
Ask yourself this question -- if your father died before your mother was pregnant with you, where would you be? Of course, you wouldn't have been born. If your grandfather died before your grandmother was pregnant with your father, he wouldn't have been born either. You can use this logic to trace everyone back to Adam. All 6 billion plus people on this earth were in Adams loins when he sinned. This is why we have a sin nature when we are born. This sin nature is passed through the father to the child. Jesus was born of a virgin so He would not have a sin nature and could be the perfect sacrifice for all of mankind's sin.
If you have been born again, you have been transferred from the lineage of Adam (the first Adam) to the lineage of Jesus Christ (The Second Adam). When Jesus created the world, you were in Him. When He died on Calvary, you were in Him. When He descended into Hell, you were in Him. When God raised Him from death, you were in Him. When He was resurrected into Heaven, you were in Him. If all of this is true, and it is, you are presently in Him, in Heaven, this instant.
The fact is, you are trying to catch up physically where you already are spiritually!
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