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Essay / Death by Adam Life by Christ - 1496
Death by Adam, life by ChristAs many of us know today as the Bible says, God created man, "he formed him of dust and breathed in his nostrils to bring him to life. He planted a garden in Eden and placed man there. God made every tree pleasant to the sight and good to eat (Nietzsche) For the serpent had said to. Eve that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would not harm her or Adam, they chose to eat from it, without listening to God's command By eating this fruit, it imposes the knowledge of good and evil. harm to Adam and Eve and now puts them at risk of committing a sin against humanity. This is where the comparison between Adam and Jesus Christ comes in, because it explains Adam's sin and how Jesus Christ. perhaps cursed humanity through Adam according to Nietzsche The Bible tells the story of two men who stand head and shoulders above all others. , in terms of their influence on the fate of humanity. The first is Adam, the second is Jesus Christ. Before Adam sinned, the earth was a paradise where nothing was corrupted. Things were as God wanted them. But when Adam disobeyed God, he led all creation into a downward spiral of sin and placed a curse on all humanity. The only way God could solve the problem Adam created was to create a new race of men on earth. This new race needed a founder who was not cursed or tainted by Adam's sin, who was not born of an earthly father. The analogy between Adam and Christ is so close that Jesus is called the last Adam: "thus it is written, the first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam a quickening spirit." (1 Cor 15:45) Because both men played such important roles, the parallel between the two is crucial. This therefore explains the great interest of the founding fathers of the Church and often still on the part of many biblical scholars today. Stanley Stowers, professor of religion at Brown University, is one of many modern scholars of biblical studies. In his book A Rereading Of Novels, Stowers describes and discusses his views on what he calls the "limited" analogy between Christ and Adam. He makes two major arguments regarding the relationship, the first being that the analogy can only work for the period between Adam and the giving of the law..