Wednesday, February 19, 2014

We are the New Eve.

“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
“And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
“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.
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen 2:21-24).

God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam—a sleep like death (Mat 27:50; Mar 15:37; Luk 23:46; Jhn 19:30)—and while he slept, the Lord stretched out His hand and divided the man's side (Jhn 19:34) like He divided the waters of the Red Sea (Exd 14:21). The Lord then passed a rib out of the midst of the man and closed up the flesh of his side—just as the Israelites passed through the Red Sea on dry ground and the Lord returned the waters to their place, overthrowing the Egyptians who pursued (Exd 14:22ff). From the man's bone and flesh (1Cor 10:16, 11:29, 12:12-27; Eph 2:16, 4:12, 16; Eph 5:30), the Lord built (1Cor 3:9, 16, 17; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:20-22, 1 Pet 2:5) a woman—the bride (Rev21:2, 9; 22:17), the wife (Eph5:23ff; Rev 19:7, 21:9), the mother of us all (Gen 3:20; cf. Gal4:26)—and He brought her to the risen man (2Cor 4:14, 11:2; Col 1:22, 28)—blemishless, without spot or wrinkle (2 Cor 11:2; Eph 1:4, 5:27; Col 1:22, 28; 1 The 5:23; Hbr 12:23; 2Pet 3:14; Jud 1:24).

Christ is the New Adam and we are the New Eve.

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