FROM ADAM'S MORTALITY TO JESUS' IMMORTALITY

1. From Adam's Mortality To Jesus' Immortality

a) When God first created Adam in the Garden of Eden, it was a perfect creation. But sin took away his perfection of eternal life. From immortality to mortality. The moment Adam sinned, he lost everything and worst still his body began to deteriorate.

b) Since then, Adam brought death to humanity. Our bodies will deteriorate and eventually return to the ground.

@1. Genesis 3:19 TLB
"[19] All your life you will sweat to master it, until your dying day. Then you will return to the ground from which you came. For you were made from the ground, and to the ground you will return."

c) Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ who came not only to die and take away our sins but also he has brought all that Adam had lost back to humanity.

@1. Romans 5:17-19 TLB
"[17] The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to be king over all, but all who will take God's gift of forgiveness and acquittal are kings of life because of this one man, Jesus Christ. [18] Yes, Adam's sin brought punishment to all, but Christ's righteousness makes men right with God, so that they can live. [19] Adam caused many to be sinners because he disobeyed God, and Christ caused many to be made acceptable to God because he obeyed."

d) That's why our perishable bodies are not the right kind to live forever.

@1. Corinthians 15:50 TLB
"[50] I tell you this, my brothers: an earthly body made of flesh and blood cannot get into God's Kingdom. These perishable bodies of ours are not the right kind to live forever."

e) That's why when rapture comes, our perishable bodies shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye. Then shall we meet the Lord in the clouds.

@1. 1 Corinthians 15:52-55 TLB
"[52] It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For there will be a trumpet blast from the sky, and all the Christians who have died will suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die; and then we who are still alive shall suddenly have new bodies too. [53] For our earthly bodies, the ones we have now that can die, must be transformed into heavenly bodies that cannot perish but will live forever. 

[54] When this happens, then at last this Scripture will come true-"Death is swallowed up in victory." [55] O death, where then your victory? Where then your sting? For sin-the sting that causes death-will all be gone; and the law, which reveals our sins, will no longer be our judge."