Comparing the First man Adam with the Last Adam, Jesus Christ:

We should know that Jesus Christ was the 2^nd Adam or “Last Adam.”

"And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last (2^nd) Adam was made a quickening [life-giving] spirit." 1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV)

Just as Adam was this first man and the human race, Jesus is “the last Adam” as the first of a whole new race of people, born of the Spirit of God in Christ

In a wonderful booklet called “The Second Things of the Bible,” J.C. O’Hair made these fantastic comparisons between the first man and the Second Man.

The first man is Adam and the Second Man is Christ. He writes,

• “The Second Man made the first man. But the Second Man was the seed of the first man.
• Satan gained the power of death by separating the first man from God. He lost the power of death when the Second Man was separated from God on the cross, but then arose from the dead.”

¹² Wherefore, as by one man [Adam} sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Romans 5:12 (KJV)

• Later, he writes, “Because the first man partook of the tree; the Second Man died on the tree.
• Because the first man tasted of the fruit of the tree; the Second Man tasted death for every man on the tree.
• Because the first man was disobedient unto death; the Second Man was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• Because the first man hid in the garden from God; the Second Man was hid from God on the cross.
• Because the first man brought the thorns; the Second Man wore the thorns.
• Because the first man was driven from the garden; the Second Man went into the garden.
• Because the first man brought the curse; the Second Man bore the curse.”