Mike,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your reply. As I said earlier, more questions arise than answers. A brother pointed out:<\/p>\n

Mar 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees<\/u><\/strong>, walking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I didn’t have the clarity to even ask a question.<\/p>\n

The next question still deals with:<\/p>\n

Ecc 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event<\/u><\/strong> to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is this then the first Adam?:<\/p>\n

Eze 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
\nEze 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
\nEze 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all<\/u><\/strong> the trees<\/strong><\/u> of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied<\/strong> him<\/u>.
\nGen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life<\/strong> also in the midst of the garden<\/u>, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
\nEze 31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
\nEze 31:11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And is this then the last Adam – the Life Giving Spirit?:<\/p>\n

Rom 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences<\/u><\/strong> (envy being one of our many offences), and was raised again for our justification.
\nRev 22:2 In the midst of he street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life<\/u><\/strong>, which bare twelve mannerof fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
\nRev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life<\/u><\/strong>, and may enter in through the gates into the city.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope I was able to ask the question in a manner that is understandable.<\/p>\n

God bless you, your brother in Christ,
\nA____<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nHi A____,
\nThank you for your question.<\/p>\n

This is easy to answer because the answer is yes, you have correctly identified the first and the last Adams in scripture, except I would have emboldened “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” in listings the first Adam, and I would have placed “the tree of life” in the listings of the last Adam”.
\nThere is no way of getting to the tree of life without first partaking of “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. Here is what Paul says concerning the knowledge of good and evil.<\/p>\n

Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? [ Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is very interesting to note that the Greek word for ‘lust’ is the exact same as the word translated ‘covet’ in this verse.
\nSo “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” is merely an Old Testament type and shadow of the law of Moses, which is “not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient…”<\/p>\n

1Ti 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man<\/strong>, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Seeing men as trees” was intentional on the part of our Savior. He wants us to know that our sight comes to us “by little and little” as we drive out all the giants in our ‘land’.
\nI hope this is all of some edification for you. God bless you richly for all you do in His service.
\nYour brother in Christ,
\nMike<\/p>\n

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