We understand only through faith how
Jesus is both God and Man. It is a hard concept for the
natural man to understand. This subject of scripture , like
all other concepts must be grasped by the Spirit, made real
to us by the leading of the Holy Spirit. It most important to
our understanding of the pure Gospel message to understand
the importance of Jesus coming to us in the form of a man,
for the bulk of our understanding of the architecture of the
Gospel hinges on this concept.
We start with the Law, For Jesus was
the fulfillment of the Law.
We know from scripture that he was perfect. Only some one
perfect could fulfill the Law for all of us who were born of
Adam were under the curse of sin
First we see our father Adam cursed because of sin.
Gen.3:17
17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat
of it all the days of thy life;
18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return.
And so we see that curse of sin passed
to all men. Who were born of his loins.
DANIEL 9:10. Neither have we
obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,
even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice;
therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is
written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we
have sinned against him.
Gal.3:10. For as many as are of
the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which
are written in the book of the law to do them.
11. But that no man is justified by the law in
the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by
faith.
12. And the law is not of faith: but, the man
that doeth them shall live in them.
13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree:
So all the children of Adam are
under the curse of sin, and so under the Law: all are in sin:
Romans 3: 19. Now we know that what
things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under
the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world
may become guilty before God.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall
no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.
21. But now the righteousness of God without the
law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the
prophets;
22. Even the righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe: for there is no difference:
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Galatians 3: 21. Is the law then
against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had
been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law.
22. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe.
Romans 5:
12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned:
SO WE SEE WHETHER Jew or Gentile, sin
came upon all men, and so the curse of sin. And all men are
judged by the perfect Law of God.
So if all men are judged sinners and
cursed under Law, If all in Adam are dead because of sin,
then We see something important by these set of facts. The
perfect Law testifies to God’s righteous standard for a
man. This law does not Judge God, It judges man only. There
fore only a man could fulfill it. As it judged us who are of
Adam guilty, it must Judge one to be innocent, the one who
would fulfill it. So we see Jesus judged by the Law to be
innocent. So therefore the Law itself is a prophesy, for gave
us the righteous standard of a man, and that righteous
standard is Christ. And further, by judging Christ to be an
innocent man, it also judges him to be the only sacrifice for
man, the once and perfect Lamb without blemish.
Adam could not produce a man that would
ever fulfill the law, because all in Adam are under its
judgement, therefore its curse. But God could produce a man
that would fulfill it. That Man was Jesus. Not born of Adam,
but rather born of God. A man born of woman , under Law.
Galatians 4: 4. But when the
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of
a woman, made under the law,
5. To redeem them that were under the law, that
we might receive the adoption of sons.
When ever we see therefore the Messiah,
our Jesus referred to as the only begotten , or the first
born of all creation, , we know that it has to do with his
life here as a man, for in his pre existence with the father
he was eternal, as the Word of God. He was The very creator
of all things that were made. He is and was always by very
nature God. He humbled himself before his father,Angels,and
men..laying aside what it meant to be God , took on the form
of us and so served us,
Phil2;5. Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God:
7. But made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness
of men:
8. And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.
9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth;
11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
In this way he became the only man
begotten of God, for Adam could only produce sinners.
John 1
1. In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. The same was in the beginning with God.
3. All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made.
4. In him was life; and the life was the light of
men.
5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.
6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.
7. The same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light.
9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world.
10. He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not.
11. He came unto his own, and his own received
him not.
12. But as many as received him, to them gave he
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on
his name:
13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
We see the truth plainly by John’s
testimony- He was made flesh, though he was creator, only
after being made flesh was he called the only begotten of the
Father. And we see that we (verse 12) who receive his life
are born after his pattern, not of man, but of God. This is
what it means by that he was the firstborn. And so we
who are of him are born of that imperishable seed, the
brothers he is not ashamed of, the children of the spirit,
and his joint heirs.
Col.1: 12. Giving thanks unto the
Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light:
13. Who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear
Son:
14. In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
16. For by him were all things created, that are
in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17. And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist.
Hebrews 1
1. God, who at sundry times
and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by
the prophets,
2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also
he made the worlds;
3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the
express image of his person, and upholding all things by the
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4. Being made so much better than the angels, as
he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than
they.
5. For unto which of the angels said he at any
time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a
Son?
6. And again, when he bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the
angels of God worship him.
7. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his
angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom.
9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated
iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of
thine hands:
11. They shall perish; but thou remainest; and
they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and
they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years
shall not fail.
13. But to which of the angels said he at any
time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
footstool?
14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
We see from all these scriptures , and
the ones to follow that Jesus layed aside his glory he had
with the Father in the beginning and earned it all back as a
man! He was perfected by suffering and was obedient to death.
And so he has inherited a more excellent name than angels
Hebrews 5
1. For every high priest
taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining
to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and
on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is
compassed with infirmity.
3. And by reason hereof he ought, as for the
people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4. And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he
that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5. So also Christ glorified not himself to be
made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my
Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had
offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and
tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared;
8. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience
by the things which he suffered;
9. And being made perfect, he became the author
of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10. Called of God an high priest after the order
of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 1:4. Being made so much better
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they.
So the importance of Our redeemer
coming as a man cannot be under estimated. When all is sorted
out we see that indeed Jesus is the new man, And that the
spiritual is what God had in mind from the be ginning. It was
never about Adam , but always about Christ. He is the Last
Adam, and so the true first man, for the truth of all reality
is the spiritual. It is primal. We are told that The physical
is the example , and that the Spiritual is the reality. The
natural is only temporary , but the spiritual eternal. All
that in fact is seen was made from the unseen
Hebrews 11:
3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
That God in his purposes made the
physical to be a witness to the spiritual. We are Told that
Adam, being first, was only a figure of he who was to come.
Romans5:12. Wherefore, as by one
man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13. (For until the law sin was in the world: but
sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to
Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of
him that was to come.
15. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if
through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace
of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus
Christ, hath abounded unto many.
This gives great meaning to the fact
that the Lamb was slain before the foundations of the earth
were laid.
Revelation 13: 8. And all that
dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
Adam came First, then Christ, for the
Last will be first and the first will be last. What comes
first is natural, the example. What comes next is the
reality.
ICor.15:42. So also is the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is
raised in incorruption:
43. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45. And so it is written, The first man Adam was
made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening
spirit.
46. Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that
which is spiritual.
47. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the
second man is the Lord from heaven.
48. As is the earthy, such are they also that are
earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are
heavenly.
49. And as we have borne the image of the earthy,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
Matthew 20: 16. So the last shall
be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few
chosen.
It has always Been God’s way of
creation. First the shadows, then the reality. First the
copies, then the true. The things that are seen testify to
what cannot be seen.
Colossians 2: 8. Beware lest any
man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
after Christ.
9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily.
10. And ye are complete in him, which is the head
of all principality and power:
11. In whom also ye are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of
the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye
are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God,
who hath raised him from the dead.
13. And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14. Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it
out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15. And having spoiled principalities and powers,
he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in
drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of
the sabbath days:
16. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ.
Hebrews 9: 19. For when Moses had
spoken every precept to all the people according to the law,
he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and
scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and
all the people,
20. Saying, This is the blood of the testament
which God hath enjoined unto you.
21. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22. And almost all things are by the law purged
with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23. It was therefore necessary that the patterns
of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but
the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than
these.
23. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with
hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven
itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
So we see even an earthly reference to
Adam, or man in scripture can actually be spiritually
speaking of Christ. Notice how the Writer of Hebrews quotes
Psalms 8:
Below:
Psalms 8
1. O Lord, our Lord, how
excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy
glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast
thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou
mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and
the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the
angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the
works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the
earth!
Here David was plainly talking of Man’s
creation (Adam) and his dominion which was earthly. But
Hebrews interprets this about Christ:
Hebrews 2
1. Therefore we ought to
give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,
lest at any time we should let them slip.
2. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast,
and every transgression and disobedience received a just
recompence of reward;
3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord,
and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4. God also bearing them witness, both with signs
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy
Ghost, according to his own will?
5. For unto the angels hath he not put in
subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
6. But one in a certain place testified, saying,
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
7. Thou madest him a little lower than the
angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst
set him over the works of thy hands:
8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under
his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he
left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not
yet all things put under him.
9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with
glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every man.
10. For it became him, for whom are all things,
and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory,
to make the captain of their salvation perfect through
sufferings.
11. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed
to call them brethren,
12. Saying, I will declare thy name unto my
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto
thee.
13. And again, I will put my trust in him. And
again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the
same; that through death he might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is, the devil;
