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water stands as a symbol of man, whose flesh was formed of the dust of the earth, arising
in resurrection life out of the waters of death. That this occurs on the third day is by the
design of Yahweh.
Some might object that man is not at the end of day two (two thousand years) from
the formation of Adam in the Garden of Eden. This is certainly true, for it has been six
thousand years since Adam was created. This places us at the end of six days prophetically,
and poised to enter the seventh day. We must keep in mind, however, that the earth has
known two men, two Adams. The first was formed six thousand years ago, and the second
appeared two thousand years ago.

I Corinthians 15:45-49
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then
the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.
As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are
those who are heavenly. And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall
also bear the image of the heavenly.

“The last Adam” is a reference to Yahshua, the Son of God. He came as the Head of a
new race of men. Therefore we have two different genealogies running concurrent to one
another. We have the genealogy of the first Adam which is poised to enter its seventh day.
We also have the genealogy of the last Adam, which is on the brink of entering the third day.
Thus the seventh day and the third day will arrive simultaneously. We will see the many
membered body of Christ perfected on the third day, for this is the time appointed for their
resurrection.
We can observe this truth in many other instances of Scripture. Following is another
Scripture that contains a prophetic message relating to the perfecting of the sons of God.

Hosea 6:1-2
“Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has
wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will
raise us up on the third day that we may live before Him.”

For two days mankind has known a divided state. Those who have been born again of
the seed of Christ have known the battle between the Spirit of Christ within them and the
sinful flesh. As the apostle Paul declared, “these are contrary to one another.” This torn
condition of man has existed for the past two thousand years, ever since the first Pentecost
when the Spirit descended upon those gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. It is not the
will of God that man should perpetually remain in this divided condition. There is a second
salvation where man will be loosed from the bonds of this sinful flesh, and will receive a
new, glorified body that does not know sin.

Hebrews 9:28
So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear
a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who
eagerly await Him.