The issue Richard Gaffin addresses simply starts from this sentence “All mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression” the reason this sentence so important is without this truth, the redemptive –history in Bible is unacceptable. This means if there is No Adam there will be No Gospel according to Romans 5:12-19 and 1 Corinthians 15:42-49.
The matter is so many people are denying this truth; it is no surprising this truth is denied by Non Christians as it always has been, but even Christians are now denying that descent of all human beings from Adam. The Christians those who denies it include scientists, biblical scholars and even Reformed Christians. Richard Gaffin finds bigger matter …show more content…
“The significance of the identifying terms in this contrast must not be missed. Christ in his saving work is both “second” and “last”; Adam is “first” (1 Cor. 15:45, 47). The uniquely pivotal place of each in the unfolding of redemptive history is, respectively, at its beginning and its end. Further, their roles are such that no one else “counts”; no others come into consideration. Only Adam, in his representative role in union or solidarity with “all,” is the “type of the one to come” (Rom. 5:14). As Christ is the omega point of redemptive history, Adam is its alpha point”.
Richard Gaffin also guides us to the truth by telling us why Peter Enns’s “The Evolution of Adam” is wrong. And Richard Gaffin tells us that Peter Enns is demonstrating many problems with wrong biblical exegesis and unacceptable theological implication such as origin of sin and nature of salvation. This is what Richard Gaffin said about Peter Enns “what may with very little exaggeration be characterized as the persistence of Liberalism”.
Richard Gaffin is well concluded by fitting these words at the very last pages of his book “No Adam, No
The matter is so many people are denying this truth; it is no surprising this truth is denied by Non Christians as it always has been, but even Christians are now denying that descent of all human beings from Adam. The Christians those who denies it include scientists, biblical scholars and even Reformed Christians. Richard Gaffin finds bigger matter …show more content…
“The significance of the identifying terms in this contrast must not be missed. Christ in his saving work is both “second” and “last”; Adam is “first” (1 Cor. 15:45, 47). The uniquely pivotal place of each in the unfolding of redemptive history is, respectively, at its beginning and its end. Further, their roles are such that no one else “counts”; no others come into consideration. Only Adam, in his representative role in union or solidarity with “all,” is the “type of the one to come” (Rom. 5:14). As Christ is the omega point of redemptive history, Adam is its alpha point”.
Richard Gaffin also guides us to the truth by telling us why Peter Enns’s “The Evolution of Adam” is wrong. And Richard Gaffin tells us that Peter Enns is demonstrating many problems with wrong biblical exegesis and unacceptable theological implication such as origin of sin and nature of salvation. This is what Richard Gaffin said about Peter Enns “what may with very little exaggeration be characterized as the persistence of Liberalism”.
Richard Gaffin is well concluded by fitting these words at the very last pages of his book “No Adam, No