1 Cor. 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit. Col. 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation. The pronouns them [in Genesis 1:26-28] and their in 5:2 indicate that Adam was a corporate man, a collective man, including all mankind. God did not create many men; He created mankind collectively in one person, Adam. God created such a corporate man in His image and according to His likeness so that mankind might express God corporately. On the sixth day God created the cattle and the beasts of the earth. This is the life that can do something for man. The life of a dog is much stronger than that of a fish. Then there is the highest life among the creatures, which is the human life. This is a life that not only can live in death, be transcendent, work for God, and do the will of God but also can express and represent God. This is a life with the image of God and the authority of God. It is at this point that God rested. The completion of God’s work is a life with His image and His authority. We may have thought that God rested because He had finished His work. But as long as there is not a life with the image and authority of God, there is no rest for God. Adam was created as the head of the human race, and the human race was the center of God’s creation. Therefore, Adam was the head of God’s creation. This is a type of Christ as the Head of all God’s creation. Adam was created in God’s image and according to God’s likeness (Gen. 1:26). This typifies that Christ bears God’s image and likeness. Colossians 1:15 says that Christ “is the image of the invisible God.” God is invisible. But Christ, who is the effulgence of His glory and the impress of His substance (Heb. 1:3), is His image, expressing what He is. After the creation of Adam, God wanted man to have dominion over all the living created things in the seas, in the air, and on the earth (Gen. 1:26, 28). God wanted the man whom He had created to be His representative to execute His authority and rule for Him on the earth. Therefore, man was not only created to express God but also given the authority to represent God to rule over all. This is a type of Christ as God’s expression and also as God’s representative. Christ as God’s Anointed was anointed and commissioned by God for the carrying out of God’s purpose in dealing with God’s enemy to recover the enemy-usurped earth and bring in God’s authority.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:26:11 +0000
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