Adam was the first man ever created by God. He was sent down to Earth and ultimately disobeyed God by eating the apple and acquiring knowledge and sin. Man was enslaved by sin from the very beginning. Christ was then sent down later on to relieve man of this slavery and sinful oppression. If Adam… Continue reading →

In Romans 5:12-21, Paul develops compares the figures of Adam and Christ to put emphasis on two things: how death and sin came into the world, and how the problem is overcome by Jesus. Adam was the first man to sin (along with his wife, Eve) which we read about in Genesis, at the beginning… Continue reading →