Death to Adam, Life to ChristAs many of us know today, as the Bible states, God created man, "formed him from dust and blew into his nostrils to bring him to life." life. He planted a garden in Eden and placed man there. God made every tree beautiful to look at and good to eat." (Nietzsche) Since the serpent had told 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, he imposes on Adam and Eve the knowledge of good and evil and now causes the risk of committing a sin against humanity. This is where the comparison between Adam and Jesus Christ comes into play 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 influencing the destiny of humanity is Adam, the second is Jesus Christ. Before Adam sinned, the earth was a paradise where nothing was corrupted. But when Adam disobeyed God, he dragged all creation into a spiral of sin brought a curse on all humanity. The only way God could solve the problem Adam created was to create a new race of men on the earth. That new race needed a founder, who was not cursed and contaminated by the sin of Adam, who was not born of an earthly father. The analogy between Adam and Christ is so close, so much so that Jesus is called the last Adam: "so it is written, the first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam a life-giving spirit." (1 Cor 15:45) Since both men filled such important roles, the parallel between the two is key. This explains such a high interest on the part of the founding fathers of the church and often still on the part of many current biblical scholars. Stanley Stowers, professor of religion at Brown University, is one of many modern researchers on biblical studies. In his book A Rereading Of Romans, Stowers describes and discusses his views on what he calls the "limited" analogy between Christ and Adam. He makes two main arguments regarding the relationship, the first of which is that the analogy can only work for the period of time between Adam and the enactment of the law..
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