I understand what Paul teaches here very clearly.Jesus was resurrected in spirit according to 1Cor 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised up in incorruption. 43 It is ...raised up in glory.... 44 It is sown a physical body, it is raised up a spiritual body....“The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
You need to look at each aspect distinctly.
As I said before, we have rebirth/resurrection, life and death on the physical and on the spiritual levels. We also have them on the flesh and blood (individual) level and we also have them on the flesh and bone (collective) level too. Biblical narratives that speak of flesh and bone (collective) beings need to be deciphered on that level.
So, when Paul is talking about Adam, who was a being of flesh and bone, you need to look at it as a collective salvation issue rather than an individual salvation issue.
When Adam became a "living" soul it was when a group of individuals were given the "breath of life" and they collectively manifested Adam in flesh and bone. So, you had individuals as members composing the flesh and bone body of Adam (per Ephesians 5:30 definition of a flesh and bone body) receiving within them the Spirit of God that raised them from a zombie state to a "living soul" state. And, at the same time, you have the Spirit of God being tabernacled in flesh by way of all the individuals who received the indwelling of God's spirit. Thus, this is God obtaining a tangible body of flesh and bone, which to God is like His physical resurrection. It's a mutually symbiotic arrangement. We get God's Spirit in us and His Spirit gets our flesh.
You should also be able to gather the connection Paul is making between the "last Adam" and the "Holy Ghost". He pretty much taught it outright that Adam manifests as both the 3rd member of the Trinity (when He transgresses, falls and dies and becomes a Ghost), and then upon Adam's redemption by way of "God's Christ" He becomes the 1st member of the Trinity in relation to the new creation that He stands at the Head of and rules and reigns over it during the 7th Day millennium.
Thus, the point Paul is clearly making here to me is that Adam represents the other two personages of the Trinity that are in the beginning and ending of a cycle of creation. Much of Messianic prophecy pertains to the advents of the Holy Ghost and Father as well as to Jesus as the Son. People make things VERY difficult for themselves when they try to cram all Messianic prophecy to apply to the single personage of Jesus.
For example, the distinct advents of the personages of the Trinity are spoken of by Isaiah as the "Stem" (Son), "Rod" (Holy Ghost) and "Branch" (Father). See Isaiah 11:1. The suffering and marred member of the Trinity who transgresses and dies both physically and spiritually is Adam. He is the "rod" that gets broken. (Isaiah 14:29) He is the "stumblingblock" that people mock and ridicule because of his transgression, yet they know not who he truly was and deny Him (the Holy Ghost, which is unpardonable). But, God's Christ (Son of Man) shall revive Adam's spirit and heal him physically and spiritually despite the iniquity of his covetousness. (Isaiah 57:14-18)
And, keep in mind, Adam is a flesh and bone being, which means we are talking about a collective body and not just the body of an individual. This collective of individual members functioning as a distinct society is why Adam's lifespan is more in keeping with the lifespan of a civilization. This is because Adam is a civilization quickened by the Spirit of God as "living souls". Adam is the Golden Age society we are on the cusp of experiencing in the Millennium once Son of Man redeems Him from His current fallen state.
Also, you should know, His fall was recent. The Creation narrative taken as a blueprint and master schedule puts Adam's first advent on Day 6, which is the 6th millennium, when he is given his garden paradise and is given dominion as a king. But, he transgresses and is driven out into the wilderness and suffers death but then the Son of Man comes and redeems Adam back to health and puts him back upon his throne for the balance of his near 1,000 year lifespan, which is the Millennium on Day 7.
Adam as the Holy Ghost is redeemed by way of the Son of God who now comes in the capacity of God's Christ as Son of Man and they enter into union and together they become the advent of the Father. See Isaiah 44:6.
I'll answer your other comments separately.
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