Adam and Christ: the first man vs. the perfect Man

Genesis 2: 7  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Adam is the first man on earth and therefore also the first in the family of Jesus Christ. Advent is  time again and the next time I want to investigate people who have a place in the lineage of Jesus. Today, the first man, Adam.

There was only a little dust on the earth, between the beautiful creation of God.And that was not just a layer of dust, but it was dust from which God would create man. God formed man of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. Man here receives life from God. Adam was the first human being that was created and shaped by God and  God breathes the breath of life in him.Man is totally dependent on God!

But it also shows God's greatness and majesty that He formed man out of nothing and gives it breath. Why would God do this? That you read this in the verses before: there was no field crop because it had not rained yet at the earth. But God had dampened the ground, and now it was time for the man to go to work in God's plan. The ground had to be processed, which was the primary duty of man. God took care of everything and the only thing man had to do was take care of His creation. Everything is prepared for man. So man will be thankful to God, right?

But later in it goes wrong. Satan has turned against God in heaven and is now trying the crown of creation to win over. But man stands on God's side, you will think.God who gave him life, so he can not rebel against God? And yet the unreal happens. Man finds himself more important than God and wanted to be equal to Him and turns against his Maker. What will God be sad, what this will do a pain in the Creator. His creation will now be lost, they will have to die the death. That is the punishment that God has put on sin and now the man make that fatal mistake. And we are all children of Adam, all infected with the same virus: sin. All doomed, or not?

For God does not ignite in anger when man falls into sin, but He shows His majesty and His perfect love for man. He promises to direct a Savior who will win the battle of evil and will even conquer death. There is hope for mankind after Adam's sin: the Savior!

And if we make a leap in history, we stand next to an empty grave. Jesus Christ has conquered sin and death! He has again paved the way to God. The second Adam, the first man without sin has fulfilled the righteousness of God and bore the punishment. And that is not for himself, but for every person who believes in Him. As every human is a sinner from the moment Adam sinned, so is now every man who gives his life to the second Adam again be reconciled to God. Now that's gospel.

And we must also live in the knowledge that we are saved. Jesus has washed away your sins and paid for it. We still have our sins, that virus will pass away when we die. But it is no more deadly virus, because Christ has taken care of. Then we can only be grateful and fall on our knees and worship Him, that great Redeemer!The Father created the first man, but gave the perfect Man as reconciliation.