Rightly Dividing the Word

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1921. Excerpt: ... The Scriptures speak of two "Representative Men." The first is called "ADAM," the second is called the "LAST ADAM" (1 Cor. 15:45), or the "Second MAN," the "Lord from Heaven." 1 Cor. 15:47. This identifies Him with the Lord Jesus Christ. The "First Adam" is charged with bringing sin into the world. "By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. 5: 12.' The "Last Adam" came to reverse what the First Adam did, and to "put away sin." Heb. 9: 26. "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one: much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." Rom. 5: 17. To understand the Work of these two "Representative Men" we must study their history. I--THE FIRST ADAM. After the earth had been restored from its "formless and void" condition, and the air, sea, and earth been repopulated with bird, fish, and animal life, we read-- "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. So God created man in His OWN IMAGE, in the IMAGE OF GOD created He him; male and female created He them." Gen. 1:26-27. From this we see that man is a CREATED being. That he was made in the "IMAGE OF GOD," not in the image of an "Ape," and was formed not from a brute, but of the "dust of the earth." There is an "Impassable Gulf" between the lowest order of man and the highest type of beast that science has failed to bridge. The "Missing Link" has never been found. That the whole human race is of "One Species" and had a common origin (Acts 17:26) is clear from the fact that,...