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The First Man
This article was posted on Monday, October 20, 2008
THE FIRST MAN
Romans 5:12- Therefore, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed on all men inasmuch as all sinned. We read in 1 Cointhians 15: 45 that Adam was the “first man,” God did not start making a whole group of men. The Bible makes it clear that only the descendants of Adam can be saved. (This is also a good answer why fallen angels cannot be saved.) Romans 5 teaches that we sin because Adam sinned. The death penalty, which Adam received as judgment for his sin of rebellion, also passed on to all his descendants. Since Adam was the head of the human race when he “fell,” we who were in the loins of adam “fell” also. Thus, we are all separated from GOD. The final consequence of sin would be separation from GOD in our sinful state forever. However, the good news is that there is a way for us to return to GOD! Because a man brought sin and death into the world, all the descendants of Adam need a sinless Man to pay the penalty for sin and the resulting judgment of death. However, the Bible teaches ythat “all have sinned” (Romans 3:23). What is the solution? THE LAST ADAM GOD provided the solution—— a way to deliver man from his wretched state. Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15 that GOD provided another Adam!. The Son of GOD took on human nature in addition to HIS full divinity, becoming a perfect GOD-MAN —— JESUS CHRIST. In HIS humanity HE was a descendant of Adam (through Noah, Abraham and David) ——- HE thus became our relation! HE is called “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), because HE took the place of the first Adam. He became the new head and, HE was sinless, HE was able to pay the penalty for sin: “For since by man came death by a man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in CHRIST shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15: 21-22; NASB’95). Christ suffered death (the penalty for sin) on the cross, shedding HIS blood (without shedding HIS blood, there is no remission” —— Heb.9:22) so that those who repent of their sin of rebellion and put their trust in HIS work on the cross can be reconciled to GOD. Since the Bible describes all human beings as sinners, except the GOD-MAN JESUS, and we are all related (Acts 17:26—— “and HE has made all nations of men of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth”), the gospel makes sense only on the basis that all humans alive and all who have ever lived are descendants of the first man Adam. (Eve, in a sense was a “descendant” of Adam in that she was made from his flesh and thus had a biological connection to him (Genesis 2:21-23). If this were not so, then the gospel could not be explained or defended. The Book of Hebrews amplifies how JESUS took upon HIMSELF the nature of man to save mankind (Heb. 2: 11-18.) Thus, only descendants of the first man can be saved. ALL RELATED There was only one man at the beginning—— made from the dust of the earth (Gen.2: 7). This means that Cain’s wife was a descendant of Adam. She could have not come from another “race” of people and must be one of Adam’s descendants. (Answers In Genesis)Next posting: The First Woman
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