Christ and Adam: Comparing and Contrasting - Kevin Williams

Adam is a type -
a foreshadow - of Jesus Christ.

Like in the hymn we sing at Christmastime,

"Hark, the herald angels sing..."

It refers to Christ there
as the second Adam -

the second Adam from above.

Listen to this.

Listen to the contrast and comparisons

between the first Adam

whom God created in the Garden of Eden -

the first man who was a foreshadow

of the second Adam or the last Man,

the Lord Jesus Christ.

Listen to the contrast
and comparisons here.

The first Adam was created

in the image and the likeness of God,

whereas the last Adam - Jesus Christ -

is the image of the invisible God.

The first Adam rebelled in the garden

and puts himself in the place of God,

whereas the second Adam - Jesus Christ -

was God, but in order to save us,

He puts Himself in the place of man.

The first Adam, before he fell,

he did not toil nor sweat.

Then, toil and sweat were given to him

as part of the judgment for sin.

Whereas the second Adam - Jesus Christ -

in the Garden of Gethsemane,

He labored and toiled for us in prayer

and sweat great drops of blood.

The first Adam was given thorns

as part of the curse.

The second Adam - Jesus Christ -

wore a crown of thorns bearing our curse.

The first Adam in the garden

sinned at a tree.

Jesus Christ, the second Adam,

He bore our sins hanging upon a tree -

upon the wood of the cross.

The first Adam was naked and not ashamed.

The second Adam - Jesus Christ -

was naked on the cross and bore our shame.

The first Adam was looking
for a bride suitable for him.

The second Adam - Jesus Christ -

has come seeking His bride -

the believers, you.

The first Adam died

because he was a guilty sinner.

The second Adam - Jesus Christ -

died for and on behalf of guilty sinners.

To create the bride of the first Adam,

his side was opened.

To create the bride - us the believers

of the second Adam -

He was pierced in His side.

Listen to this one.

The first Adam was a gardener.

When Mary went to the tomb

after the resurrection,

she mistook the second Adam -

Jesus Christ - as the gardener.

You can't make this up.

God put Adam to sleep

in order to create his bride.

In order to create the
bride of His redeemed,

of the second Adam - Jesus Christ -

God put Him to the sleep of death.

In the garden, God
brought to Adam his wife.

God gives the believers to
the second Adam - Jesus Christ.

"All that the Father gives
Me will come to Me."

The first Adam gave his
bride a commandment.

"You shall not eat of the tree

of the knowledge of good and evil,

nor touch it, lest you die."

Christ - the second Adam -

gave His bride, His church,

a new commandment.

"Love one another as I have loved you."

Both Adam and Christ are
representative heads of two people.

You see, when Adam acted,

he acted before God on behalf

of the people he represented -

the human race.

All those who are born of the flesh

by physical birth.

When Christ, the second Adam, acted,

He acted on behalf of His people -

the believers -

those who are born spiritually.

You can just go on and on and on

to show how Christ fulfilled

the prophetic writings
of the Old Testament.

This is why He said to them,

"You believe Moses. He wrote of Me."