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No Ordinary PersonLast AdamIn 1 Corinthians 15:45, Christ in His incarnation is also referred to as the last Adam. This verse explains, “So also it is written, The first man, Adam, became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.” This verse implies both the old creation and the new creation. Adam, the first man, was the head of the old creation. When God created him, Adam became a living soul. This means that he became a person, a human being. In Hebrew the word for Adam means man. Christ being the last Adam implies a termination and conclusion of the old creation. The old creation ends with a man, the last Adam. This man who terminated the old creation became in resurrection a life-giving Spirit. Now this Spirit is the center and lifeline of the new creation. The old creation was created by God. The new creation, however, comes into being not by creation but by resurrection….Through incarnation Christ became the last Adam to die on the cross for the termination of the old creation, and through resurrection He as the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit to germinate the new creation. (Lee, Conclusion 289) [Matthew] [Luke] [Fact]
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