Adam a Type of Christ

    "Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned, after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come," Ro 5:14.

    PARALLELS.

    I. Adam had no father but God; so Christ likewise had no father but God. They were both in an especial manner called the sons of God; the one by creation, the other by eternal generation.

    II. Adam was made heir of the world: Christ is heir of all things, not only of this world, but of that which is to come.

    III. Adam was a common or public person, representing all his seed, or natural offspring; hence his sin is charged upon his whole posterity; "By Adam's sin were many made sinners," &c., Ro 5:12,14. Christ, the second Adam, is a common or public person, representing all his true seed, or spiritual offspring: so that as Adam's sin was imputed to all his children, so is Christ's righteousness imputed to all his children, through faith, Ro 5:19.

    The first Adam merited death for his seed; the second Adam merited life for his seed.