1
Cor 15:44
Adam,
the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second
man, came from heaven
1
Cor 15:21-22
For
since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through
a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Jonathan Cahn, that wonderful connector of dots, painted
a beautiful picture showing the connection between the second man (Jesus) to
the first Adam on the night before His crucifixion.
Man was created on the sixth day of creation. We can then
rightfully name the sixth day the “day of Adam”. Jesus died on the sixth day after He entered
Jerusalem, on the day of Adam.
According to Jewish ways of calculating days, the sixth
day always starts the evening before, and here we find more facts linking Jesus
to the first Adam. When Adam fell, God said in Gen 3:19 By the sweat of
your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you
were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” In this
curse, bread is linked to death. On the evening of the Last Supper, Jesus ate
bread, as it was the Feast of Unleavened Bread. When He lifted up the bread to
His disciples, He joined the bread to His death, as was the case in the fall of
Adam. (Luke 22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave
it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of
me.”)
After the meal, Messiah Jesus toiled in prayer and
sweated what appeared to be drops of blood falling to the ground. When we
consider the fall of Adam, we also see toil, sweat, and ground, and all
happened in a garden, the Garden of Eden. Adam was then removed from the garden
to the place of the curse, which was outside, where he would eventually die. So
too on that night Jesus was removed from a garden, called Gethsemane, and taken
to a place outside where He would be judged, cursed, and led to His death. And
it all took place on the night of Adam.
We as the children of Adam are now redeemed from the
curse, and we are released from our toil to come back to the blessing in the
presence of God. Hallelujah!
Pearls to ponder:
Jesus paved the way for us to return to that blessed
position Adam had in the Garden of Eden – living in the presence of God,
communing with Him without any barriers that sin erected in our lives. We do
not have to work hard to obtain our salvation and the forgiveness of our sin. We
must strive only to be in His rest!
