Saturday, February 23, 2008
Types and Shadows: Adam
What does it mean that we "sinned" in Adam? It means that Adam was our Federal Head. What does that mean? Similar to an ambassador of a country, Adam represented us. If the ambassador of the US decides to murder the president of China, China would wage war on America because the ambassador represents us as if we did the act. Likewise, Adam not only represented us, but he was God's best - the prototype. If Adam sinned, then so did we. Thus, Adam's sin is "imputed" to us, meaning that we have the sin of Adam placed upon us for the reasons explained above. But the good news is, because Adam's sin was imputed to us, then Christ's righteousness could be imputed to us.
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well, if Adam was a reprisentative of us, then who was Eve?
Great Question! According to Gen. 3:20 Adam called his wife Eve because she was the mother of all living. Eve was made to be a helper for Adam. This does not mean that she was inferior but it means that Adam was the also her representative since he was created first. Adam also the one to whom God told not to eat of the tree. He passed this law on to Eve. God placed Adam as the responsible one over Eve and all humans and it was Adam that plunged us into sin by eating not Eve. Eve should be honored as the mother of all living, since she was first and best woman.
Thanks Jeremiah for your insight. I would agree.
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