Do you want to live forever? Personally, I have no interest in living forever in this physical decaying body and in this evil world, but the eternal life that The Bible talks about is perfect! We will get a new body and live in a new world that is completely free from evil, pain and suffering. We are all born physically from the seed of Adam, the first man, but Adam died and we will die also. BUT JESUS gives us a spiritual life of immortality – eternal life. Believe that Jesus is the Son of God who loves you so much He gave HIS LIFE as payment for your sins and rose from the dead so you could have eternal LIFE!

Adam gave us a physical LIFE of mortality

Key Bible Reference: Genesis 1-2

The Old Testament begins with the physical creation of our world and life.  Adam, the first human, was created about 4000 BC based on the genealogies and ages provided in the Bible.  Adam was formed from the dust of the earth and brought to life by the breath of God.  God later created Adam’s mate, Eve, from Adam’s rib and they had many children.  God gave them free will and they believed Satan’s lies instead of having faith in God, and ate from the TREE of knowledge of good and evil which is the law (Galatians 3:13).  The law brought death to all mankind because no one can obey perfectly and all sin ultimately results in death.  Adam died at the age of 930 and his mortal body returned to dust.

JESUS gives us a spiritual LIFE of immortality

Key Bible Reference: Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2

The New Testament begins with the human life of Jesus, the Christ.  He was born in AD1, however He existed spiritually as God prior to being born on earth as a baby (John 1:1,3,14).  Jesus was born to Mary, a Jewish virgin, who was supernaturally impregnated by the Holy Spirit, so His blood was not tainted with human sin. 

At the age of 33, Jesus shed His perfect blood on the cross, a TREE, to redeem mankind from the curse of death that resulted when Adam and Eve ate from the TREE of knowledge of good and evil.  Jesus rose from the dead 3 days later to show us that there is eternal life after death.  Jesus went back to Heaven from where He came and sat down on His throne because the payment for our sins was finished.   Have faith in Jesus, the TREE of Life, and eat from Him so your sins will be forgiven and you will have eternal life!

Connecting the Old & New Testament

Physical Mortal Life vs Spiritual Immortal Eternal Life

Adam represents mankind who was created in the image of God and formed from the dust of the Earth.  God breathed life into him, placed him in the Garden of Eden and created his wife, Eve.  They had a perfect relationship with God and had dominion over the earth until they disobeyed God’s one law not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Jesus is God who was created in the image of man by the Holy Spirit from Heaven.  He is both physical and spiritual.  Jesus became human to redeem us and restore our relationship with God that was damaged when Adam and Eve surrendered to temptation.  Thanks to Jesus we can eat from the Tree of Life and be born spiritually so we can live eternally with God.

The Bible sums up the difference between Adam and Jesus in 1 Corinthians 15:45-53. Adam was made from the dust of the earth and when he died, his body returned to the dust of the earth. Jesus came down from Heaven as a life-giving Spirit and He still lives in Heaven. If we accept His sacrifice on the cross as payment for our sins, He will give us eternal life. If we die physically, we will be raised from the dead, just like Jesus, and will get a new body. Our new body won’t have aches and pains or diseases and deformities. We will be perfect. We will live forever in paradise! If you reject Jesus, you will suffer eternally.

Believe that Jesus is the Son of God who loves you so much He gave HIS LIFE as payment for your sins and rose from the dead so you could have eternal LIFE!

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