GENESIS SERIES (3)
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12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.
14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.
19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Before there was Abraham… Before there was Moses… Before there was David… Before there were prophets, priests, kings, covenants, sacrifices, or temples…
There was a garden. There was a man. And there was a God who walked with him.
If you want to understand the gospel, you don’t start in Matthew. If you want to understand redemption, you don’t begin at the cross. If you want to understand Jesus, you must go all the way back to the beginning — to the first man, the first breath, the first relationship, the first command, the first failure, and the first promise.
Because the story of salvation doesn’t begin with sin. It begins with fellowship.
Humanity was created for one thing above all else: unbroken, unhindered, unashamed relationship with the Father.
Adam didn’t just wake up in a garden — he woke up in the presence of God. He didn’t just receive breath — he received fellowship. He didn’t just walk on the earth — he walked with God.
This is the part we often forget: The greatest tragedy of the fall was not the fruit. It was the loss of fellowship.
Sin didn’t just make us guilty — it made us distant. Sin didn’t just break a rule — it broke a relationship. Sin didn’t just bring death — it brought separation.
And from that moment on, the human story became a story of longing. A story of exile. A story of trying to get back to the presence we were created for.
Every sacrifice in the Old Testament… Every priest who entered the Holy Place… Every prophet who cried out for repentance… Every king who failed to rule righteously… Every covenant God made with His people…
All of it was pointing to one truth: Humanity cannot get back to the Father on its own.
We needed a way. We needed a mediator. We needed a representative. We needed a new head of a new humanity. We needed someone who could undo what Adam did and restore what Adam lost.
And then Jesus steps onto the scene and says something that shakes the universe:
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
He doesn’t say, “I am the way to heaven.” He says, “I am the way to the Father.”
Because the goal of salvation is not escape — it’s union. The goal is not a place — it’s a Person. The goal is not simply forgiveness — it’s fellowship.
And this is where the story comes full circle.
Paul looks back across the entire sweep of Scripture — from Genesis to the Gospels — and he sees something breathtaking:
The first man was a shadow. The first man was a pattern. The first man was a foreshadowing of the One who was to come.
14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
“Adam… is a type of the Coming One.”
Adam was the first picture. Jesus is the final portrait.
Adam was the beginning of humanity. Jesus is the beginning of a new humanity.
Adam was the first representative head. Jesus is the last representative head.
Adam brought death. Jesus brings life.
Adam lost fellowship. Jesus restores fellowship.
Adam closed the door. Jesus tore the veil.
Adam hid from God. Jesus brings us back to God.
Two men. Two stories. Two humanities. Two destinies.
And every person in this room is living in one of them.
Tonight, I want to show you why Adam is the first type of Christ… Why Jesus is called the “last Adam”… And why the entire gospel — the entire Bible — the entire human story — hinges on the contrast between these two men.
Because if you understand Adam… You will understand Christ. If you understand the fall… You will understand redemption. If you understand the first humanity… You will understand the new humanity God is forming in Christ.
And if you understand the first Adam… You will worship the last Adam. So let me explain what a type of Christ is or foreshadow.
A “type” of Christ is a person, object, or event in the Old Testament that acts like a preview, pattern, or shadow of who Jesus would be and what He would do.
Why God used types
In simple terms:
To prepare people for Jesus
To teach spiritual truths before Jesus arrived
To show continuity — one story, one Savior
To prove Jesus is the fulfillment, not a random figure
Types are God’s way of saying, “When My Son comes, you’ll recognize Him.”
Foreshadowing is when God gives clues, patterns, or echoes of Jesus before He comes.
It’s like the Old Testament is whispering:
“Someone greater is coming.”
The sacrifices whisper it.
The priests whisper it.
The kings whisper it.
The prophets shout it.
The stories hint at it.
The symbols point to it.
All of them say the same thing:
“Jesus is the One this whole story has been waiting for.”
1. ADAM AND CHRIST AS REPRESENTATIVE HEADS
Adam and Jesus are not just individuals — they are representative heads.
Adam represents fallen humanity.
Christ represents redeemed humanity.
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.
19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
“Just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.”
There is no neutral ground. You are either in Adam or in Christ.
In Adam → sin, death, separation In Christ → righteousness, life, reconciliation
This is not just theology — this is identity.
THE IMPUTATION PRINCIPLE — THE HEART OF HOLINESS
Adam’s guilt was imputed to us. Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us.
But holiness goes further:
If we fully believe that Adam’s sin nature was powerful and fully at work in us, then we must believe that Christ’s righteousness is just as powerful and fully at work in us.
Not just forgiven. Not just improved. Made new.
14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
“For sin shall no longer be your master…”
Adam’s failure explains your struggle. Christ’s victory explains your freedom.
What Adam did was credited to humanity; what Christ did is credited to believers.
So This is why I get so fired up about people saying and teaching that we can never break free from original sin and that we could never go one day or moment without a sinful word or a sinful thought or a sinful deed. If we fully embrace the sin nature and we give power to sin and believe what Adam did fully and that it's wholly at work in US then why is it not true that what Jesus did to free us from what Adam did doesn't add up it doesn't have the power to free us from that which is the same as saying the sin that Adam committed is stronger than the redemption that Christ paid for. At the very foundation of holiness are these two principles that Adam and eve brought on the fall of mankind which gave us a sinful nature from birth and then the Messiah the savior the son of God the son of man came and he lived the way Adam was supposed to live in perfection in fellowship with the father in submission to the father and he fulfilled the law for every person who gave their life to him which means that he set us free from original sin And then through his Holy Spirit enables us to continually break free of personal sin.
So what that means is that we're not just forgiven but made righteous and empowered to live holy.
The Garden vs. the Cross
• Adam failed in a perfect garden
• Christ succeeded in a fallen world
• Adam hid from God in the garden
• Christ sought God in the garden of Gethsemane
Where Adam said, in effect, “My will,” Christ said, “Not my will, but Yours.”
I don't know about you but the more we look at Adam and Jesus the more I'm seeing that Jesus lived with more power then Adam did and Adam was in a perfect garden walking and talking and living in the presence of God almighty so it seems to me that if I was going to embrace what Adam did or what Christ did it would be what Christ did and not just because that's the obvious choice but because Christ showed us that his righteousness it's powerful enough to break the yoke and the bandage of sin in a fallen world where as Adam brought sin on all of humanity in a perfect garden.
The Bride Connection
This is a beautiful typology:
• Adam’s bride (Eve) came from his side
• Christ’s bride (the Church) comes from His pierced side
Blood and water flowed from Christ—symbolizing the birth of the Church.
The Church is not just forgiven—it is formed from Christ and belongs wholly to Him.
Dominion Restored
• Adam was given dominion over creation but lost it through sin
• Christ restores dominion through redemption
• Not just positional restoration, but practical victory over sin
Romans 6:14
“For sin shall no longer be your master…
14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
What Dominion Adam Was Given
When God created Adam, He gave him real authority on the earth.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Authority to rule over creation
Authority to subdue the earth
Authority to cultivate and expand Eden
Authority to name (which in Hebrew culture implies rulership)
Authority to govern the created order under God’s kingship
Adam was meant to be:
God’s image-bearer
God’s representative king
God’s priest in the garden
God’s partner in extending Eden’s order to the whole earth
Adam was the first king-priest of creation.
2. What Dominion Adam Lost
When Adam sinned, he didn’t just lose innocence — he lost authority.
Here’s what Scripture shows Adam forfeited:
A. He lost spiritual authority
He handed over influence to the serpent. Humanity became enslaved to sin, death, and the powers of darkness.
B. He lost relational authority
Instead of ruling creation, creation began to rule him:
thorns
sweat
pain
decay
death
C. He lost priestly access
He was expelled from the garden — the place of God’s presence.
D. He lost the ability to extend Eden
Instead of expanding God’s order, he spread brokenness.
Adam didn’t just fall — he fell from dominion.
3. What It Means That Christ Restores Dominion
Christ doesn’t merely forgive sin — He reverses the fall and restores what Adam lost.
Here’s what dominion Christ restores:
A. Christ restores spiritual authority
Through His death and resurrection:
He crushes the serpent’s head
He disarms principalities and powers
He breaks the power of sin
He destroys the fear of death
This is why Jesus says:
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”
He takes back what Adam surrendered.
B. Christ restores relational authority
Where Adam was ruled by creation, Christ rules over creation.
storms obey Him
sickness flees
demons tremble
death submits
creation responds to His voice
He is the true King of creation.
C. Christ restores priestly access
The veil tears. The presence opens. The Father’s fellowship is restored.
Christ brings us back into the relationship Adam lost.
D. Christ restores the mission Adam failed
Adam was supposed to fill the earth with God’s glory. Christ actually accomplishes it.
Through the Church — His body — the Kingdom spreads to the ends of the earth.
4. What Dominion Means for Believers Today
This is where holiness and identity come alive.
Because Christ restores dominion, believers now walk in:
A. Dominion over sin
Romans 6:14 “Sin shall no longer be your master.”
You are not ruled by the flesh — you rule over it by the Spirit.
B. Dominion over the enemy
Luke 10:19 Authority over the power of the enemy — not by your strength, but by Christ’s.
C. Dominion in prayer
You pray as sons and daughters, not beggars. You stand in the authority of Christ’s name.
D. Dominion in purpose
You carry the mission Adam failed — to extend God’s Kingdom everywhere you go.
E. Dominion in identity
You are restored to your original calling:
image-bearer
priest
ambassador
co-laborer
Spirit-filled representative of God on earth
Christ restores you to the humanity Adam forfeited.
5. The Dominion Christ Restores Is Not Domination — It’s Representation
This is crucial.
Dominion is not:
control
coercion
ego
power over people
Dominion is:
living under God’s rule
exercising Christ’s authority
bringing God’s order into chaos
spreading God’s presence into the world
ruling creation, not people
representing the Father’s heart
It is Eden restored through Christ in us.
In One Sentence
Christ restores dominion by restoring humanity to its original calling — Spirit-empowered, God-governed, Father-connected image-bearers who extend His Kingdom on earth.
