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Post by paulfollower on Apr 6, 2011 20:21:38 GMT -5
Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. The apostle Paul writing here talks then about two Adams - the first Adam and the last Adam, which is Christ. And he explains to us the importance of understanding about these two Adams. Also we must believe that Adam, at the beginning of Genesis, was a real person. And the proof of that is that Christ is a real person also, and these two are compared and contrasted - Adam and Christ. Paul there is comparing and contrasting Adam with Christ; he refers to them as two men. Christ came as FLESH. He was fully man and yet God in the flesh. Brother if we wish to get to heaven we must make sure that we get out of Adam and get into Christ. We are born in Adam; we must get out of Adam. We are not born in Christ; we must be born again to get into Christ. Nobody is in both Adam and Christ - that's the wrong way of thinking. Those in Adam are an 'old man'; those in Christ are a 'new man'.
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