How did Adam bring sin and death on the whole human race?
As the federal head of the natural human race, Adam plunged all humanity into sin, and that sin precipitated death. Scripture presents him as the first man, earthy, whose headship brought sin and consequently death to his progeny, while the last Adam is the life-giving Lord from heaven.
Les teaches that Adam and the last Adam are two federal heads. Adam is the head of the natural progeny of the human race, and as that head he plunged us into sin, and sin precipitated death. The context compares Scripture with Scripture, pointing to I Corinthians 15:45-46: the first man, Adam, was made a living soul, while the last Adam was made a quickening or life-giving spirit. It also notes that the natural came first, not the spiritual, and that the first man is of the earthy while the second man, the last Adam, is the Lord from heaven. Romans 5:12 is then referenced as the scriptural place to see this teaching.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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What is the sin that entered the world through Adam in Romans 5:12?
In Romans 5:12, the sin that entered the world through Adam is identified as the old Adamic nature.