The Path of Life

In 1 Corinthians 15:22, Paul wrote,

In Adam, all die, so also in Christ, all will be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22).

This verse is Paul's way of saying that the members of the humanity born of Adam will die, and the members of the humanity born of Christ will be made alive.

Jesus also spoke of two humanities. When he explained the parable of the wheat and the weeds, he said,

The good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one. (Matthew 13:38).

Jesus said that there is a humanity born of Satan's seed and another humanity born of God's seed. Like the humanity born of Adam, the humanity born of Satan's seed will die. The humanity born of God's seed will live.

"In Adam" and "in Christ" are cultural allusions. The Bible uses allusions like these. When we do not recognize the allusions and see what they refer to, we fail to understand what the Bible says. What the Bible says we must do to enter life includes allusions. We risk not entering life if we don't see and understand them.

We should not rely on our own understanding to understand these things. We should put on God's armor and ask God to send the Spirit of Truth to guide us into the truth of them.