Amen, That was his plan, In Adam all die, in Christ shall all be made alive.
WHo does the passage say the gift is given to though? Those who believe. Whose beliefs? Christs? Or a persons own trust in Christ?
And if a person trusts christ and all his work. I still wonder how that can be as a man boasting in himself.
Amen, That was his plan, In Adam all die, in Christ shall all be made alive.
In Adam all die,"
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:"
Gods plan
Genesis 1 " And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominionover the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good...."
Gods plan is to make man to be like Jesus and give us dominion along with Jesus. the reason the world was cursed, is in no way Gods will. His will is that man live eternally it always has been
Genesis 2 "
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
God says this because His will is for adam to live and not die. so He warns adam. Satan then came along and infiltrated mans mind and all the earth is cursed with bondage to decay because adam was given dominion and rule. remember this parable
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
God made adam with free will. he told Him all the trees are yours, you are free to eat of any of the trees....and then He warned adam, But this tree of good and evil, you must not for when you do you will die"
satan exploited this he saw it " now if i can deceive them and they freely eat the fruit, Gods word will come to pass and they will surely die"
satan used the afforded opportunity to deceive and tempt adam, that lead man into death, its why all of us are born and Know we will die.
Satan also tried remember to tempt and deceive Jesus with Gods words, But Jesus stayed with the Word that is written and will never change and He overcame satans lies, this leads the world back into " reconciliation" with God, back into Life. adam taught our minds death and Jesus teaches Life. ultimately we will be back to the beginning before the fall. made in Gods image and likeness and will inherit the earth as princes and Kings.
what adam lost and caused, Jesus has undone and restored.
adam resulted in this and brought death to mankind
genesis 3 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
and Jesus promises reconcilaition and the end is eternal Life and restoration of the very thoing adam lost for us
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."
adam brought those flaming swords and angels to keep us from the tree of life, because we were cursed to death. Jesus comes offering eternal Life and reconciliation with God. the end is the same will God has always Had for us, to bless us, and Love and Keep and provide for us, to give us true Life that is seperate from death, life not like the flowers of the field, but Life like unto the son of God, eternal Life.
adam makes us sinners, Jesus offers a new birth as children of God. Life and Death.