1 Corinthians 15:44-45

The First and Second ________________, 2012 Adam

This concept is not new… FIRST… COVENANT GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE PROMISED LAND SACRIFICE SAVING THROUGH WATER SECOND… COVENANT GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE PROMISED LAND SACRIFICE SAVING THROUGH WATER

The First and Second SIMILARITIESDIFFERENCES Adam BORN OF GOD

Luke 3:38; Matthew 1:20, 23 Verse 38 – “the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.” Verse 20 – “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.” Verse 23 – “and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, ‘God with us.’”

The First and Second SIMILARITIESDIFFERENCES Adam BORN OF GOD BOTH WORKED ON THE EARTH

“Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you”

“And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Mark 6:1-2 “Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, ‘Where did this Man get these things?’”

Mark 6:2-3

John 9:4 “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”

2 Corinthians 6:1 “We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.”

The First and Second SIMILARITIESDIFFERENCES Adam BORN OF GOD BOTH WORKED ON THE EARTH GOD HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON THEM

“therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.”

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Matthew 27:45-46 “ Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ ”

The First and Second SIMILARITIESDIFFERENCES Adam BORN OF GOD BOTH WORKED ON THE EARTH GOD HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON THEM BOTH THEIR BRIDES CAME FROM THEIR SIDES

Genesis 2:18, “ And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. ” And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. ”

Genesis 2:23-24 “ And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.’ 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ”

John 19:33-34 “But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.”

Ephesians 5:25-26 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word”

Ephesians 5:27-28 “that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.”

Ephesians 5:29-30 “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.”

Ephesians 5:31-32 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

The First and Second SIMILARITIESDIFFERENCES Adam BORN OF GOD BOTH WORKED ON THE EARTH GOD HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON THEM BOTH THEIR BRIDES CAME FROM THEIR SIDES