The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:47
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the theory of the evolution of living organisms cannot be seen occurring today, nor can it be demonstrated in the fossil records. However, there is an evolutionary process that is clearly evident: the automotive industry.
I was in college in 1967 when the Chevrolet Camaro first came out. It was a muscle car that immediately became popular, but the demands of consumers changed over time and so did the Camaro. Today, the “sixth Generation” of this car is available in showrooms, which means that the original design has gone through five major engineering overhauls at General Motors. That included hundreds of thousands of tweaks and adjustments. The hundreds of engineers who worked on the project would argue that it was all accomplished by intelligent design and nothing was left to mere chance.
God did an excellent job when He created human beings. Adam was the first man, and that same make and model is still available everywhere on the planet today. However, there is one major flaw with the design – the sin problem. The good news is that the product has been recalled and each one needs to go back to their Creator for an upgrade.
People are put together exclusively with dust, atoms, and energy that come from a sin-cursed world – Earth. What is needed is a complete core exchange that doesn’t come from around here (i.e. it needs to be heavenly).
Christ Jesus is the Second Man, and He is the Lord from Heaven. He came to this world with the express purpose of fixing the problem and making a permanent upgrade available to everyone who requests it. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
March 23
