Galatians 3:13 (TLV)
“[a] 13 Messiah liberated us from Torah’s curse, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”[b])”
Colossians 2:14 (TLV)
“14 He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.”
1 Peter 2:24 (TLV)
“24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, removed from sins, might live for righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”[a]
“MESSIAH, THE SECOND ADAM
The Messiah, the Seed of the woman, would be the second Adam, who would undo the spiritual, relational, emotional, and physical aspects of exile. The New Testament portrays Jesus as this second Adam, the fulfillment of the promised messianic Seed spoken of in Genesis 3:15. Understanding this reveals many mysteries concerning the person and work of the Messiah.
Why the Cross?
The cross is the universal symbol of Christianity. The customary answer given to explain why Jesus had to die on a cross is that crucifixion was a common means of Roman execution. But something as important as the death of God’s Son would not be based solely on Rome’s proclivity for a brutal means of execution. When Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord, sin entered the world. Redemption required a repair (Hebrew, tikkun) for their sin. They could not correct what they had done. Since a tree caused the Fall, the Son of God had to die on a tree as the second Adam to reverse the curse caused by the sin of the first man and woman. Paul wrote that the solution to Adam’s sin and the curse is found in Jesus, the Messiah (Rom. 5:12–17). The Lord put Jesus on the tree to restore and make restitution for what had been stolen from the tree in the garden. The first Adam brought death by a tree, but the second Adam brought life by means of His death on one. The Hebrew word for “the tree” (HaEitz) has the numeric value of 165, which is also the numeric value of “curse” (kelalah) and “deliver him” (pedaeihu). In Greek, 165 is the value of “man” (andri) and “image” (eikoni). Yeshua died on the tree (165) to free us from the curse (165) that resulted from eating the fruit of the tree (165) so that man (165) could be delivered (165) from the pit and from the image (165) of the beast that would seek to harm the woman’s Seed—all who follow the Messiah. The tree is how God sets us free.
Crushing the Curse
Satan tried desperately to undermine the messianic promise of Genesis 3:15. He influenced the soldiers to beat Jesus and place a crown of thorns on His head. He instigated the Jewish leaders to bring charges against Jesus and incited Pilate to execute Him by having His hands and feet nailed to a cross. Satan was confident he could defeat Jesus just as he defeated the first Adam. Satan did not understand that God is in the business of turning curses into blessings. Satan thought he could humiliate, mock, and destroy the Messiah by means of the cross, but instead he fulfilled God’s prophetic plan and provided the means to free humanity from the curse of exile. Every detail in Jesus’ crucifixion connects to undoing the Fall. His hands were pierced because our hands stole from the tree. His feet were pierced to fulfill the promise of Genesis 3:15 that the heel of the messianic Seed would crush the serpent’s head. His pierced side made atonement for the sin of Eve, the one taken from man’s side, who led Adam into temptation. Jesus’ experience on the cross reverses the four aspects of exile caused by the Fall:
1. Jesus reversed the spiritual aspect of exile by allowing Himself to be nailed to a tree, the means of our spiritual exile.
2. Jesus reversed the relational aspect of exile by experiencing rejection and betrayal, and even while being mocked on the cross, He chose to extend forgiveness (Luke 23:34).
3. Jesus reversed the emotional aspect of exile by allowing Himself to experience the psychological and emotional pain of being mocked by men and feeling abandoned by God (Mark 15:33–34).
4. Jesus reversed the physical aspect of exile by physically suffering on the cross.The crown of thorns, the physical sign of the curse of creation, conveyed that the second Adam, the new representative head of creation, was reversing the exile and restoring the blessing.
Jesus, as the promised messianic Seed of the woman, by means of His death and resurrection, not only overcame all four negative aspects of exile that resulted from the Fall but has made healing and transformation possible in each area, allowing us to experience the fullness of the abundant life (John 10:10). Because of the second Adam, Jesus, we no longer need to live in a state of disconnection with our Creator but can have a deeper spiritual, relational, emotional, and physical connection to God, self, and others that so many of us desire. The identity of the Seed of the woman, also known as the second Adam, who would come in the distant future to defeat the serpent, vanquish evil, and undo the consequences of the Fall, is not directly revealed in Genesis. Rather, Genesis 3:15 raises a question that the Five Books of Moses and the rest of Scripture seek to answer. As the chapters ahead reveal, the mysterious and somewhat cryptic promises found in Creation and in Genesis 3:15 come into clearer focus through the progressive revelation of messianic prophecy.” (Rabbi J. Strobes, Mysteries Of The Messiah, 2021).
Hebrews 13:20-21 (TPT)
Apostolic Blessing and Conclusion
“20 Now may the God who brought us peace by raising from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ so that he would be the Great Shepherd of his flock; and by the power of the blood of the eternal covenant 21 may he work perfection into every part of you giving you all that you need to fulfill your destiny. And may he express through you all that is excellent and pleasing[a] to him through your life-union with Jesus the Anointed One who is to receive all glory forever! Amen! Read full chapter”
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