I Corinthians 15:45,47, "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." "The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven."

This morning, many do not like the representation that they have. Every few years, people that are elected to office are replaced with others as the representative has not represented his precinct to their satisfaction. Sometimes, the representation is radically different than promised during the campaigning. However, the representation that the Holy Scriptures teach is out of man's hands today. There are no elections to determine how we are represented in the sight of the Almighty as that has already taken place. In one case, our representation failed in the worst way, and in another case, our representation succeeded beyond what any of us can possibly fathom!

In these two verses, Paul is talking about the two and ONLY two people that have ever represented a child of God. In the case of the non-elect, only one person ever represented them. It is important to look at the words that are used to describe Adam and Christ. Adam is called the first man or the first Adam. This means that there was no man before him. The words that describe Christ are the last Adam and the second man. Therefore, looking at the descriptive words of Christ, we see that NOBODY could have represented us between Adam and Christ. To do so, they would have to have been the 1.5 man or some other ridiculous fraction.

Also, since Christ is the last Adam, there is nobody coming after to do any more representing. The reason this is so vitally important is that this doctrine of representation is complete in these two persons. There was no lower place that man could be afterAdam's fall. When he transgressed God's holy law, he brought all of His posterity as far down into the miry pit as could be. This fall was lower than our minds can fathom as there is no limit to man's depravity.

The second (and last) representation was complete for those that Christ loved. There was not an object of His love (from eternity past) that He did not redeem to God. Everyone for whom Christ loved is everyone for whom Christ died. Everyone for whom Christ died is everyone that came out of the grave with Him, and some sweet day, all those beloved children will bewith Him in glory. Now, to the person that cries, "Unfair, unfair" to being represented in Adam (since they had no causative action in it), why does no one cry, "Unfair, unfair" to the suffering of the Perfect and Just One? Had I been in the garden, I would imagine that I would fall as Adam did. However, I know that no matter how many chances given would I have ever been able to do what Christ did. Also, to be represented in Adam, one must be a relation. Since we are all naturally related to Adam, we all fell. Likewise, to be represented in Christ, one must be a relation. So, Christ died for His brethren, and man has not the right to say anything against the Perfect One that saved us from something that we cannot fully comprehend to a state that we cannot fully understand here below. Therefore, knowing these things, what manner of persons ought we to be looking for and hastening unto the coming of our Glorious Saviour and Redeemer?