Jesus The Second Man

• 1 Cor. 15:45 "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 첫 사람 아담

은 생령이 되었다 함과 같이 마지막 아담은 살려 주는 영

이 되었나니”

• 1 Cor. 15:47 "The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 첫 사람은 땅에

서 났으니 흙에 속한 자이거니와 둘째 사람은 하늘에서 나

셨느니라”

• the last Adam / the second man : not interchangeable

• Jesus had to be “the last Adam” before He could

be “the second Man.”

• The fallen race with its old, evil inheritance had to

be dealt with first before a brand-new race or new

creation can begin.

• By His death on the cross, Jesus, as “the last Adam,”

sealed off the whole evil inheritance from Adam.

• Then in His resurrection, He came forth as “the

second Man”—the head of a completely new race.

The picture of Jesus listed in logical order (Colossians 1:15-18)

1. He is the image of the invisible God (v. 15).

2. The firstborn over all creation (v. 15).

3. He is before all things (v. 17).

4. By Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him (v. 16).

5. in him all things hold together (v. 17).

6. He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead (v. 18).

7. He is the head of the body, the church (v. 18).

1. He is the image of the invisible God (v. 15).

• Jesus completely, accurately and perfectly shows

forth the likeness of God, who cannot be seen by

natural, human eyes.

2. The firstborn over all creation (v. 15).

• “Firstborn” does not mean being born of a woman.

• “First-begotten” is better translation because male begets.

• In scripture the word "only begotten“(독생자) is a term used for "unique" or "pre-eminence".

Isaac was called Abraham’s ONLY begotten son (Gen 22:2,16 your only son 네 독자 이삭), but Isaac was neither the first nor the last, nor the only, of Abraham’s sons, the term shows His pre-eminent status.

So when we say the ONLY BEGOTTEN of the Father --We know Christ is UNIQUE, the only way of salvation, the only name by which the human race can be saved. The only "door" God has opened by which we can enter heaven.

• Also, “firstborn” means “the first”, “the leader,” or

“the chief.”

• In Colossians 1:18 "And He [Christ] is the head of the

body, the church: who is the beginning, the

FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD: that in all things he might have the pre-eminence." 그는 몸인 교회의 머

리시라 그가 근본이시요 죽은 자들 가운데서 먼저 나신 이

시니 이는 친히 만물의 으뜸이 되려 하심이요

3. He is before all things (v. 17).

• Jesus eternally existed before all things.

• Proverbs 8:22-25

• John 8:58

4. By Him all things were created (v. 16)

• John 1:1-3

• “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

• He was with God in the beginning.

• Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”

• 태초에 말씀이 계시니라 이 말씀이 하나님과 함께 계셨으니 이 말씀은 곧 하나님이시니라

• 그가 태초에 하나님과 함께 계셨고

• 만물이 그로 말미암아 지은 바 되었으니 지은 것이 하나도그가 없이는 된 것이 없느니라

5. In him all things hold together (v. 17).

• Hebrew 1:3 “Who being the brightness of his glory,

and the express image of his person, and upholding

all things by the word of his power, when he had by

himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand

of the Majesty on high:”

• 이는 하나님의 영광의 광채시요 그 본체의 형상이시라 그

의 능력의 말씀으로 만물을 붙드시며 죄를 정결하게 하는

일을 하시고 높은 곳에 계신 지극히 크신 이의 우편에 앉

으셨느니라

6. He is the beginning and the firstborn from the dead (v. 18).

• By His resurrection, Jesus became the first-begotten

from the dead.

• By His resurrection, Jesus brought forth a new

creation—a new type of human race.

7. He is the head of the body, the church (v. 18).

• The body always follows the head. The Church, the

body of Christ, has followed Him through death and

resurrection…and in fact, is the result of his death

and resurrection.

Jesus is begotten of the dead• The historical records about the death and

resurrection of Jesus can easily be found in the New

Testament.

• But the real meaning of his death and resurrection

can only be found in the Old Testament.

• Messianic psalms

Psalm 2: a total picture of Jesus in His

eternal nature before His death and resurrection

• v1-3: the rejection of Jesus as the Messiah by the

human race

• v4-5: God the Father reverses man’s decision by His

own decree.

• v6: “set” in Hebrew means “anointed”…there is an

anointing in heaven.

• v7: Now is the Son speaking: how would God

overturn the foolish verdicts of man? Bu raising His

Son form the dead!

• v7: “Today I have begotten You”…What day is that?

• There is no day in the realm of eternity. So, the begetting here ⇒ the begetting from the dead—the

resurrection.

• Col. 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the

church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from

among the dead, so that in everything he might

have the supremacy.

• v8-9 The inheritance promised to Jesus.

• v10-12 Invitation to Jesus

Ps. 89:19-25• V26 The Son acknowledges the Father as His

“Father”, “God” and rock of His “salvation.” But how

did Jesus experience salvation? Here the salvation

of Jesus was in His resurrection!

• Heb. 5:7 During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he

offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and

tears to the one who could save him from death,

• 그는 육체에 계실 때에 자기를 죽음에서 능히 구원하실 이

에게 심한 통곡과 눈물로 간구와 소원을 올렸고

• V27: By that resurrection, God makes Jesus His

firstborn and ruler over the kings of the earth.

• So, Jesus became the firstborn from the dead…the

begotten of the dead.

• ⇒ Out of His death, something new came forth!

• The question: Was Jesus a Man temporarily or is He still

a Man today?

• 1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator

between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

• 하나님은 한 분이시요 또 하나님과 사람 사이에 중보자도

한 분이시니 곧 사람이신 그리스도 예수라

The New God-Man Race!• God brought forth a new God-man race into the

world…and Jesus Christ is the head, the chief—the

firstborn—of this new race!

• By identifying with Jesus in His death, burial and

resurrection, we enter into this new creation and

new race.

• 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a

new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 그런즉 누구든지 그리스도 안에 있으면 새로운 피조물이

라 이전 것은 지나갔으니 보라 새 것이 되었도다

• 1 Pet 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us

new birth into a living hope through the resurrection

of Jesus Christ from the dead,

• 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 아버지 하나님을 찬송하리로다

그의 많으신 긍휼대로 예수 그리스도를 죽은 자 가운데서

부활하게 하심으로 말미암아 우리를 거듭나게 하사 산 소

망이 있게 하시며

• Eph. 2:5-6 Our identification is not just with His death, burial and resurrection…but also the ascension in the spirit!

- We are made alive with Him.

- We are resurrected with Him.

- We are now seated with Him in the heavenly places.

- Do not treat yourself as if you are worthless before God anymore.

- You are not just a natural being…Christ is alive in you.