Hi Dave,
Adam means human, why we see
Adam translated in the OT as "man" over 400 times. A human is a creature/soul that God had made of a certain kind of flesh compared to other creatures/souls that God had made, as birds have one kind of flesh, and fish have another..
In the NT the word anthropos/human is translated as man over 550 times.
Jesus IS the Son of MAN, he is a human who is the root and offspring of David. The Son of MAN/HUMAN sits at God's right hand as a HUMAN and he is returning as a HUMAN.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men/HUMANS, and
he will dwell with them, and they shall be
his people, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God.
God made humans in His own image,
the Son of God in Romans 8 you are directly told IS the firstborn of the dead of many brethren, and we are promised to be made in the image of God's Son.
Jesus is likewise called the heavenly MAN/HUMAN.
Jesus is likewise called the Last Adam/HUMAN. Jesus is a HUMAN according to Acts that was raised to life being given the promised Holy Spirit and the promised mercies of David.
You are told that he is going to sit on his father David's throne according to the FLESH. Not weak mortal flesh that dies and lives in fear of death, that is able to tempt you against God's way,
but flesh of glory, power, that is incorruptible where there is no more temptation, where the HUMAN has been set free.
1 Cor 15:47
The first man/HUMAN is of the earth, earthy:
the second man/HUMAN is the Lord from heaven. 48
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
We are still promised to be HUMANS,
the second HUMAN is an heir of God and we are promised in Romans 8 to also be heirs of God being joint heirs with Christ. As Paul says those that are LED by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God. Humans that are fully led by the Spirit of God are heavenly.
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? THIS SAME Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:35
But some man will
say,
How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
Paul tells us in the next verses that
verse 37 is that which the FOOL would say or believe,
Here is the truth,
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But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh:
but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial:
but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
Just as one kind of grain is it's own kind of grain, and one kind of flesh is it's own kind of flesh,
one kind doesn't change into a different kind such is foolishness, as God did in fact give each kind it's own body as it pleased him, and to ever seed his own kind of body where each kind has it's own glory.
We are changed indeed, BUT NOT as to what kind of body that we have, just as alfalfa doesn't change into wheat, or a dog doesn't change into a giraffe, or a tuna into an orca, a human doesn't change from being a human. Foolish to think we would be raised into some other "kind" of body, is exactly what Paul is teaching.
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So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption;
it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour;
it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
There is a natural human body, and there is a spiritual human body. We have the same "kind" of body, we are not changed into a different "kind".
The mortal human puts on immortality becoming an immortal human given that immortality for all eternity.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
You are directly told that humans are raised in an order, Christ first and then those at his coming.
You are directly told that Jesus is a heavenly HUMAN. You are directly told that Jesus is the last Adam/HUMAN and we become as he is. You are directly told that
God made HUMANS in His own image and
that He declared the END from the beginning. "Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold,
the tabernacle of God is with men/HUMANS, and
he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and
God himself shall be with them,
and be their God"