Greetings Brian and all who love the Lord Jesus Christ;
<<< I think you are dead wrong in saying that... >>>
Let me begin by saying that when Adam was created God breathed into him the " breath of life ". This life is " chay " and is in the plural. This was probably due to the fact that when God breathed into mans body it became the " spirit " of man, but when the " spirit reacted with the body the soul was produced. Please note this life was a " CREATED " life , that is it had a beginning and had Adam not sinned and severed his communication with his Creator he would still be alive today. His human spirit before the Fall though " permanently existing " did not have " Eternal life " , that is the life that God is and that we receive when we are " born from above " by the Holy Spirit. Adam did not have this " Zoe " life , ( Eternal life ), or it is the " Uncreated life " that God is. God had planned for Adam to eat of the tree of life ( typifying " Eternal Life " ) , but when he chose the tree of knowledge instead , he plunged himself and all Mankind into " death ". We then notice that God places cherubim at each side of this " Tree of Life " because had Adam eaten of this after taking to himself this " sin nature " , it would have been impossible for man to be redeemed through the Lord Jesus Christ . He would have eternally remained in his fallen state. We believers at new birth receive " Gods own life, the Divine nature as typified by the tree of life. Adam never had this " Highest Life ", although had he not sinned he would be alive today. I have said very much in a few sentences. May I suggest a tremendous book on this topic written by a brother who loved not his own life unto death, His name is Watchman Nee, and the name of his Book is called " The Spiritual Man ". It is full of treasures from our Lord. We live under a better covenant built on better promises and I don't think we fully understand what Almighty God has done for us in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
<<< I do not find God's image in Man's Flesh. >>> Neither do I God is Spirit.
<<<I believe Adam was "Born-again" but his estate after the fall was much digressed from his original state.>>>
Impossible, those who have the Divine Nature or Uncreated life of God are Gods possession for eternity. I think once you see the the types of life we are discussing and what Adam had and what we ( believers now ) have , you will understand what I am labouring to say.
<<< I just can't see God creating Adam anything less than we the re-created Adams of the world..>>>
Adam never had " Eternal Life ", he had a life that would never end had he not sinned , but he never had the " uncreated life " that God us given us in His Son. He has given us much more than Adam.
This is getting long , will post more ……………………..May God Grant all to see what He has Done through His Son , our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ.…., Take care, Robert
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