Genesis 1:26-27,31 (Amplified) says, "God said, Let Us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), make mankind in Our Image (after Our Likeness), and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His Own Image, in the Image and Likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them."
God gave mankind the gifts of authority and dominion, at the beginning. Verse 31 goes on, "[God] saw everything He had made, and it was very good." God met every need that man would ever have for eternity, in the beginning. We read about the First Adam and the Last Adam, Jesus in 1Cointhians 45-48(Amplified), which says, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual); the Last Adam (Christ) became a Living Spirit (restoring the dead to Life); then the spiritual. The first man (Adam) is from the earth (earthy, made of dust); the second Man (Christ, the Lord) is from Heaven. As is the earthly man (the man of dust), so are those who are of earth, as is the Heavenly (Man), so are those who are of Heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the earthly (the man of dust), we will also bear the Image of the Heavenly (the Man of Heaven)." Do you suppose that the First Adam had more than the Last Adam? Everything that man would ever need after Jesus' Resurrection, was met in this Last Adam.
Adam was to pass the authority and Blessing that God gave him, to his descendants. Adam's children inherited what God Himself intended them to have, when He created mankind. This same inheritance held true, even unto Adam's fall from Grace in the Garden. The Blessing became a Curse, the authority became bondage and his life and abundance became death and lack. This was never God's intent for His children, so the Plan of Redemption was born in Genesis 3:15 (Amplified), where God tells satan, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel." God speaks about a new Offspring having the authority reinstated to the new Offspring and the new creation people, in 2Corinthians 5:17.
Sickness and disease came with the First Adam's fall and healing returned to the new creation people, by the stripes of Jesus, according to Isaiah 53. The Curse came through Adam, while the Blessing came with Jesus. Sin came with Adam and remission from sin, came through Jesus. Unrighteousness came with Adam, but the Gift of Righteousness and restoration came through Jesus. Satan became Adam's god. God has become our Father again, through Jesus. Fear came through Adam and faith came with Jesus. Loss came through Adam and eternal Life came to all who would accept it, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Authority was lost through Adam, Jesus gave us authority over all of satan's works, saying, "In My Name, you shall..." Destruction came with Adam and protection came with Jesus. Stress and the cares of the world, came with Adam. Peace and the lack of care and stress, came with Jesus.
We've somehow felt left out from what God's Intentions were for man, after Adam. The Truth is though, we're far better off than Adam was in the beginning. In His Resurrection, the Last Adam Jesus, made up for everything Adam lost. God's not only with us, but we now have God in us. We're not only in His Image, but we're one with Him, by the indwelling of His Spirit. We haven't just inherited the earth, but we're joint heirs with Jesus, in Heaven and earth. We bear His Name, His Likeness, His inheritance, His Righteousness and we're His brethren.
Jesus provided everything mankind needed in this world, just like God's Blessing provided for mankind under Adam. We've been elevated to a much higher place, by the Blood of Jesus. This isn't just for when we get to Heaven, because Heaven has now come to us. It's true that we are to believe and trust in God to keep His Word, but His Word has kept the universe in place, for all this time, so I think we can trust it. If God said it, then it is so. Carnal man has made excuses for things that didn't work for them. I don't think God needs our excuses, but we need to have Him excuse our unbelief.
Through the Holy Spirit, Paul instructs us in Colossians 1:9 (Amplified), "Be filled with the full, deep, clear knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom (in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God), and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things."
The Last Adam didn't fail to provide God's will and intention for His family, but we're the ones who failed to believe in it's sureness. Jesus is the Surety of this new covenant that was "cut" in the Very Blood of God Himself. Jesus is our Guarantee of the Promise and He can't fail in any part. We've only put faith in forgiveness of sin and the assurance of going to Heaven, when we die. These things are True, but it's far from what Jesus paid for, when He died on Calvary. This planet is still under the Curse, but we're Blessed of God and redeemed from the Curse, through Jesus. We can live Blessed in the earth, even while the Curse is still here.
Satan conned Adam from the authority God gave him, but Jesus has restored it to us, 100 fold. Even if we don't use it, we have authority over creation, including the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air and the (tame) beasts of the field. We have the delegated authority of the King of kinds and Lord of Lords, Jesus. We've been given power over sin and death, sickness and disease and the power of satan and his principalities over the earth. We've failed to understand our place with the Father in Jesus, but it's still there for the Church today. There's going to be a people who will enter into the Rest of Jesus' Finished Work and the world will see Jesus in all His glory, in these Last Days before Jesus' return.
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