is born of the spirit, “the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearst the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so is everyone that is born of the spirit.”

Look at the composite that is used to describe someone who is being born of the spirit – wind. Where else could that be found, besides the day of Pentecost? When God blew his breath on Adam to make him come alive. In fact, the very word spirit means breathe; both the Hebrew word ruach and the Greek word pneuma, used for spirit, means breath and/or wind. Remember, God is not a human that breathes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. So he made Adam come alive and somehow its nature (the process) is similar to wind. And, the bible said, “so is everyone that is born of the spirit.” Your rebirth qaulifies you to be his witness. That was a quote from the book, “The Voice…” You might ask, “How does this link to Evangelism?”Well, first, the purpose of evangelism, whether on a large scale or personally, is to generate the intended soul(s) into becoming born again; or as cited earlier, to undo what Adam did. Therefore, if you evangelize, directly or indirectly, and someone got saved, you would have been used to ‘birth a soul’ into the Kingdom of God; literally! This cannot be achieved unless you are also ‘

a-live.’ This is where the devil is much disturbed; you alone ‘a-live’ is enough but when you have the ability to make more ‘lives’ he become petrified. As one once said, “When God made Adam in his image, the devil had an headache, but when he made Eve he had hiccups. Because he not only saw one creature in the image of God, but now two; plus he was more devastated when God told Adam to be fruitful and multiply – in essence, create more creatures with God’s image.”

That’s what we are doing as born again Christians and the devil is Mad about it; as he was in the beginning. The bible recorded that Jesus is the last or second Adam. He was the first ‘man’ after Adam who was like Adam before he fell; that is, perfectly joined to God with an upright soul. Evangelism is not the main purpose of you being born again, but if you’re born again you will evangelize; whether to a person on your job or in front of a crowd. By spiritual instinct in every born again believer, other born again believers will be birthed. The Jehovah Witnesses have an idea of this, however, their carriage is before the horse. Instead of being saved first, by following faith and grace unto obedience; they are witnessing of what they do not yet have! In effect trying to work their way into heaven, but Jesus did it all for us (Hebrews9:15-22). They have not followed Christ in the death, burial, and rising by baptism as required by him in Romans 6:4 and Colossians 2:12. You don't evangelize to show that you are save. When you become saved, you'll automatically begin to evangelize. John 15:2 states, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away…”

The Apostle Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” (Acts 3:6). He had something that was intangible; he had something to give worth more than anything else in the entire universe. He had the resurrection power. The power to make the dead and the “living-dead” come ‘a-live.’ And it is through the name of Jesus which is above every other name, as it alone having all saving power. If you’re born again, you have it too. Don’t be hindered to use it to the fullest extent. The enemy can hinder, but never stop the work of God. God bless us all.

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