In contrast to the first man, Adam, who was made a living soul, the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ, was a life-giving Spirit: the first was natural; the second spiritual: the first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man was out of heaven ({vi 28764-28766}1 Cor. 15:45-47). Everything committed to man having failed in Adam, Christ as last Adam becomes the head of a new and redeemed race. He is the last Adam because there will be no other: every man must come under one of these two headships: the first Adam, man; or the last Adam, Christ (compare 1 Cor. 15:22; {vi 14016-14022}Psa. 8:3-9; {vi 29984-29987}Heb. 2:6-9).