To define our terms, a type is a shadow cast on the pages of the Old Testament
An account in the Old Testament that is meant to illustrate a truth about Messiah (Jesus) and his mission.
Teaches us about Jesus before Jesus came to earth as a man so people would recognize Him.
Types have the following characteristics:
1. They are rooted in history and serve a purpose.
2. Types are prophetic in nature.
3. Types all point to characteristics of Christ in one way or another.
4. They edify, having spiritual meaning for God's people in OT, NT and Today.
Tonight I want to go back to the beginning of the Bible with the first man Adam. How do we know that Adam was a type of Jesus in the O.T? This one is easy to identify because the book of Romans tells us He is.
Romans 5:12-19 Sin entered the world through Adam and Jesus Christ came to this world to free us from sin if we trust in Him. 1 Corinthians 15:21 echoes that in saying “for in Adam all die through Christ all shall be made alive”
Lets give this the type Characteristic test.
1. They are rooted in history and serve a purpose.
The account of Adam gives us the history that we are all sinners. Some say this is just an allegorical story and don’t believe there is a creator who created. If that is the category you fall into, I want to ask you to consider reading the Bible and research its claims. What do you have to loose?
2. Types are prophetic in nature.
Genesis 3:15 is a prophecy of Jesus in the punishment of the serpent.
3. Types all point to characteristics of Christ in one way or another.
In the case of Adam we see he is actually an antitype in some senses because as we will see he was created to live the life in which Jesus lived sinless but he actually did sin and that is what we are going to look at.
4. They edify, having spiritual meaning for God's people in OT, NT and Today.
It is obvious that all generations can learn from Adam.
Genesis 1:26-30
1) Fill the earth with the image of God through procreation,2) Accomplish this task with the assistance of his bride Eve.
3) Exercise authority over the creation
4) Don’t eat the fruit off the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 2:16-17
But in all that the first Adam failed at, the second Adam, Jesus Christ, succeeded! How?
1) Jesus filled the earth with the image of God, not by procreation as the first Adam, but by making new creations out of us, who are being conformed to His image, the image of Christ, who is Himself the image of the invisible God. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “says that if any one is in Christ He is a new creation” How? The Gospel
2) And as the first Adam failed to pair with his wife Eve, to accomplish being fruitful and multiplying, Christ, the second Adam is using His bride, the church, to accomplish this work on earth! The church is the only organization that is set up by the Lord himself. Why do you think there are so many problems in it then? The number one reason is that we are first on the Satan’s hit list to destroy.
But God’s desire and design for the church is for us to proclaim the good news about Jesus and then help one another grow closer to Him.
3) Adam failed to subdue and exercise authority over the earth because he started to think of himself rather then his job of taking care of the land, animals and so forth.
Christ, the second Adam, holds all authority in heaven and on earth because He chose to give up Himself. Phil 2:7. A true authority or leader thinks of those that he will serve and help rather them putting him or herself first.
Adam got off focus from being the one that God put in charge of things and therefore sinned
4) And lastly unlike Adam who tried to grasp equality with God by taking the fruit, Remember what the serpent said? “you will not surly die, you will just be like God.” So through his sin Adam tried to grasp equality with God by eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
the 2nd Adam, Jesus Christ, did not use His equality with God to save Him from the cross, but willingly went to it, as Phil 2:6-8 states, “although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
-So in the disobedience and failure of the 1st Adam, we see how amazing the obedience of the 2nd Adam Jesus was and what it did for us.
So what do we learn from Jesus’ good example and from Adam’s disobedience?
1. As image bearers of God we are called to live a life that shows who He is. The hardest part of the Christian life is the Christian life. It is hard to live a life like Jesus did, sinless, selfless and obedient. But that is God’s desire for us. IN what areas do you work to look more like Jesus?
2. We are God’s helpers to do His work and be His hands in the work of spreading the Word and teaching others about Him. The church is called the bride of Christ. That means that we are to work together with Him for his kingdom. Are you doing anything to promote His kingdom? Used message
3. We all have responsibilities God gave us which in the case of Adam it was authority over the land and animals and to take care of those things. He got off focus. You have responsibilities in life, family, work, & school and God wants you to do certain things there.
When you start thinking to much of yourself you get off focus. If Adam’s focus was right he would have been right there to talk some sense into his wife and protect her from the deceit of Satan. Instead he was selfish and followed the lie as well. When we get selfish we get off focus. I can tell you the more you think of yourself the more miserable you will become. Remember we can find comfort in the fact that our spouse Jesus will never let us down so bring your responsibilities to Him.
4. Lastly we are not God, that means we have to answer to Him and go to Him with everything. Most of us live our lives as if we are in charge. Adam and Eve wanted to see things as God sees them, they wanted to be His equal. And we feel we deserve to know what He knows. We all have many questions that we all want answers to but the bible says Deut 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
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