JARGON
BUSTER
EDEN
OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENTS
Biblically believed to be the
cradle of mankind and all living
creatures, a perfect paradise
an inviolate garden.
SIN
Any action or thought that
violates the laws or authority of
God.
THE FIRST ADAM
Adam: the first man. Adam
being (male) was created by
God in the garden of Eden
and is referred to in scriptures
as a living soul. The First Adam
therefore was the first human
comprising of body and soul.
THE LAST ADAM
Jesus, the Last Adam, restored
the first Adam’s fallen position
by atoning for his sin. He was
killed by crucifixion and buried
but rose triumphant over death,
sin and satan and appointed
by God to give eternal life to all
who call on Him.
Jesus, the life giving Spirit, ends
the first Adamic kind that was
cursed by sin to begin a new
kind born of the Spirit of God
and called the very children of
God.
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Old Testament just simply
means: A covenant between
God and the human race,
mainly Israel, given by God but
with promises for the human
race through Abraham.
New Testament means a new
covenant given by God to ALL
MANKIND and He did this by
sending His son Jesus.. The old
has now gone the New has
come.
Testament also means ‘ A Will’
so when a new will is made
out it makes any previous will
null and void. A last will and
Testament is also a covenant.
This New Covenant was written
in the blood of Jesus our Saviour
and Messiah.
So Old Testament is Old
Covenant…New Testament is
New Covenant. I must say at
this stage that there are many
promises of God and other
covenants contained within
the Holy Bible that we can
cover in further issues.
January - March 2016
THE FALL
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The Biblical view of the origin of
man and creation as recorded
in Genesis states that God
created the heaven and the
earth and mankind. Mankind
had the unique position of
responsibility over all creation
and direct fellowshipped with
God.
However, when sin entered the
world because of mankind’s
disobedience to God [sin]
we lost that position of being
in God's Holy presence and
being in direct fellowship with
Him. This is what is referred to
as the fall of man. Fallen man
therefore has no moral core
and is always driven by the
need to fulfil his sensual desires.
This human self centredness
has brought the World and our
planet to it's present state of
decline. It is nothing like it was
when God first created it.
God's plan to redeem us from
this fallen position is realised
through accepting His son, 'the
last Adam' Jesus Christ as our
Lord and Saviour through faith
[trustful obedience]. p
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