The Heavenly Man

There's a belief that I have communicated that may not be entirely wrong, but at best needs to be modified and adjusted. For years I have held to the belief that when Jesus came to the earth as the Son of Man and as the last Adam (1Corinthians 15), He came not only to redeem us back to the Father, but also to restore to humanity what was lost at The Fall (of Adam). Remember that Adam and Jesus are the only two biblically recorded men who operated in the Sinless Glory of God (Romans 3). With this being said, it means that Adam operated in the Glory of God as a human being. This Glory is what Jesus manifested when He took on human flesh (John 1-2). However, what Jesus has obtained for us through His Death, Burial and Resurrection may be even more than what Adam obtained at his creation.

The scripture says that once Jesus completed His earthly ministry and His Post-Resurrection Ministry with the disciples (Acts 1) that He went back to Heaven and is seated at the Right Hand of the Father (Hebrews 12, Colossians 3). The scripture also states that we as believers are seated in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 2). As far as we know (scripturally speaking) Adam was not seated at the Right Hand of Jehovah during his earthly sojourn at Creation. The scripture also says that Adam was made a living soul and that Jesus was made a quickening spirit (1Corinthians 15). That passage goes on to say, "the first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the Heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly." Then the scripture goes on to say that "as He is, so are we in this world" (1John 4).

What's my point? My point is that I am beginning to believe that Jesus didn't die and was raised from the dead, "just" to restore what we lost in Adam. I'm beginning to believe that He died, rose and is ascended to the Father to give us something better! We always talk about being Christ-like, and we always put it in the context of His "earthly ministry". But what if Jesus died so that we could replicate His "Heavenly Ministry"? What if Jesus came, not just for us to operate the way He did on earth, but to actually operate the way He does in Heaven? The scripture does say that we are operating now with a "better Covenant" (Hebrews 8). What would make it better? The fact that it's no longer an "earth based" covenant but a Heavenly based Covenant. What this means is that God is creating a new race of people; but it's not an earthly race, it's actually a Heavenly Race. This is the substance of The New Creation (2Corinthians 5). We tend to think that us being the New Creation talks about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8) And it does. But it's deeper than that. And please understand, if we "are as He is" not as He "was" when He was here, then that means the same Powers that Jesus has now; walking though walls, disappearing and vanishing in thin air (John 20), we too can do Now. I know it's out there, but this is what it means as a Christian, to function as The Heavenly Man (1Corinthians 15).