condemn us all. But it also meant that it would
take only one man's righteousness to redeem
us. It established the legal right and authority
for a future "sinless man" (Jesus) to restore
everything that Adam and Eve would lose—
including the tree of life.
You see, in blocking mankind's access to that
tree, God preserved it for our future (Revelation
2:7, 22:14). He sealed for us the Eden Covenant
and pointed to the time when, on another tree,
God would save His people. The time when
Jesus, the promised Seed, the Second and last
Adam, would be crucifi ed on a tree, taking upon
Himself the curse for our sins (Galatians 3:13).
God established at the very outset of Creation
that our Redemption would come through a
tree! From the beginning, He has given us great
hope for our future (Jeremiah 29:11).
He even embedded that hope in the name
Adam. Given by God to the fi rst members of
His earthly family, Adam is a neutral word
which applied to both the fi rst man and woman.
As we've already seen, it means "human" or,
literally, "red earth."
In ancient Hebrew, however, which consists
of symbols that look more like pictures than
letters, the name conveys a deeper meaning.
Its spelling includes a series of symbols
representing an ox (meaning strong leader), a
door (meaning a pathway), and water (meaning
life or death). Put all those together and Adam
translates as "the strong leader that opens the
doorway that leads to life or death."
Add in the fact that the symbol for water also
represents Adam's blood and the translation of
Adam's name becomes even more astounding.
It becomes: The strong leader who opens the
doorway that leads to life or death by his blood!
Amazingly, those symbols that make up
Adam's name paint a picture of the plan of
Redemption. They reveal God's intended
purpose from the very start. They point us
toward Jesus, our Redeemer, who is referred
to throughout Scripture as the Second Adam (1
Corinthians 15:45-50).
From the beginning of time, the First Adam
was pointing to the Second Adam—Jesus, our
"Strong Leader who opens the doorway that
leads to life or death by His blood!"
The words of the Eden Covenant have
stood throughout human history. Despite
the seemingly insurmountable contradiction to it,
its words, like all God's words, will stand forever,
until the Garden of Eden fi lls the earth.
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