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Adam: "The Figure of Him that Was to Come"

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Adam: “The Figure of Him that Was to Come”
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The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament

Donald W. Parry

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Contents

Introduction
Prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Mortal Ministry and Atonement
Symbols that Testify of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ: Conquering Hero
Jesus Christ is the Lord of History: Nine Major Historical Eras
The Lord Jesus Christ: Potter, Captain, Shepherd, and More
The Lord Jesus Christ Controls the Nations: Book of Judges Case Study
Old Testament Passages Cited by Jesus Christ
Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms
Psalm 22 and Its Fulfillment in Jesus Christ
Isaiah’s Prophecies of the Mortal Messiah
The Messiah in Isaiah 53: Four Recurring Themes
Names, Titles, and Metaphors of the Lord Jesus Christ
Lord (Jehovah): The Most Frequently Used [Content] Word in the Hebrew Bible
Equivalent Designations of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Old and New Testaments
God: Compound Names
Lord: Compound Names
The Lord Is Our Savior
The Lord (Jehovah) Is Our Redeemer
The Lord Is Our Atoner
Jesus Christ Is the Messiah
Jesus Christ Is the Lord
One, Three, and Seven: Sacred and Symbolic Numbers
Seven and Sacred Time
Prophets and Prophetesses: The Lord’s Messengers
Eve: Life and Help: A Type of Christ
Adam: “The Figure of Him that Was to Come”
Melchizedek: Type of Christ
Isaac: Type and Shadow of Christ
Joseph of Egypt: Foreshadow of Christ
Moses: Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ
Elijah: Symbol of Jesus Christ
Job: Suffering Servant, A Type of Jesus Christ
Hosea’s Family: Symbols of the Lord for Ancient Israel
The Sign of Jonah: Pointing to Christ’s Death
Priests and High Priests: Foreshadowing Jesus Christ
The Lord Reveals Cycles of Sacred Time
Striking Blood on the Doorposts: The Passover Anticipates Jesus Christ
The Day of Atonement: Messianic Foreshadowing
“A Feast to the Lord”: Sacred and Secular Meals
Parallelisms: Teaching About the Lord Jesus Christ Through Poetry
Chiasmus: Unique Presentations of the Lord’s Word
The Psalms: Praises to the Lord Jesus Christ
Lord: Focused Prophetic Speech Forms
Prayers: Mortals Seeking the Lord’s Divine Favor
Worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ through Music and Song
Law of Moses: Anticipated Jesus Christ and His Atonement
Manna: Symbol of Jesus Christ
Symbols of Christ in the Tabernacle of Moses
Sacrifices Under the Law of Moses: Six Acts
Sacrifices: Symbols of Jesus’s Atoning Sacrifice
Diet Code: Unclean and Clean Animals
God Is a Holy Temple: Temples and Sacred Space
The Atonement-Focused Earthly and Heavenly Temples
Jesus’s Royal Ancestry: Rulers of the Kingdom of Judah
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Contents

Introduction
Prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Mortal Ministry and Atonement
Symbols that Testify of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ: Conquering Hero
Jesus Christ is the Lord of History: Nine Major Historical Eras
The Lord Jesus Christ: Potter, Captain, Shepherd, and More
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Donald W. Parry, “Adam: ‘The Figure of Him that Was to Come,’” in The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament: Making Sense of a Monumental Book (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2022), 80–81.

Both Adam and Jesus had significant roles in the plan of salvation. Adam caused the Fall; Jesus brought about the Atonement. Consequently, there are many parallels between what Adam did to cause the Fall and what Christ did to save us from the Fall. In fact, the correspondences and parallels between Adam and Jesus are so considerable that Paul named Adam “the first Adam,” and he designated Jesus the “last Adam” (1 Cor. 15:45–47). Paul also wrote that Adam was “the figure of him that was to come” (Rom. 5:14), a reference to Jesus Christ.

Two different trees, one associated with Adam and the other with Jesus, correspond to each other. Adam’s eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil brought about the Fall and subsequently death. Jesus was crucified on a tree to complete the Atonement and provide us with life. Peter testified that Jesus “bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness” (1 Pet. 2:24).

There are several other important parallels between Adam and Jesus Christ. First, Adam brought forth physical death; Jesus gave us the Resurrection: “For since by man [Adam] came death, by man [Christ] came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor. 15:21–22). Linked to this, Adam and Eve, as the father and mother of the mortal race, provided us with physical bodies; Christ provides immortal bodies for us at the Resurrection.

Adam: “The Figure of Him that Was to Come”

AdamJesus Christ
“The first Adam” (1 Cor. 15:45).“The last Adam” (1 Cor. 15:45).
“Made a living soul” (1 Cor. 15:45).“Made a quickening spirit” (1 Cor. 15:45).
“Natural” (1 Cor. 15:46).“Spiritual” (1 Cor. 15:46).
“The first man is of the earth, earthy” (1 Cor. 15:47).“The second man is the Lord from heaven” (1 Cor. 15:47).
The Fall took place in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2).Jesus prayed and was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matt. 26:36–46).
Partook of the fruit of a tree (3:6).“Jesus bare our sins in his own body on the tree” (1 Pet. 2:24).
“By man [Adam] came death” (1 Cor. 15:21).“By man [Christ] came also the resurrection of the dead” (1 Cor. 15:21).
“For as in Adam all die” (1 Cor. 15:22).“In Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor. 15:21–22).
Adam and Eve, as the father and mother of the mortal race, provided physical bodies.Christ provides immortal bodies at the Resurrection.
Adam, with Eve, yielded to the serpent (Gen. 3:1–6).The lord cursed the serpent (Gen. 3:14).

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