the death of adam - the life of christ

8/14/2019 The Death of Adam - The Life of Christ

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The Death of Adam- The Life of Christ It is axiomatic that Adam introduced sin and

death: Wherefore as by one man sin enteredinto the world, and death by sin, so then deathpassed on all men, because all men sin.(Romans 5:12)

It is axiomatic also that the story of eschatologyis the story of the restoration of the life that waslost in Adam: As in Adam all men die, even soin Christ, so all men be made alive. (1 Cor.15:22).

The resurrection to occur at Christ comingwas the goal of Gods Scheme of

Redemption!


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The Death of Adam- The Life of Christ

As in Adam all men die, even so in Christ, so

all men be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:22) The pressing question is, what life was lost in

Adam, through sin?

The huge majority of evangelical Christianityaffirms that it was a dualistic death.

Adam and Eve died spirituallyThey wereseparated from the fellowship of YHVH-- the

day they ate the fruit. They diedphysically their spirit left their

body--hundreds of years after they died

spiritually.


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Death of Adam or Abel? Adam was the first to die the First fruit of Death

Christ- the Second Adam-- was the first fruit from the

death of Adam- He was the first fruit oflife.

If Adam was not the first to diethe first to die then the relationship

between the Two Adams is broken (If we posit

Christs physical death as the counterpart of Adam) But!

Adam was not the first to die physically!

Abel was the first to die physically!Abel was the first to

die physically! Jesus did not come to redeem man from the death

of Abel but the death of Adam!


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In the Day You Eat, You Will Surely Die

Gods words were emphatic: In the day you

eat thereof, you will surely die. It is an interesting commentary on Christianity

to realize that the huge majority of believers

say thatAdam and Eve did not die that day! Fact: God said, in the day you eat you shall

surely die.

Fact: Satan told Eve, you will not surely die! The dilemma: Who Told the Truth?

God cannot lie; Satan is the Father of lies!


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In the Day You Eat, You Will Surely Die

What did in the day you eat you will surely die

really mean? Some say that Adam and Eve would become

mortal, subject to physical death at some

indeterminate point of time, i.e. they wouldbegin to die.

Some say that in the day simply means the

day you eat will be sentenced to death, but,you will die sometime later, when the sentence

is finally carried out.


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Defining In the Day It will be admitted by virtually everyone, that in

the day you eat seems to indicate that Adamand Eve would die within the day on which they

ate the fruit.

To say that in the day is being used in a non-

literal manner, places the burden of proof on

the one making that claim.

However, the context helps us clearly define

what God meant by in the day.

Genesis 3:5-7: In the day that you eat, your

eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like

God, knowing good and evil


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Defining the Day

Genesis 3:5-7: In the daythat you eat, then your eyes

shall be opened, and you shall be like God, knowing

good and evil

Question: Since the identical language of in the day

is used to say that Adam and Eve would know good

and evil, the question is: When did Adam and Evecome to know good and evil?

Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened

The Day you eat, then you will know. They ate,then they knew!

Was that 900 years later? Was that days, weeks,

months or years later?


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What About the Curse of the Land? An oft given objection is that God cursed the

ground, and thus, the curse must be lifted atthe end of time.

Response: How does destroying the earth,remove the curse from the earth?If Gods

purpose was / is the restoration of what waslost, how do you restore the earth, byannihilatingthe earth?

Genesis 8:21 Noah offered a sweet smellingsacrifice, and YHVH promised: I will neveragain curse the ground, even though thethought of man is to do evil continually

The Curse of the Earth (eretz) Was Removed!


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What About the Tree of Life? The Argument is given that because man was cut off

from the tree of life, this is why man dies today.

This would mean that today- man dies, not because

he sins, but, because he does not eat a physical fruit!

(Romans 5:12 denies this)

Consider the tree of life in the Garden restored:Revelation 22:1f: The tree of life is there, for the

healing of the nations.

Is this a physical tree, with physical fruit, for physical

life as it is argued that the tree in the Garden was?

What then of a resurrected body? What need of a

physical fruit, for an immortal, incorruptible body?


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One DeathOr Two One of the most popular explanations is that Adam

and Eve did die spiritually that very day, because

they were indeed separated from YHVH by being castout of the Garden (Genesis 3:24)

However, they were only sentencedto physical death,i.e. they became mortal, and did not experience

physical death for hundreds of years. But the text does not say that they would die twice,two deaths!

The divine text speaks of one death, to beexperienced the day they sinned!

This suggestion creates two contradictory definitionsof in the day in the identical verse!

Can the same term, in the same verse, mean twototally different things?


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Defining Death

The Hebrew and Greek words translated asdeath, both indicate

separationseparation.

The Biblical definition of physical death: As thebody without the spirit is dead (James 2:26)

The definition of physical death is the departure/ separation of the spirit from the body.

Question: Did Adam and Eve experience thedeparture of the spirit from their body, the day

they ate the fruit? Clearly, Adam and Eve did not experience

physical death as Biblically defined- the daythey ate.


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Romans 5:12

Wherefore as by one man sin entered the

world, and death by sin, so that death passedon all men, because all men sin.

What the text does notsay:

That I inherit, through no sin of my own, the sinand death of Adam.

What it does say:

All men die, because all men sin. Adam introduced sin and death, but, all men sin

and die, because they make the same

choices as Adam! (Rom 7:7f)

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Romans 5:12 Adam introduced sin and death, but, all men sin and

die, because they make the same choices as Adam!

But what death is this? Theologians struggle with Romans 5 because of the

death of infants! Calvin solved the problem through hereditary total

depravity. Could it be that because ofthe misunderstanding ofthe nature of the death of Adam, that Calvin saw noother solution to Romans 5? (You sin- you die. i.e.physical death Infants Die, Thus infants inherit sin!) To properly identify the death of Adam as sin-

death- not physical death- solves the problem. Physical death is a natural part of our world Sin death however, fits because: death passed on all

men, because all men sin.


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Sin and Death

Forgiveness and Life

The wages of sin is death; The gift of God is eternallife (Romans 6:23)

Question: Does the child of God, cleansed by the

blood of Christ, truly, have the forgiveness of sin?

Ifphysical death is the wages of sin, then does not the

physical death of any person, regardless of their faith

in Christ, demonstrate that they are not truly forgiven?

How can you be forgiven your sin wiped away notremembered, not imputed, and yet still receive the

wages of sin?

To say that one will be raised from that death does not

solve the dilemma! Death is still exacted!


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The Substitutionary Death of Christ

The Bible is emphatic that the death of Christ

was substitutionary: He died in our place, sothat we would not have to die!

Isaiah 53: Wounded for our transgressions

Romans 5:6 Christ died for us Galatians 3:13 He became a curse for us, to

redeem us from the curse!

Hebrews 2:10f- He died for every man- todeliver us from death!

1 Peter 3:18f- The just for the unjust


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The Substitutionary Death of Christ If the death of Christ was substitutionary- in the place

of man so that man those in Christ and the power

of his death-- would not have to die, and

If the physical death of Christ was the focus of his

substitutionary death that he died- so that those in

him- in the power of his death would not have to die,then

It must be true that either Christs substitutionary

death is not efficacious, or, no man has ever truly

entered into the power of his substitutionary death,

since it is irrefutably true that all men since Christ have

and do die physically.

Th At i W k f Ch i t


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TheAtoningWork of Christ

Christ died to make the atonement, to satisfy

the demands of justice i.e. the wages of sin isdeath.

Yet, all men even those in Christ still die

physically. Therefore, if physical death is the focus of

Christs atoning work, then

Either no man has ever entered into the powerand benefit of Christs atoning work, or,

Christs atoning death was ineffective.


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Christs Atoning Death #2 Christ died to make the atonement, to satisfy the

demands of justice i.e. the wages of sin is death.

Yet, all men even those in Christ still diephysically.

Therefore, if physical death is the focus of Christsatoning work, then

It must be true that all men make atonementfortheir own sin! i.e. when they die physically! The physical death of every man is therefore, either a

demonstration of the failure of Christs atonement, thefailure of every human to take advantage of Christsatonement, the satisfaction (atonement) of every manfor his own sin, or, it is

The definitive demonstration that Christs physicaldeath and mans physical death-- is not the focus ofChrists atoning work.

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1 Cor. 15 Sin and Resurrection

Resurrection when the law that was the

strength of sin removed (55-56). Resurrection when sin, the sting of death,

subjected (katargeo, hupotasso).

What is the law that was / is the strength of sin? If the law gave sin its strength, then, if sin had

no strength to condemn and bring death-

there would be no death, i.e. resurrection! This is the same law-sin-death triad of the

Garden and of Romans!


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WHAT IS THE LAW THE STRENGTH OF SIN?

The Resurrection When The Law- TheStrength Of Sin Removed.

Debate Opponents: Whatever Divine Law AMan Is Under That He Personally Violates All Men Today Under The Law Of ChristAll Men Today Under The Law Of Christ. Or,

The Law, any Law, that could not forgive sin. Is The Gospel The Strength Of Sin? Romans 7:9-10--commandment Came-I Died!;

Thus, When The GospelComes, We Die!?!? 2 Cor. 3:6-9--Letter Kills/ Ministry Of Death/

Ministration Of Condemnation 2007 DON K. PRESTON

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The Gospel- The Strength of Sin? If The Gospel Is The Strength Of Sin- Then We Can

Describe The Gospel In The Identical Terms As

Torah The Strength Of Sin! The Gospel Came, Sin Revived, I Died! (Rom. 7.7)

Who Shall deliver me from the Body Of This Death?(Rom 7:24).

No Deliverance From The Law Of Sin And Death (8:1-3)

MINISTRATION OF DEATH! (2 COR. 3)

GAL. 3:20-21- NO LIFE, NO RIGTHEOUSNESS If The Gospel Is The Strength Of Sin, As Some Argue,

Then It Is No Better Than Torah And BringsThen It Is No Better Than Torah And BringsDeath!Death!

2007 DON K. PRESTON

REDEEMED FROM THE LAW?


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REDEEMED FROM THE LAW? Curse Of The Law No Life No Forgiveness- No

Righteousness (Gal. 3:20).

Torah Was The Strength Of Sin (Rom. 7). Torah Condemned (Rom. 7)! Torah Could Not Deliver From The Law Of Sin And Death (Rom

8) Torah Was The Ministration Of Death (2 Cor. 3)

Paul: Christ Has Redeemed Us From The Curse Of The Law(Gal. 3:10)

Yet, Some Say That The Gospel Is Now The Strength Of Sin,The Gospel Does Not Truly Give Eternal Life, The Gospel HasNot Delivered Us From The Law Of Sin And Death!

The Gospel Has Replaced Torah As The Law That Condemns! What Kind Of Redemption Is That?

DO WE NOW NEED TO BE REDEEMED FROM THEGOSPEL?

2008 Don K. Preston

THE LAW IN PAUL


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THE LAW IN PAUL "THE LAW- PAUL USES THE TERM 117 TIMES IN

100 VERSES.

110 TIMES IT REFERS TO THE TORAH

Anytime Paul Uses The Term The Law With TheDefinite Article, And Does Not Specify What LawHe Is Speaking Of, It Is InvariablyThe LAW OFMOSES!

When Not TORAH, It Identifies The Law! 2008 DON K. PRESTON

THE LAW MY ARGUMENT


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THE LAW- MY ARGUMENT The Resurrection Would Be When The

Law That Was The Strength Of SinRemoved.

The Law That Was The Strength OfSin Was The Law Of Moses (Torah)

Therefore The Resurrection Would Be(Was) When The Law Of Moses (Torah)Law Removed!

2008 DON K. PRESTON

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Job 19 And the Death of Adam

25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer

liveth, And at last he will stand up upon theearth: 26 And after my skin, even this body ,

is destroyed,Then without my flesh shall I

see God; (ASV)

Tradition, the creeds, the commentaries, all say

that the resurrection is concerned with physical

bodies coming out of the grave.

Job emphatically says this is not true!

Who will you choose?

TRANSLATION ISSUES (3 1)


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TRANSLATION ISSUES (3-1) KEIL AND DELITSCH, VOL. 4, 356F WE CANNOT FIND IN

THIS SPEECH THAT THE HOPE OF A BODILY RECOVERYIS EXPRESSED. CHRYSOSTOM THE FIRST TO TAKEJOB THIS WAY.

JEWISH TRANSLATION ACCORDING TO MT, (1917)WHEN AFTER MY SKIN THIS IS DESTROYED, THENWITHOUT MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD.

BARNES, VOL. 1, 327FF: THE LITERAL MEANING ISFROM, OR OUT OF, MY FLESH SHALL I SEE GOD. ITDOES NOT MEAN IN HIS FLESH, BUT THERE IS THENOTION THAT FROM, OR OUT OF HIS FLESH HE WOULDSEE HIM; THAT IS CLEARLY, AS ROSENMULLER HASEXPRESSED IT, THOUGH MY BODY IS CONSUMED, AND IHAVE NO FLESH, I SHALL SEE HIM....WITHOUT ABODY...

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Summary and Conclusion

We have shown that the death of Adam was

sin-death, alienation from the fellowship of God. We have shown that the Two Adam doctrine

demands that the death of the Garden, and

eschatology, is spiritual death. We have shown that in the day that you eat

cannot be extrapolated into hundreds of years.

We have shown that God removed the cursefrom the earth, after the Flood

We have shown that the substitutionary death

of Christ precludes a focus on physical death.

Summary and Conclusion #2


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Summary and Conclusion #2

We have shown that the atoning work of Christ

precludes a focus on physical death

We have shown that Pauls discussion of law-sin-

death in 1 Corinthians is posited within the framework

of the end of Torah, as the strength of sin, and not

the end of the Gospel. We have shown that Job said that he resurrection

would be out from, not in my flesh

Thus, with a wide array of evidence, we have

shown that the death of Adam and the Life of

Christ is focused on spiritual life fellowship with

God and not the end of physical death.

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