Jesus – Last Adam
1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Genesis 2:7 tells us, “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 was the first human being created special by God. Through Adam and Eve’s disobedience, death passed upon all mankind (Romans 5:12). Thus, man had to offer sacrifices for the cleansing of our sins.
We inherited our natural man from Adam, whereas we inherit our spiritual nature from Christ. Paul says in Romans 5:19, “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Jesus was rightly called the Last Adam because His death on the cross was the only suitable sacrifice that could once and for all atone for the sin of mankind. Jesus was able to be the sinless sacrifice for the whole world.
