Last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

[Thankful Jane]

Originally Posted by KSA

Christ is called a life-giving spirit, because spirit now animates his spiritual body.

I like this statement KSA. Here are my thoughts on this.

I think this is what the scripture shows and it fits with the whole context of I Cor. 15. He was raised a spiritual body. I find the following verses very interesting:

Luk 24:37-39 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

In essence he was assuring them he had not become a spirit!

Lee taught over and over again that the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit, but Jesus didn't say this.

It was the perfect opportunity. Why didn't he tell the disciples, "Yes, you are seeing a spirit. That is because I have become the Life-giving Spirit." ? Instead he proved to them that he was not a spirit but was still flesh and bones, a spiritual body.

This was the clencher for me, that in I Cor. 15 Paul was talking about what was animating Christ, as you said. Adam is animated (alive) by blood. Christ in resurrection is "flesh and bones" ("blood" not mentioned) and animated (alive) by the Spirit.

I also see a strong implication in I Cor. 15 of something else. The first Adam was a living soul, and, clearly, like him we all are living souls. The Bible says that when we see the Lord, the second man, as He is, we will be like Him. By following through with the parallel Paul was making, couldn't he have been showing that in resurrection we too will have flesh and bones and be animated (alive) by the Spirit?

Thankful Jane