| FIRST ADAM | SECOND ADAM |
| Created as seed ( Ps. 139:15f; Gen. 2:7.) | The Word of God (John 1:1) condensed to seed (Eph. 4:9, cf. “contracted to a span”, C.Wesley) |
| Conceived in Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:8,15) | Conceived in Virgin’s womb (cf. Gen. 3:20) |
| Gestation to fleshly (animal) maturity till dawn of knowledge and sin | Gestated in ignorance (cf. Rom. 9:11) till birth as baby in animal stable. Normal infancy still in ignorance (Isa. 7:14-16) |
| Expelled from Garden = born. Antediluvian ‘infancy’ under curse to flood | Cared for by rational parents (hence no curse) till cleansing and weaning (cf. 1 Pet.3:21) |
| Covenant with Noah: first racial child | Childhood under covenant with Noah |
| Abrahamic covenant promises To heathen Egypt Through wilderness to Promised Land | Abrahamic covenant promises To heathen Egypt Return to Promised Land |
| Under law of Moses | Son of the commandment at age 13 |
| Davidic covenant promise | Davidic covenant promise |
| Temple | Temple |
| Temple and sacrificial system destroyed | Law kept so new birth (Lev. 18:5), atonement once for all (Heb. 7:27; 9:12;10:10) |
| Prisoners of hope | Regenerate life, physical death, resurrection, transformation, glorification, perfection (Mt. 5:48; Heb. 1:3; Rev. 3:21) |
The heathen (without the law) and Jews (like Muslims) still in bondage under law (Gal. 4:21-25) face judgement, but Christians, who are justified by faith in Christ and born again, are free (Gal. 4:26,31) and will not be condemned (Rom. 8:1f., etc.).
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See further my:
Jesus the Epitome of Evolution
The Perfection of Paul the Apostle
The Human Pilgrimage from Ground to Glory
etc.