創世記結晶讀經(二十三):神創造的頭一個人亞當是一個團體人

林前十五 45『經上也是這樣記著：『首先的人亞當成了活的魂』；末後的亞當成了
賜生命的靈。』
西一 15『愛子是那不能看見之神的像，是一切受造之物的首生者。』

    〔創世記一章二十六〕至二十八節的代名詞『他們』，以及五章二節『他們的』，
指明亞當是一個團體人，集體人，包括全人類。神沒有創造許多人；他在一個人亞
當裡面，集體的創造了人類。神按著他的形像並照著他的樣式造了這樣一個團體人，
使人類能團體的彰顯神（聖經恢復本，創一 26 注 4）。

    第六日神創造地上的牲畜和野獸。這是能為人作事的生命。狗的生命比魚的生
命強多了。然後在受造之物當中有最高的生命，就是人的生命。這生命不但能生活
在死亡中、超越一切、為神作工並行神的旨意，也能彰顯神並代表神。這是帶著神
的形像和權柄的生命。乃是到了這個時候，神才安息。

    神工作的完成乃是一個有他形像和權柄的生命。我們也許以為神安息了，是因
為他完成了他的工作；但只要沒有帶著神的形像和權柄的生命，神就沒有安息（神
中心的思想，一三頁）。

    聖經中的頭一個人亞當，乃是那以後要來者─基督的豫像（羅五 14）。亞當是
基督的豫像，豫先表明出基督。凡神在亞當身上所定的旨意，並所作的工作，都要
在基督身上，並藉著他來完成。

    在神的造物里，亞當是神造物的中心。神是先立定了諸天，也豫備好了地，才
把人創造出來。他先造出了光、空氣和陸地，又造出了青草、菜蔬、樹木，以及魚、
鳥、牲畜、野獸和爬物，最後才造出亞當。可見天是為著地，地連同其上各類的生
物乃是為著人。所以，人是神創造的中心。這豫表基督是神創造的真正中心。因為
萬有，無論是在諸天之上的、在地上的、能看見的、不能看見的、或是有位的、主
治的、執政的、掌權的，都是在他裡面造的，也都是藉著他並為著他造的。

    亞當受造為人類的元首，人類又是神造物的中心，所以亞當就為神造物的元首。
這豫表基督是神一切造物的元首。

    亞當是按著神的形像，照著神的樣式造的（創一 26），這豫表基督有神的形像
和樣式。歌羅西一章十五節說，基督『是那不能看見之神的像』。神是不能看見的，
但基督，神榮耀的光輝，神本質的印像（來一 3），乃是他的像，彰顯他的所是。

    亞當受造之後，神要他管理海里、空中和地上一切受造的活物（創一 26、28）。
神要他所造的人作他的代表，執行他的權柄，為他在地上掌權。所以，人不只受造
來彰顯神，又被授權來代表神管治一切。這豫表基督是神的彰顯，也是神的代表。
基督這神的受膏者，為神所膏，受神委派，要完成神的定旨，好對付神的仇敵，恢
復被仇敵霸占的地，帶進神的權柄。

    亞當是人類的始祖，當他受造時，全人類都包含在他裡面，為神所造（26）。
所以他成了眾人的頭。這豫表基督是各人的頭（林前十一 3）（真理課程三級卷一，
一五至一八頁）。

    參讀：神中心的思想，第一至二章；真理課程三級卷一，第二課。


1 Cor. 15:45 "So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living 
soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit."
Col. 1:15 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation.
"
    The pronouns them [in Genesis 1:26-28] and their in 5:2 indicate that 
Adam was a corporate man, a collective man, including all mankind. God did 
not create many men; He created mankind collectively in one person, Adam. 
God created such a corporate man in His image and according to His likeness 
so that mankind might express God corporately. (Gen. 1:26, footnote 4)

    On the sixth day God created the cattle and the beasts of the earth. 
This is the life that can do something for man. The life of a dog is much 
stronger than that of a fish. Then there is the highest life among the creatures,
 which is the human life. This is a life that not only can live in death, 
be transcendent, work for God, and do the will of God but also can express 
and represent God. This is a life with the image of God and the authority 
of God. It is at this point that God rested.

    The completion of God's work is a life with His image and His authority. 
We may have thought that God rested because He had finished His work. But 
as long as there is not a life with the image and authority of God, there 
is no rest for God. (The Central Thought of God, p. 17)

    In the Bible Adam as the first man is a type of the Christ who was to 
come (Rom. 5:14). As a type of Christ, Adam prefigured Christ. Whatever 
purpose God had for Adam and whatever work He did in Adam were to be carried 
out in and through Christ.

    In  God's  creation  Adam  was  the  center  of  all  creation.  God 
 first man is a type of the Christ who was to come (Rom. 5:14). As a type 
of Christ, Adam prefigured Christ. Whatever purpose God had for Adam and 
whatever work He did in Adam were to be carried out in and through Christ.In 
God's creation Adam was the center of all creation. God first established 
the heavens and prepared the earth, and then He created man. He first made 
the light, the expanse, and the land, and then He created the grass, the 
herbs, the trees, the fish, the birds, the cattle, the beasts, and the creeping 
things. Eventually, He created Adam. Thus we see that the heavens are for 
the earth, and the earth with the different kinds of living things is for 
man. Therefore, man is the center of God's creation. This is a type of Christ 
as the real center of God's creation, because in Him, through Him, and unto 
Him all things were created, the things in the heavens and on the earth, 
the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, lordships, rulers, or authorities.

    Adam was created as the head of the human race, and the human race was 
the center of God's creation. Therefore, Adam was the head of God's creation. This is a type 
of Christ as the Head of all God's creation.

Adam was created in God's image and according to God's likeness (Gen. 1:26). 
This typifies that Christ bears God's image and likeness. Colossians 1:15 
says that Christ “is the image of the invisible God.” God is invisible. 
But Christ, who is the effulgence of His glory and the impress of His substance 
(Heb. 1:3), is His image, expressing what He is.

    After the creation of Adam, God wanted man to have dominion over all 
the living created things in the seas, in the air, and on the earth (Gen. 
1:26, 28). God wanted the man whom He had created to be His representative 
to execute His authority and rule for Him on the earth. Therefore, man was 
not only created to express God but also given the authority to represent 
God to rule over all. This is a type of Christ as God's expression and also 
as God's representative. Christ as God's Anointed was anointed and commissioned 
by God for the carrying out of God's purpose in dealing with God's enemy 
to recover the enemy-usurped earth and bring in God's authority.

    Adam was the first ancestor of the human race. When he was created, 
the entire human race, which was included in him, was created by God (Gen. 
1:26). Thus, he became the head of all men. This is a type of Christ as 
the head of every man (1 Cor. 11:3). (Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 1, 
pp. 19-21)

    Further Reading: The Central Thought of God, chs. 1-2; Truth Lessons─
Level Three, vol. 1, lsn. 2

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