Last Adam

I wanna start with this.

The- most people read in Genesis about the sin of Adam, the sin of passivity.

And so, why is that quiet failure harder to see than the loud one? The sin of passivity, what he didn't do.

I think most men, a- and, and I, I feel like especially men that struggle with identity, most men read that and it's like they turn inward.

Yeah, absolutely.

I know that I am- I'm married to a, almost 30 years, to a joyful, godly, loving, peaceful, happy, kind, you name it, woman in, in Kristen, and she does a great job of s- uh, of being a mom and, and being a great example, but I'm also called to lead as well.

So when, one of the things that stood out for me is when you were talking about that, and, and when they read this in Genesis 3, when men read this, how can hearing and reading the story of Adam's sin of passivity, uh, make men not just look at it and turn in like, "Oh, I have failed.

Oh, oh, l- look what I've done," and turn in and give up? How can they read that with a sense of, "You know what? Let's go.

And here's the question that matters.

Where is Adam? He received the command directly in chapter 2.

If the word was going to be guarded, he was the one called to guard it.

Now the serpent stops questioning and starts contradicting.

And then the line that should stop every man cold.

and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat with her.

Adam wasn't somewhere else.

He was standing right there, silent, while the word of God was twisted.

But then read the good news in verses 18 and 19.

One trespass of Adam leads to condemnation, so one act of righteousness of second Adam, Jesus Christ, leads to justification and life for all men.

One man's disobedience made all of us sinners.

One man's obedience, the Lord Jesus Christ, makes all of us who believe in Him righteous.

They have fulfilled it through Christ, so they are righteous.

Those united to Adam are under sin, death, and the curse of God.

Those united with the second Adam, Jesus Christ, are under righteousness, life, and blessing of God.

So my friend, as you hear this message this morning, where do you belong? Where do you belong? First Adam? Second Adam? Those are the only options.

Now, we established that, um, in 1 Corinthians 15:22, let's read it.

1 Corinthians 15: verse number 22, "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." As in Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

So we establish that Adam is a race.

Adam is the race.

And then in Christ is another race.

All right? The race where all are made alive.

Adam, the race where all die.

So Jesus now comes in Romans chapter 5.

Well, We know that our Lord is Savior, and all the early followers of our Lord knew that too.

Why the New Eve doctrine then? Well, the New Eve doctrine exists because of the New Adam doctrine.

biblical anything biblical should be believed in and saint paul will write in first corinthians 15 22 as an adam all die so also in christ shall all be made alive and later he will call christ the last adam Now, to be very clear, where do we get the imagery of Mary as the new Eve? Right there in Genesis 3.15.

That is why we went to Genesis 3 immediately.

She doesn't compete with our Lord.

We don't believe that.

The new Eve will point directly to the new Adam.

The new Eve will point to the new Adam.

adam and eve

exactly so now saint paul's painting the picture of jesus as the new adam right that he reverses the whole thing and then we can read saint cyril of alexandria he humbled himself according to scriptures taking on himself the form of a slave he became like us that we might become like him The work of the Spirit seeks to transform us by grace into a perfect copy of his humbling.

So the whole of the act of the incarnation, I love this passage.

In fact, as you were reading it, I was like, I've got to read this to my parishioners.

And so in this video, I do want to show one of the many major errors in Genesis that messes people up in the rest of the Bible.

And What I'm going to title this particular podcast is The First and Last Adam.

The First and Last Adam.

This is a theme in the Bible.

This is a focal point in the Bible.

But many people miss this theme that's very important, that has a very clear beginning at the beginning of the Bible and a very clear end at the end of the Bible.

There are some major connections to Genesis and Revelation.

that many people simply aren't talking about because they're so focused on Abraham rather than Adam.

Her virginity prefigured by the burning bush, Exodus 3.1-11, by the rod of Aaron, Numbers 9.16-24, by the fleece of Gideon, Judges 6.36-40, by the enclosed garden, Sealed Fountain, Song of Solomon 4.12. Mary is the spouse, not only the virginal legal spouse of St. Joseph, Matthew 1.18, Luke 1.27, but the virginal real spouse of God the Father who willed her to be the mother according to his human nature of his only begotten son, Galatians 4.4.

The spouse of God is The Son, the Redeemer, who intimately associated her with himself in his redemptive work, as the new Eve beside the new Adam.

The spouse of God, the Holy Spirit, who overshadowed her, enabled her to conceive Jesus, Luke 1.35. Mary is the co-redemptrix associated with her Son in the work of ransoming man from sin, Genesis 3.15. Strong as an army set in array, Song 6.9. already prefigured by the strong, courageous women of Israel, e.g. Deborah, Judith, Jael, present at the foot of the cross on Calvary, John 19, 25-27, to crush the head of the serpent with her immaculate foot.

Mary is the mediatrix who brings Jesus to men and men to Jesus, who cares for things spiritual and temporal, Luke 1.39, John 2.1-11.

Now, let me just do a little bit of a parallel here.

How many of you know that Jesus is the last Adam? And Adam was the first Adam because that's the only Adam that came first.

Now Adam, right, and Jesus, these are two different archetypes.

Adam represented all of mankind, and in him brought all of mankind into sin.

But Jesus represented all of mankind, and in him will bring everyone who believes in him into righteousness.

Okay, so we can see those two parallels.

Okay, but now in the garden where Adam and Eve were tempted, were they in a wilderness? No, they were in a place of abundance.

Isn't that right? Every need was met.