Could the last Adam have started in the Garden of Eden, but then we lost it with the spiritual death of original sin? Did Jesus's resurrection give man the option to be spiritual again? To give us the door to open to Him?
lol.
How much do I have to pay people on this thread to stop quoting my posts?
30 pieces of silver?
Seriously, I've been trying my best to stay out of this thread, and I have no idea what others have been saying here because I haven't been reading any posts.
That said, although I have no idea whatsoever as to what might have prompted your question or where you're headed with it, I will quickly address something about "the last Adam" that you mentioned.
We read:
I Corinthians chapter 15
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35] But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
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36] Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
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37] And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
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38] But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
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39] All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
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40] There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
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41] There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
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42] So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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43] It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
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44] It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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45] And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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46] Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
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47] The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
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48] As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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49] And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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50] Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
The obvious context of what Paul is talking about here is the resurrection of the dead.
Christians who have earthly bodies shall one day have them replaced with heavenly bodies.
In this context, Paul mentions two Adams:
1. "The first man Adam" (vs. 45) or "the first man" who "is of the earth, earthy" (vs. 47).
2. "The last Adam" (vs. 45) or "the second man" who "is the Lord from heaven" (vs. 47).
He does this, contextually, because as Christians have borne earthy bodies like "the first Adam", they will one day bear heavenly bodies like "the last Adam".
Notice, however, that Jesus is called "the second man" (vs. 47).
"The second man"?
How can this be when there have been countless other men between the time of "the first Adam" and "the last Adam"?
Well, Paul explained that earlier in this same chapter, when he said:
I Corinthians chapter 15
21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
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22] For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Seeing how, in God's eyes, "IN ADAM ALL DIE", Christ can rightly be called "the second man" (vs. 47) in that he was born of a virgin who was overshadowed by the Holy Ghost.
Anyhow, that is my understanding.
What does any of this have to do with what you're presently discussing?
I don't know because I haven't been following this thread nor do I intend to.
Anyhow, in answer to your question, assuming that I'm even properly understanding it without any knowledge of what's currently being discussed here, "NO", the last Adam could not have started in the garden of Eden.
Jesus became "the last Adam" at his incarnation when he also became "the second man".
Seriously, I've already told you (pittsburghjoe) multiple times that I deem your stated beliefs here as being antibiblical and off the wall, so please stop asking me questions.
Thank you.
