Who is the last Adam and what was he made?
The last Adam is the second Adam, Jesus Christ. Scripture says He was made a quickening, or life-giving, Spirit, not merely a living soul like the first Adam. He never stopped being God; He remained Deity through His ministry and after His resurrection.
Les explains that verse 45 contrasts the first man Adam, who was made a living soul when God breathed into him the breath of life, with the last Adam, the second Adam, who is Jesus Christ. The last Adam was made a quickening, or life-giving, Spirit. Les stresses that Jesus never stopped being God. Though cults refuse the Deity of Christ, this flies in the face of Scripture, which says He was Divine, Deity, and God, and He never gave that up. Les notes that Hebrews implies even while in the womb He was still God, and He was God all through His ministry and certainly after His resurrection. This fits the scriptural rule Les points out: first the natural, and then the spiritual.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
How did Adam become a living soul?
Scripture states that the first man Adam was made a living soul when God breathed into him the breath of life. This is recorded in Genesis chapter 2 and quoted in 1 Corinthians 15:45, where Adam is called the first man and contrasted with the last Adam, Christ.
What is the difference between the first Adam and the last Adam?
Scripture contrasts the first Adam as a living soul, earthy, and head of the natural human race; through his sin death entered. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit, the Lord from heaven, the spiritual second man, and the head who imparts life instead of death.
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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.