Old Testament Persons
Adam as Type of Christ
The Last Adam
Description
Adam was a type of Him who was to come. As the first Adam was the federal head of humanity, bringing sin and death to all his posterity, so Christ is the last Adam, the head of the new humanity, bringing righteousness and life. Adam was formed from the earth; Christ is the Lord from heaven. By the first Adam came death; by the last Adam came resurrection. The first man was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. What Adam lost, Christ restores—and more. In Adam all die; in Christ shall all be made alive.
Key Verses
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.