July 17, 2025 • 17 mins
The first man, filled with untapped potential to subdue the world and cultivate God’s perfect will… Adam represents all of us. Teeming with potential, but hindered by pride. But where Adam failed, Jesus prevailed.
Today's Bible verse is 1 Corinthians 15:22, from the King James Version.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let us pray for as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive. First Corinthians
fifteen twenty two. Dear Lord, you are the author of life.
The closer we are to You, the closer we are
to truly living. Sometimes I can get caught up in
(00:22):
patterns of brokenness and sin. This is the old me,
the pattern said by Adam and Eve. I do not
want to follow in their footsteps by rebelling against you.
I want to walk the path of Christ and be
led by the spirit to resist temptation and live a
life of purpose. Empower me, Lord, and may your kindness
(00:43):
continually lead me to repentance in Jesus's name. Amen, thank
you for praying with me to day. Stay tuned now
for another episode of Stories of the Messiah with Rabbi Schneider.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
The voice that spoke earth and sea into existence? Called
out to him, and instead of feeling comforted, he felt terrified.
Adam's legs shook and he immediately ran through the forest
to escape his creator. Shame is what drove him away.
Shame is what caused him to flee like a deer
from a lion. Adam no longer felt safe. Whatever greatness
(01:31):
he was destined for dissipated, he leaped into the bushes
and curled into a ball. He covered his ears, unable
to escape the resounding voice booming from the trees.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Welcome to the Jesus Podcast. I'm Ethan with pray dot Com,
here to guide you through an epic adventure through the
Old and New Testament. We aim to behold the greatness
of Jesus interwoven into the fabric of scripture. This new
mini series will showcase cinematic retellings of the most prominent
(02:09):
heroes of the Bible. Will listen to the highs and
lows of their lives and then unpack what they mean. Together.
As we dive into their stories, we'll discover one abiding
and never ending truth. Jesus is the greatest hero of all. Noah, Moses, David,
(02:30):
and Daniel are but fractured images of the long awaited Messiah,
Jesus Christ. Today's episode begins well at the beginning. God
formed Adam and Eve and gave them a purpose to
partner with him in unity, to tend to creation and
multiply on the earth to fill it with God's image bearers.
(02:53):
But God gave Adam and Eve a choice. They could
follow in his ways or seize autonomy and lived for themselves.
The choice was tempting, and an enemy lurking in the
shadows made it all the more enticing. Let's jump into
the story of Genesis three, when Adam and Eve made
a strange creature seeking to lure them away from God.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
The morning was enveloped with a refreshing coolness. The forest
mist carried different scents of wild berries and blooming flowers.
As Adam and Eve walked in the garden, something caught
Eve's eye near the forbidden tree.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
She approached it slowly.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
All the while admiring its mesmerizing beauty. Its fruit was gorgeous,
perfectly ripe for the picking. Eve's head cocked to the
side as she scanned the tree. Coiled around the trunk
was a brilliantly colored serpent. Eve wasn't afraid, she didn't yet.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Know how to fear.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Instead, she approached the snake and innocently gazed.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Up at it.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
What are you, she asked.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
The creature responded with an indecipherable hiss. His voice was
like the echoes of a thousand whispers. Eve watched as
the serpent's body slithered up the trunk and into the leaves,
then slowly and methodically, its head emerged from the top.
His eyes were filled with cunning and deceit. His long
(04:19):
tail draped over the branches and caressed the fruit. Did
God really say you couldn't eat any fruit in this garden,
the serpent asked, innocently, masking his sinister and crafty plot.
Eve furrowed her brow. No, we can eat of every
tree except this one. We can't even touch this tree,
(04:41):
or we will die. The serpent scoffed, Ah, you will
not surely die. The Creator knows that if you ate
this fruit, your eyes would be opened, and you would.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Be like him.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
The serpent coiled his tail around one of the branches
and bent it closer to Eve. She looked at it
for a long long while, pondering the serpent's words. Adam
had caught up to Eve and watched her from a distance.
He inched his way forward, silently.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Enticed by the serpent's.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Words, Eve looked at Adam, then back at the fruit.
She raised her hand and touched the fruit. Nothing happened.
She didn't die when she felt it. It must have
been a lie, after all.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
She whispered.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Deception and doubt coiled around her heart. She plucked the
fruit from the tree and held it.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
In her palm. I can be like God, she whispered.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Then, as a decisive act to claim autonomy from her creator,
Eve took a bite of the fruit. Dark red juices
dripped out her chin and hands.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It was the sweetest fruit she had ever tasted.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
She did not realize that the bitterness would come afterward.
She looked back at her husband, who was meant to
care for her soul and help he live in God's will.
She held the fruit up to him. It's delicious, she said,
with a crimson stained smile. Taste and see for yourself.
Adam approached Eve then peered up the serpent. He gently
raised the fruit to his lips and took a bite.
(06:04):
Adam knew what he was doing. God had made himself clear.
This was a deliberate act to be like God. They
had been deceived into thinking God was holding back from them,
and perhaps something better awaited them if they separated themselves
from him.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
They were tragically mistaken.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
It came shortly after he ate it. It felt like
a tightened grip on Adam's heart as something invisible was
squeezing the divinity from him. What followed was the immediate
feeling of overwhelming and soul crushing shame. Adam didn't just
feel naked, He felt vulnerable. He looked at his bride
and saw the same terror and sadness in her eyes.
(06:41):
They cowered from each other, taking leaves from nearby trees
and wrapping them around themselves. They didn't want to be exposed.
They no longer felt naked and unashamed. There was another distance.
They felt, a distance between them and the one who
had fashioned them. God's presence used to feel just as
close as their own heartbeats, but now they didn't quite
(07:03):
know where he was. Until Adam heard the gentle whisper
echo within forest.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
The voice that spoke earth and see into existence, called
out to him, and instead of feeling comforted.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He felt terrified.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Adam's legs shook and he immediately ran through the forest
to escape his creator him. Shame is what drove him away.
Shame is what caused him to flee, like a deer
from a lion. Adam no longer felt safe, but ever greatness.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
He was destined for a dissipating.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
He leapt into the bushes and curled up into a ball.
He covered his ears, unable to escape the resounding voice
booming from the trees.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Adam's chest was heavy, his whole body shook in fear.
He knew there was no escaping God's gaze. He raised
his head from the bushes and replied, here I am.
Adam emerged from his hiding place. He looked at Eve.
Fear had overtaken her as well. I heard a sound approaching,
and I became afraid because I'm naked and vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Who told you that you were naked?
Speaker 3 (08:09):
God replied, But he knew the answer. He had seen
it all. In an attempt to draw repentance out of
his image bearers, God asked, did you eat the fruit
I commanded you not to eat? Adam was faced with
another challenge of character. Would he bow before God and
beg for forgiveness or would he choose the cowardly way out.
With a mouselike voice, he pointed to Eve and said,
(08:31):
the woman that you gave me offered me the fruit,
and there it was betrayal. Adam was supposed to be
Eve's covering and lover, but Sin had already sunk its
teeth into him. Rather than take responsibility, he passed it on.
God turned to Eve. Disappointment and sorrow were in the air.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Eve, What have you done? He whispered.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Eve's knees crumbled, and she looked up at the branches.
The serpent hid in the tree shadows. The serpent to me,
she said, with a frantic voice. The Lord's power howled
like a mighty wind and shook the tree. The serpent
fell to the ground and writhed in pain. The Lord's
voice descended upon the enemy and declared.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Because you have done this curse it are you. You
shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I will put enmity between.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
You and the woman, between your offspring and hers. A
sun will be borne from her, and he will crush
your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
God turned to Adam and Eve and proclaimed curses over them.
Childbirth would be painful, and tending the ground would be arduous.
The land would no longer yield food easily. Then the
two were banished from the garden so they would not
seize the tree of life and live eternally in.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Sin and shame.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
God slew an animal and clothed them, And the rest
of the days was spent pining after Paradise. Yet there
was still hope, a promise of a future son who
would cry the head of the serpent.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
The tragedy of Adam and Eve matches our own. They
gave into temptation and chose a path apart from God.
We too find ourselves east of Eden, pining after Paradise again,
but hindered by our sin. We search for Eden everywhere, relationships, substances, careers,
(10:27):
and technology. But they all fall short, don't they. These
false Edens never give us what they promise, and the
pain of separation from God only grows within us. Adam
and Eve fell for the serpents, lie that they could
be like God. They thought they could be masters of
(10:49):
their own destinies. They were gravely mistaken. It's easy for
all of us to fall into this trap, isn't it.
We want to be the masters of our own lives
and seize control over God. Yet every attempt only draws
us further away from Paradise. But hidden within this tale
(11:10):
of tragedy is a kernel of hope, a whisper of redemption?
Did you notice it? God promised that one day Adam
and Eve's son would crush the serpent's head. This was
the first prophecy of a promised hero greater than Adam.
(11:30):
As generations passed, mankind continually gave into the same temptation
as Adam and Eve. Humanity descended further into darkness, struggling
to return to God. But then one day a new
figure appeared in Israel, proclaiming truth, love, and unity with God.
The serpent would visit this hero just like he did
(11:52):
with Adam and Eve. He wanted to draw him away
from his purpose. Would this new hero give it? Like
his forefather Adam? Let's look together.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
The midday sun shone harshly upon the barren wilderness. Jesus,
prompted by the Holy Spirit, trod alone, his silhouette, casting
a long shadow across the sands. He'd been fasting alone
in the wilderness for forty days, and the hunger nodded
his stomach. Suddenly, the wind picked up again, carrying a cold,
unsettling presence. Jesus paused i scanning the dunes until they
(12:30):
rested on a figure slithering from dried out trees. His
eyes filled with cunning and deceit reflected the relentless sun.
He spoke with an indecipherable hiss. His voice was like
the echoes of a thousand whispers. If you are the
son of God, the devil began a small, cruel smile,
(12:52):
playing at his lips. Command the stone to become bred,
the devil gestured at a desolate rock, it hardened and
weathered by the elements. Jesus met the devil's gaze with
quiet strength. He glanced at the rock, but made no
move towards it. Man shall not live by bread alone,
(13:12):
he quoted, his voice, carrying authority despite his apparent physical weakness. Undeterred,
the devil raised his hand and the arid desert transformed
into a mountain top, revealing all the kingdoms of the
world bathed in the twilight. All this authority and their
glory can be yours. The devil proposed, his voice hissing
(13:33):
across the landscape. All you need to do his worship
me again. Jesus stood unyielding. You shall worship the Lord,
your God, and him alone shall you serve. He retorted
with a swift gesture. They were transported atop the pinnacle
of the Temple and Jerusalem. Persistent in his temptation, the
(13:54):
devil quoted Scripture, using it.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
As a weapon.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
If you are the son of God, throw yourself down
from here, for it is written that God will command
his angels to guard you, and on their hands they
will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against
a stone. Jesus remained unswayed by the devil's theatrics. His
voice was firm and unyielding as he counted it is said,
(14:20):
you shall not put the Lord, your God to the test.
The devil fell silent, his dark eyes narrowing as he
scrutinized Jesus. He did not have the sway with Jesus
as he once did with the ancestors of old. He
stepped back, then without a word, vanished. Now a gentle breeze,
the wind carried the devil's defeated energy away as it
(14:43):
swept over the land. He would return, But Jesus, filled
with the Holy Spirit, remained steadfast, ready to resist his
cunning temptations and crush his head under his heel.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
Where Adam and Eve failed, Jesus succeeded. He did not
give in to the temptation of the serpent. Instead, Jesus
brought the perfect will of God to the earth. He
tended to the herding and broken. He spoke truth to
the souls of men and women. And finally, after living
a perfect life, he set his eyes toward the serpent,
(15:20):
seeking to crush his head. But just as the prophecy foretold,
he would not defeat the serpent without first being bruised.
He was crucified to rid humanity of sin and shame.
He endured the cross with joy to undo what Adam
did long ago. He did what Adam failed to do.
(15:42):
He chose the providential path toward peace with God, even
if it meant suffering. In his Letter to the Corinthians,
Paul describes Adam as the first man who represents the
old Us, caught up in sin, shame, and brokenness. Yet
Jesus is the second man who overcame sin, death and chaos.
(16:05):
Adam brought death, but Jesus brought life because he rows
above evil instead of succumbing to it. Those who haven't
trusted in Jesus share Adam's fate. Doomed to walk the
path east of Eden, always searching for paradise, but never
attaining it. However, anyone who trusts Jesus gets to share
(16:28):
in his victory over sin, shame, and darkness. They get
to be ushered into Heaven, the restored Eden. Have you
been living in the pattern of the first Man, Adam?
Have you tried repeatedly to find purpose in unity with
God but failed? I have good news for you. The
(16:51):
second Man is greater than the first. Jesus is the
greater Atam. Thank you for joining me today on this journey.
Join us next time as we go forward one generation
to Adam's sons, Cain and Abel. We'll go through the
tragedy of Abel's life and the corruption of Cain's heart
(17:13):
to see that Jesus is the greater Cain.
Let us pray for as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive. First Corinthians
fifteen twenty two. Dear Lord, you are the author of life.
The closer we are to You, the closer we are
to truly living. Sometimes I can get caught up in
(00:22):
patterns of brokenness and sin. This is the old me,
the pattern said by Adam and Eve. I do not
want to follow in their footsteps by rebelling against you.
I want to walk the path of Christ and be
led by the spirit to resist temptation and live a
life of purpose. Empower me, Lord, and may your kindness
(00:43):
continually lead me to repentance in Jesus's name. Amen, thank
you for praying with me to day. Stay tuned now
for another episode of Stories of the Messiah with Rabbi Schneider.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
The voice that spoke earth and sea into existence? Called
out to him, and instead of feeling comforted, he felt terrified.
Adam's legs shook and he immediately ran through the forest
to escape his creator. Shame is what drove him away.
Shame is what caused him to flee like a deer
from a lion. Adam no longer felt safe. Whatever greatness
(01:31):
he was destined for dissipated, he leaped into the bushes
and curled into a ball. He covered his ears, unable
to escape the resounding voice booming from the trees.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Welcome to the Jesus Podcast. I'm Ethan with pray dot Com,
here to guide you through an epic adventure through the
Old and New Testament. We aim to behold the greatness
of Jesus interwoven into the fabric of scripture. This new
mini series will showcase cinematic retellings of the most prominent
(02:09):
heroes of the Bible. Will listen to the highs and
lows of their lives and then unpack what they mean. Together.
As we dive into their stories, we'll discover one abiding
and never ending truth. Jesus is the greatest hero of all. Noah, Moses, David,
(02:30):
and Daniel are but fractured images of the long awaited Messiah,
Jesus Christ. Today's episode begins well at the beginning. God
formed Adam and Eve and gave them a purpose to
partner with him in unity, to tend to creation and
multiply on the earth to fill it with God's image bearers.
(02:53):
But God gave Adam and Eve a choice. They could
follow in his ways or seize autonomy and lived for themselves.
The choice was tempting, and an enemy lurking in the
shadows made it all the more enticing. Let's jump into
the story of Genesis three, when Adam and Eve made
a strange creature seeking to lure them away from God.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
The morning was enveloped with a refreshing coolness. The forest
mist carried different scents of wild berries and blooming flowers.
As Adam and Eve walked in the garden, something caught
Eve's eye near the forbidden tree.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
She approached it slowly.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
All the while admiring its mesmerizing beauty. Its fruit was gorgeous,
perfectly ripe for the picking. Eve's head cocked to the
side as she scanned the tree. Coiled around the trunk
was a brilliantly colored serpent. Eve wasn't afraid, she didn't yet.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Know how to fear.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Instead, she approached the snake and innocently gazed.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Up at it.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
What are you, she asked.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
The creature responded with an indecipherable hiss. His voice was
like the echoes of a thousand whispers. Eve watched as
the serpent's body slithered up the trunk and into the leaves,
then slowly and methodically, its head emerged from the top.
His eyes were filled with cunning and deceit. His long
(04:19):
tail draped over the branches and caressed the fruit. Did
God really say you couldn't eat any fruit in this garden,
the serpent asked, innocently, masking his sinister and crafty plot.
Eve furrowed her brow. No, we can eat of every
tree except this one. We can't even touch this tree,
(04:41):
or we will die. The serpent scoffed, Ah, you will
not surely die. The Creator knows that if you ate
this fruit, your eyes would be opened, and you would.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Be like him.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
The serpent coiled his tail around one of the branches
and bent it closer to Eve. She looked at it
for a long long while, pondering the serpent's words. Adam
had caught up to Eve and watched her from a distance.
He inched his way forward, silently.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Enticed by the serpent's.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Words, Eve looked at Adam, then back at the fruit.
She raised her hand and touched the fruit. Nothing happened.
She didn't die when she felt it. It must have
been a lie, after all.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
She whispered.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Deception and doubt coiled around her heart. She plucked the
fruit from the tree and held it.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
In her palm. I can be like God, she whispered.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Then, as a decisive act to claim autonomy from her creator,
Eve took a bite of the fruit. Dark red juices
dripped out her chin and hands.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It was the sweetest fruit she had ever tasted.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
She did not realize that the bitterness would come afterward.
She looked back at her husband, who was meant to
care for her soul and help he live in God's will.
She held the fruit up to him. It's delicious, she said,
with a crimson stained smile. Taste and see for yourself.
Adam approached Eve then peered up the serpent. He gently
raised the fruit to his lips and took a bite.
(06:04):
Adam knew what he was doing. God had made himself clear.
This was a deliberate act to be like God. They
had been deceived into thinking God was holding back from them,
and perhaps something better awaited them if they separated themselves
from him.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
They were tragically mistaken.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
It came shortly after he ate it. It felt like
a tightened grip on Adam's heart as something invisible was
squeezing the divinity from him. What followed was the immediate
feeling of overwhelming and soul crushing shame. Adam didn't just
feel naked, He felt vulnerable. He looked at his bride
and saw the same terror and sadness in her eyes.
(06:41):
They cowered from each other, taking leaves from nearby trees
and wrapping them around themselves. They didn't want to be exposed.
They no longer felt naked and unashamed. There was another distance.
They felt, a distance between them and the one who
had fashioned them. God's presence used to feel just as
close as their own heartbeats, but now they didn't quite
(07:03):
know where he was. Until Adam heard the gentle whisper
echo within forest.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
The voice that spoke earth and see into existence, called
out to him, and instead of feeling comforted.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
He felt terrified.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Adam's legs shook and he immediately ran through the forest
to escape his creator him. Shame is what drove him away.
Shame is what caused him to flee, like a deer
from a lion. Adam no longer felt safe, but ever greatness.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
He was destined for a dissipating.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
He leapt into the bushes and curled up into a ball.
He covered his ears, unable to escape the resounding voice
booming from the trees.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Adam, where are you?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Adam's chest was heavy, his whole body shook in fear.
He knew there was no escaping God's gaze. He raised
his head from the bushes and replied, here I am.
Adam emerged from his hiding place. He looked at Eve.
Fear had overtaken her as well. I heard a sound approaching,
and I became afraid because I'm naked and vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Who told you that you were naked?
Speaker 3 (08:09):
God replied, But he knew the answer. He had seen
it all. In an attempt to draw repentance out of
his image bearers, God asked, did you eat the fruit
I commanded you not to eat? Adam was faced with
another challenge of character. Would he bow before God and
beg for forgiveness or would he choose the cowardly way out.
With a mouselike voice, he pointed to Eve and said,
(08:31):
the woman that you gave me offered me the fruit,
and there it was betrayal. Adam was supposed to be
Eve's covering and lover, but Sin had already sunk its
teeth into him. Rather than take responsibility, he passed it on.
God turned to Eve. Disappointment and sorrow were in the air.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Eve, What have you done? He whispered.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Eve's knees crumbled, and she looked up at the branches.
The serpent hid in the tree shadows. The serpent to me,
she said, with a frantic voice. The Lord's power howled
like a mighty wind and shook the tree. The serpent
fell to the ground and writhed in pain. The Lord's
voice descended upon the enemy and declared.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Because you have done this curse it are you. You
shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I will put enmity between.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
You and the woman, between your offspring and hers. A
sun will be borne from her, and he will crush
your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
God turned to Adam and Eve and proclaimed curses over them.
Childbirth would be painful, and tending the ground would be arduous.
The land would no longer yield food easily. Then the
two were banished from the garden so they would not
seize the tree of life and live eternally in.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Sin and shame.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
God slew an animal and clothed them, And the rest
of the days was spent pining after Paradise. Yet there
was still hope, a promise of a future son who
would cry the head of the serpent.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
The tragedy of Adam and Eve matches our own. They
gave into temptation and chose a path apart from God.
We too find ourselves east of Eden, pining after Paradise again,
but hindered by our sin. We search for Eden everywhere, relationships, substances, careers,
(10:27):
and technology. But they all fall short, don't they. These
false Edens never give us what they promise, and the
pain of separation from God only grows within us. Adam
and Eve fell for the serpents, lie that they could
be like God. They thought they could be masters of
(10:49):
their own destinies. They were gravely mistaken. It's easy for
all of us to fall into this trap, isn't it.
We want to be the masters of our own lives
and seize control over God. Yet every attempt only draws
us further away from Paradise. But hidden within this tale
(11:10):
of tragedy is a kernel of hope, a whisper of redemption?
Did you notice it? God promised that one day Adam
and Eve's son would crush the serpent's head. This was
the first prophecy of a promised hero greater than Adam.
(11:30):
As generations passed, mankind continually gave into the same temptation
as Adam and Eve. Humanity descended further into darkness, struggling
to return to God. But then one day a new
figure appeared in Israel, proclaiming truth, love, and unity with God.
The serpent would visit this hero just like he did
(11:52):
with Adam and Eve. He wanted to draw him away
from his purpose. Would this new hero give it? Like
his forefather Adam? Let's look together.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
The midday sun shone harshly upon the barren wilderness. Jesus,
prompted by the Holy Spirit, trod alone, his silhouette, casting
a long shadow across the sands. He'd been fasting alone
in the wilderness for forty days, and the hunger nodded
his stomach. Suddenly, the wind picked up again, carrying a cold,
unsettling presence. Jesus paused i scanning the dunes until they
(12:30):
rested on a figure slithering from dried out trees. His
eyes filled with cunning and deceit reflected the relentless sun.
He spoke with an indecipherable hiss. His voice was like
the echoes of a thousand whispers. If you are the
son of God, the devil began a small, cruel smile,
(12:52):
playing at his lips. Command the stone to become bred,
the devil gestured at a desolate rock, it hardened and
weathered by the elements. Jesus met the devil's gaze with
quiet strength. He glanced at the rock, but made no
move towards it. Man shall not live by bread alone,
(13:12):
he quoted, his voice, carrying authority despite his apparent physical weakness. Undeterred,
the devil raised his hand and the arid desert transformed
into a mountain top, revealing all the kingdoms of the
world bathed in the twilight. All this authority and their
glory can be yours. The devil proposed, his voice hissing
(13:33):
across the landscape. All you need to do his worship
me again. Jesus stood unyielding. You shall worship the Lord,
your God, and him alone shall you serve. He retorted
with a swift gesture. They were transported atop the pinnacle
of the Temple and Jerusalem. Persistent in his temptation, the
(13:54):
devil quoted Scripture, using it.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
As a weapon.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
If you are the son of God, throw yourself down
from here, for it is written that God will command
his angels to guard you, and on their hands they
will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against
a stone. Jesus remained unswayed by the devil's theatrics. His
voice was firm and unyielding as he counted it is said,
(14:20):
you shall not put the Lord, your God to the test.
The devil fell silent, his dark eyes narrowing as he
scrutinized Jesus. He did not have the sway with Jesus
as he once did with the ancestors of old. He
stepped back, then without a word, vanished. Now a gentle breeze,
the wind carried the devil's defeated energy away as it
(14:43):
swept over the land. He would return, But Jesus, filled
with the Holy Spirit, remained steadfast, ready to resist his
cunning temptations and crush his head under his heel.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
Where Adam and Eve failed, Jesus succeeded. He did not
give in to the temptation of the serpent. Instead, Jesus
brought the perfect will of God to the earth. He
tended to the herding and broken. He spoke truth to
the souls of men and women. And finally, after living
a perfect life, he set his eyes toward the serpent,
(15:20):
seeking to crush his head. But just as the prophecy foretold,
he would not defeat the serpent without first being bruised.
He was crucified to rid humanity of sin and shame.
He endured the cross with joy to undo what Adam
did long ago. He did what Adam failed to do.
(15:42):
He chose the providential path toward peace with God, even
if it meant suffering. In his Letter to the Corinthians,
Paul describes Adam as the first man who represents the
old Us, caught up in sin, shame, and brokenness. Yet
Jesus is the second man who overcame sin, death and chaos.
(16:05):
Adam brought death, but Jesus brought life because he rows
above evil instead of succumbing to it. Those who haven't
trusted in Jesus share Adam's fate. Doomed to walk the
path east of Eden, always searching for paradise, but never
attaining it. However, anyone who trusts Jesus gets to share
(16:28):
in his victory over sin, shame, and darkness. They get
to be ushered into Heaven, the restored Eden. Have you
been living in the pattern of the first Man, Adam?
Have you tried repeatedly to find purpose in unity with
God but failed? I have good news for you. The
(16:51):
second Man is greater than the first. Jesus is the
greater Atam. Thank you for joining me today on this journey.
Join us next time as we go forward one generation
to Adam's sons, Cain and Abel. We'll go through the
tragedy of Abel's life and the corruption of Cain's heart
(17:13):
to see that Jesus is the greater Cain.
Host
Zak Shellabarger
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