Jesus, our Second Adam

I have been blessed lately in my studies as I have seen Christ clearly and beautifully in the opening chapters of the Bible. Here are the first and last paragraphs from a recent essay I wrote (just for my blog, not a class) on the subject of the Second Adam, particularly as found within the story of the first Adam. I hope it encourages you to love Christ for his covenant-keeping work on your behalf, you covenant breakers! (as we all are!)

(You might want to read the whole thing here.)

The theology of Jesus as the Second Adam, federal head and representative of the elect, is typically expounded from its most clear supporting text, Romans 5. Some would even argue that prior to the New Testament there is no biblical hint of a Second Adam theology. But, as I have been thinking and reading on this topic lately, I wish to propose that in the first proclamation of the Gospel in promise form, found in Genesis 3, there is already a strong Second Adam theology emerging.
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So we see that just as Adam was given the task of confronting and judging the dragon of old, so the seed of the woman who was to come would have the same task. He was to be like Adam in that he was, as One untainted himself by Adam's sin, to be given a similar probationary period. Upon his faithful obedience to the Father in forsaking and judging the apocryphal words of Satan, he would crush Satan's head and achieve the promised blessing of God's Sabbath rest. In this Seed, we too may enter the most-delightful Sabbath rest of our heavenly Father.