The Risen Adam

Showing Lawrence's familiarity with biblical typology from both written and visual sources, Virginia Hyde explores its many ironic and paradoxical versions in his works. She demonstrates his use of typological precursors of Christ, such as Adam and David, Moses and Aaron, and his development of a coherent cosmology centered on the cross and the Tree of Life. These features often take on radically revisionist meanings when informed by Lawrence's interests in theosophy and occult lore. Hyde fully recognized Lawrence's intensely dynamic style and examines the ways in which he works creatively with his models. Hyde sheds new light on Lawrence's &"leadership&" views, linking them to patriarchal assumptions inherent in biblical typology. She utilizes manuscripts and sketches as well as his traditional works to show that a complex form of biblical symbolism affects both his form and content in unexpected ways. His symbols are often traceable to iconographic models with typological significance. The Risen Adam includes pioneering treatments of the first Quetzalcoatl, the 1923 version of The Plumed Serpent, so different in part from the final novel as to form a separate creative effort. Hyde also offers provocative new readings of The Rainbow, Women in Love, Aaron's Rod, &"The Border Line,&" The Plumed Serpent, David, The Man Who Died, Birds, Beasts and Flowers, and other works. The book is illustrated with artwork by Lawrence and with examples of the medieval and other iconography he knew.

This book explain the process of Jesus Christ as the last Adam in details. The reason I am writing this book is because the Lord put on my heart to try, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to answer this question about life after death and the process of death. I get asked all the time what happens after death; many Christians ask that question. I had three categories of readers in mind as I sat down to pen this book: Those who have been asking the question about death; Bible-believing Christians. Those observers from outside the church, who believe not in Jesus Christ and his resurrection to life. Most importantly, the preacher that preaches the word of God and the resurrection of Jesus as the last Adam. For the resurrection of Jesus is the foundational fact on which Christianity is built: "If Christ be not raised your faith is vain; Ye are yet in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).

This book retells the narrative of Christ’s redemptive journey by looking at some of the Gospel’s underlying assumptions and showing how they are both reasonable and credible. For Christians, faith is not contrary to reason, but presupposes and even builds on it. This faith asks us to put aside whatever preconceptions we may have regarding the Gospel message and listen with an open heart to the way it speaks to the universal human condition. The seed of hope buried deep within the mythologies of old is nothing but a faint reflection of God’s dream for his creation. For Christians, this dream has entered the arena of history in the person of Jesus Christ, the New Adam, who sheds light on our human condition by “making all things new” (Rev 21:5).

All spirits come from God. That means we all knew this majestic plan beginning with Adam and ending where we began - inside God through Christ Jesus, as the last Adam. This one scripture is the very heart of the book... "And so it is said, the first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit." [1 Corinthians 15:45 BBE] Get ready because the veil that has hidden your true nature and identity is about to be ripped off of you forever! And the gospel preached by the last Adam is the power for your transformation. This isn't a how-to book to improve your current status. It's the key that will unlock what you already knew before the foundation of the world! Do you want to reclaim what Adam lost? Do you want to have a creative voice with a frequency of faith that causes the material world to respond? You can have what Adam lost and discover... -The hidden mystery of sin -How the author of sin became its greatest victim -The truth about the power and authority Adam lost This is the first book in a series of short exposés designed to reveal the ever ascending power of the living Christ. Man was created in the image of the One who created all things. The last Adam was not only resurrected over death, but He also defeated the fear of it. If you've ever been afraid it's because you haven't been told the truth about your true identity. Today, when you hear His voice, take that first step into overcoming fear forever. That's what the last Adam gave us. Now, the choice is yours - but you need to take it!

God’s Story Will End Better than It Began . . . Experienced Bible teacher Nancy Guthrie traces 9 themes throughout the Bible, revealing how God’s plan for the new creation will be far more glorious than the original. But this new creation glory isn’t just reserved for the future. The hope of God’s plan for his people transforms everything about our lives today.

The eschatological resurrection is posited as the solution to the "Death of Adam" i.e. the Death that came into the world the very day that Adam sinned. So, what was that death? The majority of believers say it was physical death. But, there is a massive and fatal problem here. God said "In the day that you eat...you shall surely die." Did Adam die physically the very day he sinned? Clearly not! So, did God lie? Was God unable to carry through with the threat? No, Adam and Eve did die, and they died the very day they ate the forbidden fruit. How so? They died spiritually, by losing the precious fellowship with God and living in the Garden. They were separated from a loving God. This is the essence, the reality, of the Death of Adam!

Public Spaces / Private Passions critically examines the growth of private museums in the 21st century, their impact on public institutions and what the future might look like. It is essential reading for museum professionals, art collectors, critics and cultural commentators and anyone working in the art trade.

“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography Daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity. The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores it with profound appreciation for its cultural and psychological power as literature. From the birth of the Hebrew Bible to the awe-inspiring contributions of Augustine, Dürer, and Milton in bringing Adam and Eve to vivid life, Greenblatt unpacks the story’s many interpretations and consequences over time. Rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, narrow literalism, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature: all can be counted as children of our “first” parents.