Colossian 1 Corinthians 1-3
2. Undermines the Gospel
The New Testament clearly teaches that the reason for Jesus’ death and
Resurrection depends on the real historical events of Genesis 1–3, that
Death entered the creation through the sin of the first man:
“For since by a man came death, by a man also came the
Resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:21, 22; see also Romans
Jesus is called “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45) because he
Came to undo the work of the first Adam. He took upon Himself, in His
Body on the Cross, the Curse of death for the lost race of Adam (Galatians
3:13; Colossians 1:22).
Clearly, the teaching about the reason for Jesus’ death depends upon
The events in Genesis being …show more content…
Even if the similarity between man and
God could not be defined more precisely, the significance of
This statement of the nature of man for the understanding of
Biblical thought could not be over-emphasized. Man is the one
Godlike creature in all the created order. His nature is not understood if he is viewed merely as the most highly developed of
The animals, with which he shares the earth, nor is it perceived if he is seen as an infinitesimal being dwarfed by the enormous
Magnitude of the universe. By the doctrine of the image of
God, Genesis affirms the dignity and worth of man, and elevates
All men—not just kings or nobles—to the highest status conceivable,
Short of complete divinization.
There is perhaps in the doctrine of the 'image' a slight hint of the limitation of the status of mankind, in that the image is not itself the thing it represents and that the copy must in some
Respects be unlike its original.2 yet this limiting aspect of biblical
Anthropology is hardly to be recognized as an important
Element in the 'image' doctrine, which itself points unequivocally to the dignity and godlikeness of man. It is the …show more content…
It may also be true that Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Noah and other persons named in Genesis 1-11 were indeed historical figures whose names have been preserved in the folklore of ancient Israel; and many scholars believe that the story of the great flood in Genesis 6-8 is based upon the actual occurrence of a major deluge in the ancient Middle East (c. 4000 B.C.). But it is doubtful that God created the world and mankind in the precise manner depicted in Genesis 1-2, that the fall of the human race took place exactly as described in Genesis 3, that the stories of Noah and the flood (Gn 6-9) and of the Tower of Babel (Gn 11) are literally true in all of their details, and so on. Were we to accept every detail of Genesis 1-11 as literally true, we should be committing ourselves to the view that man made his appearance on earth only about 120 hours after the world was created; that daylight existed before the sun came into being (Gn 1:3-5, 14-19); that the universe is surrounded by water (1:6-8); that the universe is no more than six or seven thousand years old (a figure arrived at by tracing the various genealogies found
The New Testament clearly teaches that the reason for Jesus’ death and
Resurrection depends on the real historical events of Genesis 1–3, that
Death entered the creation through the sin of the first man:
“For since by a man came death, by a man also came the
Resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:21, 22; see also Romans
Jesus is called “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45) because he
Came to undo the work of the first Adam. He took upon Himself, in His
Body on the Cross, the Curse of death for the lost race of Adam (Galatians
3:13; Colossians 1:22).
Clearly, the teaching about the reason for Jesus’ death depends upon
The events in Genesis being …show more content…
Even if the similarity between man and
God could not be defined more precisely, the significance of
This statement of the nature of man for the understanding of
Biblical thought could not be over-emphasized. Man is the one
Godlike creature in all the created order. His nature is not understood if he is viewed merely as the most highly developed of
The animals, with which he shares the earth, nor is it perceived if he is seen as an infinitesimal being dwarfed by the enormous
Magnitude of the universe. By the doctrine of the image of
God, Genesis affirms the dignity and worth of man, and elevates
All men—not just kings or nobles—to the highest status conceivable,
Short of complete divinization.
There is perhaps in the doctrine of the 'image' a slight hint of the limitation of the status of mankind, in that the image is not itself the thing it represents and that the copy must in some
Respects be unlike its original.2 yet this limiting aspect of biblical
Anthropology is hardly to be recognized as an important
Element in the 'image' doctrine, which itself points unequivocally to the dignity and godlikeness of man. It is the …show more content…
It may also be true that Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Noah and other persons named in Genesis 1-11 were indeed historical figures whose names have been preserved in the folklore of ancient Israel; and many scholars believe that the story of the great flood in Genesis 6-8 is based upon the actual occurrence of a major deluge in the ancient Middle East (c. 4000 B.C.). But it is doubtful that God created the world and mankind in the precise manner depicted in Genesis 1-2, that the fall of the human race took place exactly as described in Genesis 3, that the stories of Noah and the flood (Gn 6-9) and of the Tower of Babel (Gn 11) are literally true in all of their details, and so on. Were we to accept every detail of Genesis 1-11 as literally true, we should be committing ourselves to the view that man made his appearance on earth only about 120 hours after the world was created; that daylight existed before the sun came into being (Gn 1:3-5, 14-19); that the universe is surrounded by water (1:6-8); that the universe is no more than six or seven thousand years old (a figure arrived at by tracing the various genealogies found