_Rom. 5:12, 21_—“_as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin.... that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord_”; _1 Cor. 15:22, 45, 49_—“_as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.... The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life‐giving Spirit.... as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly_”—as the whole race is one with the first man Adam, in whom it fell and from whom it has derived a corrupted and guilty nature, so the whole race of believers constitutes a new and restored humanity, whose justified and purified nature is derived from Christ, the second Adam. _Cf._ _Gen. 2:23_—“_This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man_”—here C. H. M. remarks that, as man is first created and then woman is viewed in and formed out of him, so it is with Christ and the church. “We are members of Christ’s body, because in Christ we have the principle of our origin; from him our life arose, just as the life of Eve was derived from Adam.... The church is Christ’s helpmeet, formed out of Christ in his deep sleep of death, as Eve out of Adam.... The church will be nearest to Christ, as Eve was to Adam.” Because Christ is the source of all spiritual life for his people, he is called, in _Is. 9:6_, “_Everlasting Father,_” and it is said, in _Is. 53:10_, that “_he shall see his seed_” (see page 680). B. Direct statements. (_a_) The believer is said to be in Christ. Lest we should regard the figures mentioned above as merely Oriental metaphors, the fact of the believer’s union with Christ is asserted in the most direct and prosaic manner. _John 14:20_—“_ye in me_”; _Rom. 6:11_—“_alive unto God in Christ Jesus_”; _8:1_—“_no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus_”; _2 Cor. 5:17_—“_if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature_”; _Eph. 1:4_—“_chose us in him before the foundation of the world_”; _2:13_—“_now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ._” Thus the believer is said to be “_in Christ_,” as the element or atmosphere which surrounds him with its perpetual presence and which constitutes his vital breath; in fact, this phrase “_in Christ_,” always meaning “in union with Christ,” is the very key to Paul’s epistles, and to the whole New Testament. The fact that the believer is in Christ is symbolized in baptism: we are “_baptized into Christ_” (_Gal. 3:27_). (_b_) Christ is said to be in the believer.