"And the LORD God caused A DEEP SLEEP to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and CLOSED UP THE FLESH instead thereof; And THE RIB, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." (Gen 2:21-22)
~ When we say we are the "Body of Christ" what exactly do we mean?
Through one man or 1st Adam, we all came into this world as living souls. So also, through another Man or "the 2nd and last Adam", that is, Christ Jesus, we all entered into the Kingdom of heaven as quickening spirits. But how was God able to pull this off without the devil's knowledge?
# The Formation of the Adams.
Gen 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man (1st Adam) of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Luk 1:35 "And the angel answered and said unto her (Mary, the virgin), The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
The 1st Adam was formed from the dust of the ground, while the 2nd and last Adam was formed from the virgin. Now that both Adams are formed, the LORD God then said in Gen 2:18, "...It is not good that the man (the Adams) should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." And the process (or surgical operation) is outlined in Gen 2:21-22. God took of the Ribs of the Adams to form two different kind of "partners, help meet, or comforters", Eve/Woman for 1st Adam and the Spirit with the Church/the Bride for Christ Jesus), and the offsprings of the 1st are earthly-living souls, while the other is heavenly-quickening spirits.
# The Shedding of Blood.
~ The "Deep sleep" is like death to the body except that the "cord of life or soul" has not yet being permanently severed. The Cross of Christ is spiritually the same deep sleep (Psa 16:10). And this, the devil wasn't smart enough to decode that it should have been better to let Christ Jesus live forever on earth, because there was no death in Jesus blood. CHRIST GAVE UP HIS LIFE/SPIRIT BY HIMSELF.
~ To cut open the flesh, you can't but shed blood, and the Rib is the part of the body God used in forming the two kinds of partners/Comforters, where we all came from. IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN (of water (baptism) and Spirit of Christ Jesus), YOU ARE BIRTH BY THE SPIRIT (the Comforter) AND TOGETHER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE RIB, OR THE CHURCH. This is the mystery.
# Know who you are.
~ Have you taken time out to really understand why we say "we are the Church, the Body of Christ"?
Knowing whose child you are, is very crucial in laying claim to all that belong to you. Are you still of the 1st Adam? If you are of Christ (born again), you are an offspring and part of the Body of Christ. You are like Christ, the Son of God. Your spirit is made perfect enough to visit heaven and behold the face of our Father, the Great Judge of the whole earth in heaven (Heb 12:23). You are like Christ, a quickening spirit, you are a life-giver, you give life to anything dead.
"Is anything too hard for the LORD?...For with God nothing shall be impossible." (Gen 18:14; Luke 1:37)... We are together the Body of Christ, that is, of His Rib. The offspring of the Spirit of Christ
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