Adam and Jesus: Sons of God

When Jesus was born, he wasn’t the first son of God. Adam was. In the Gospel of Luke’s genealogy, we read: Luk 3:38  …which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

That first son of God was a type or figure of Jesus, the eternal Son of God. We don’t have to look hard to see that. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Rom 5:14)

We are looking at 24 types of Christ found in the Old Testament. Here’s a closer look at Adam as the son of God. 

Old Testament

Notes

Gen 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 2:7  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen 1:27-28  (27)  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  (28)  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Adam was created in the image of God. Christ also was the image of God. Heb 1:2-3  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;  (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; The first Adam was earthy and sinned. The second Adam, Christ, was spiritual and took care of our sin, clearly explained as follows: 1Co 15:42-48  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption [Adam]; it is raised in incorruption [Christ]:  (43)  It is sown in dishonor [Adam]; it is raised in glory [Christ]: it is sown in weakness [Adam]; it is raised in power [Christ]:  (44)  It is sown a natural body [Adam]; it is raised a spiritual body[Christ]. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.  (45)  And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.  (46)  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual [Christ], but that which is natural [Adam]; and afterward that which is spiritual.  (47)  The first man is of the earth [Adam], earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.  (48)  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.    Now we, who have trusted Christ, are the sons of God, and we are spiritual. We are to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, making more sons of God. Joh 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.