December 26 "The last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15: 45). Jesus is the head of His elect. In Adam every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest because Adam is the covenant head and representative of the race. Every redeemed soul is one with the Lord since He is the Second Adam, the sponsor and substitute of the elect in the new covenant of love. The apostle Paul declares that Levi was in the loins of Abraham when Melchizedek met him. It is a certain truth that the believer was in Jesus Christ, the mediator, when in eternity the covenant settlements of grace were decreed, ratified, and made sure forever. Thus, whatever Christ has done, He has done for the whole body of His Church. We were crucified in Him and buried with Him. (See Colossians 2: 10-13). To make it still more wonderful, we are risen with Him and even ascended with Him to the seats on high. (See Ephesians 2: 6). It is thus that the Church has fulfilled the law and is accepted in the Beloved. It is thus that she is regarded with complacency by the just Jehovah, for He views her in Jesus and does not look on her as separate from her covenant head. As the anointed Redeemer of Israel, Christ Jesus has nothing distinct from His Church; but all that He has, He holds for her. All that the Second Adam is or does is ours as well as His, seeing that He is our representative. Here is the foundation of the covenant of grace.

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