Adam and Jesus - The Prototypes
All Scripture quoted today will be from the Concordant Literal New Testament and Old Testament Versions, the most accurate version I know of and can be read in its entirety by clicking on the right side of this post entitled Best Bible Translation. I use other translations most of the time because they are more familiar to you – but they always should be compared to the Concordant Version for accuracy. “Yet now Christ has been roused from among the dead, the Firstfruit of those who are reposing. For since, in fact, through a man came death, through a Man, also, comes the resurrection of the dead. For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified.” (1 Corinthians 15:20-22 CLNT) ADAM WAS THE PROTOTYPE of our bodies in its present condition. It is “out of soil from the ground” . When God joined His “breath of life” with this “soilish” body, Adam became the first human “living soul” of “flesh and blood” . However, this prototype “is not able to enjoy ...