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The New Man Has Come • Feb 01st 1994

Debrecen Messages #8 -Genesis 1–2 and the One New Man: God’s Purpose for a New Humanity

Eternal Purpose Genesis Organic Church

In this powerful teaching from the Debrecen conference, we explore one of the most profound truths in Scripture: God’s eternal purpose for man—revealed in Genesis 1–2 and fulfilled in the “one new man” in Christ.

Before the fall, before sin, before redemption, God declared His intention. In Genesis 1–2, there is no sin, no failure—only purpose. Man is created to bear the image of God, rule the earth, and express divine life. This is not a reaction to the fall; this is God’s original intention.

Jesus repeatedly called Himself the Son of Man, not merely the Son of God. Why? Because the battle was not between Satan and God—but between Satan and man. Where Adam failed, Christ came as a man to fulfill God’s intention. As revealed later in Colossians and Ephesians, God creates not a new religion, but one new humanity—a corporate man.

This session explains:

  • Why Genesis 1–2 must be understood outside the fall
  • What it means that man was created spirit, soul, and body
  • How Adam was a “hybrid” of heaven and earth
  • Why the church is not an organization, but a living organism
  • How the Ecclesia becomes Christ visible again on earth

The teaching also explores the profound distinction between soul and spirit, drawing from Hebrews and the imagery of the dividing sword. The soul resists the cross; the spirit embraces it. Only the Spirit of God can divide between the two.

Ultimately, this message centers on one revelation:
God is not after individuals—He is after a corporate expression, a visible “them,” a new race in which there is neither Jew nor Gentile, male nor female. The church is meant to function under the headship of Christ, expressing His life together.

From the first Adam in Eden to the mature bride in Revelation 21–22, God’s purpose has not changed.

This teaching calls us back to Genesis—to rediscover what God intended before sin—and to see how that intention is fulfilled in the living, functioning body of Christ.

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And brothers, we should declare, sisters, we should declare the unseen. And Paul said, Judge me by how much of the mystery I can declare. Judge me by how much I can declare of that which cannot be seen and that which is not known.

Adam stood up, and he could see God, he could see angels, and he could see the heavens. And nothing like that ever existed before, and actually will never exist again. Not exactly that way. And Adam had a soul for tilling the earth to do his work. He could command his body with his soul, and he could communicate with his spirit. And he could see unseen things. He could see God with his soul and spirit. He could work the garden with his soul and body. I’m telling you, this man belonged to two realms. He could see the spiritual, he could work the physical. This was one incredible human being.

What more can I say of this man? He was really good-looking. Young man. How old was he? I don’t know. I’ve always thought he was 30. You think he was 20? I always think of Jesus. Probably looked like one of these fellows who does this. Yeah. Oh, I really think he was beautiful. I have no idea. He was not tall. He was not tall. Because tall comes from the fall. Oh, never, never question that.

I am taller than I should be. My grandfather was 5 feet 4. I am 5 feet 11. All of the people of the ancient world were short people; we call them short, but they didn’t know they were short. I went to Japan in 1965, and every Japanese person on the train was exactly the same height. The men were all exactly this tall, and the women were all exactly this tall. There was no difference, and we walked through there like giants. Today, this is not true. The Japanese are all different heights. Do you know why? Because we introduced a breakfast food called Wheaties. Wheaties, made out of wheat. Wheaties. And we put artificial vitamins into it that cause us to artificially grow taller.

Now, fortunately, we cannot judge how fallen we are by how tall we are. Thank goodness. All right, did you see Abel point at Henry? Henry, point at Abel. The Americans are taller than me. Yeah, the Americans are extremely tall. And by the way, just for the record, Californians are the tallest people in America.

Look what he is. Now, brothers and sisters, he was beautiful. and he stood up and he walked with God. And they walked around and talked. Now, I don’t think they spoke. I may be mistaken, but I have a notion they communicated with their spirits, God’s spirit, and man’s spirit.

Now, if Adam’s soul was similar to his spirit, then you have to say his spirit was similar to God’s life. I’ll do that again. Man’s soul was similar to his spirit, and his spirit was similar to the spirit of God, but God’s spirit is also life. So, man had an exalted life, very similar to God’s life.

And now we come to the problem. What’s wrong with this man? There’s nothing wrong with him. He’s the highest visible creation. He’s number three on the scale of life. Biologically, he’s number three. Number one is God. Number two are angels. And number three is man.

Is there sin in his body? No. Is the body perfect? I can’t find anything wrong with it. I’ll trade with him right now, for a while. Look at his soul. His soul, we have to say, is perfect. Not only sinless, but perfect. And he has a spirit, and his spirit is like the Spirit of God. Not of the Spirit of God, but very similar to the Spirit of God. What’s wrong with this man?

It has been wisely said that man was as perfect as God could create. And therein lies the problem. I repeat it. Man was as perfect as God could create. As far as creation goes, he was perfect. God can go just so far in creating. And that’s the end of it. God can’t go any further. And man lacked, as Abel just told us, he lacked something uncreated. And God proposed that he have something uncreated.

I told you yesterday that nowhere does it say, Did God say to man, multiply after your kind. God did not want Adam to multiply after his kind that way. Man was an unfinished creature. He lacked something that was not in him.

Why did God not put God’s life in man? And rather than answer that question, and rather than

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