Today marks the first Sunday of Lent, a time when we journey with Christ into death and are reborn through his resurrection. In Mark’s Gospel, one line tells us a dramatic story. “And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.” The early church fathers often used this scripture to compare Adam and his temptation in the garden, with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Paul often uses the terms first Adam and second Adam to describe their purpose in this story of redemption.
According to Robert Webber, “the first Adam did something to us. He brought sin, death, and condemnation and triggered the chain of events that brought ruin to the human family. But the second Adam did something for us. He reversed what the first Adam did, bringing life, righteousness, and justification and setting into motion a new chain of events that will eventually bring redemption to the whole world.”
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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber
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