Cheryl Schatz

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There are 2 Scriptures that are interesting to see together:

Genesis 2:7 (NASB95)
7Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

and

1 Corinthians 15:45 (NASB95)
45So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

The first Adam “became a living soul” when God breathed into him.

The last Adam when He was incarnated “became a life-giving spirit”. This is one “in the flesh” who was the life-giver. The Greek term for life-giving is zoopoio which means to make life or sustain life. He is the one who gives life and who sustains life. Who is the one who walked with Adam and breathed life into him? Do you think that it is possible that Paul and the author of Hebrews saw this life-giver as the resurrected Christ? The one who’s death was said to be from before the foundation of the world? This is something to think about for sure.