Section 8
made Adam according to His design. But because Adam ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead of the tree of life, he spoiled God's design. The humanity created by God was damaged and, in a sense, lost. However, thou sands of years later, the Man-Savior came to ful fill God's purpose in creating man.
THE SECOND MAN
Through the incarnation of Christ, God in the Son became a man. What a great matter this is! God had created man with a purpose according to His design, but man failed Him in His purpose and destroyed His design. Instead of creating another man, God Himself came to be the second Man (1 Cor. 15:47).
CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND BORN OF A HUMAN VIRGIN
The Man-Savior as the second Man was not created; rather, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a human virgin. He was con ceived of the Holy Spirit in order to have the essence of God, and He was born of a human virgin in order to have the human essence. Therefore, this Man was a composition of two essences, a composition of the divine essence