Who is the last Adam and what is he called in 1 Corinthians 15?
The last Adam is Christ. In 1 Corinthians 15 He is called a life-giving spirit, or a quickening spirit. Scripture contrasts this with the man who received the breath of life, showing that Christ gives life by the Spirit, who will sustain the eternal body.
Les explains that the last Adam is Christ, and in 1 Corinthians 15 He is called a life-giving or quickening spirit. This connects to the secret that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom, but only flesh and bone. The life-giving substance that keeps the eternal body functioning is the Spirit—the Spirit of God Himself. In the eternal state, the Spirit will take over the role that blood now has: life is in the blood in this physical existence, but in the eternal existence life will be in the Spirit. Believers are already indwelt by the Holy Spirit, but not to that degree yet. Les points out these profound resurrection doctrines come from the letter written to carnal believers.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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What does it mean that the last Adam was made a quickening spirit?
The last Adam, who is Christ, was not made a living soul but was made a life-giving, or quickening, spirit — in contrast to the first Adam.