The Old Creation (The Old Man) VS. The New Creation (The New Man)

 

The Old Creation (The Old Man) VS. The New Creation (The New Man)

I. Integrated Comparison Table

In Adam – The Old Creation (The Old Man)	In Christ – The New Creation (The New Man)
Adam is the first man. He is the head of the old creation, representing the old creation in God's creation.	Christ is the second Man. He is the Head of the new creation, representing the new creation in resurrection.
The first creation is called the old creation.	The second creation is called the new creation.
The old creation has the living soul as its center.	The new creation in resurrection has the life-giving Spirit as its center.
Became a living soul.	Became a life-giving Spirit.
The first man.	The last Adam.
The first man.	The second Man.
Earthly, of the earth, corruptible, dishonorable, and weak.	Heavenly, incorruptible, glorious, and powerful.
Soulish (natural).	Spiritual.
First in Adam.	Later in Christ.
Condemnation.	Grace and justification.
Fallen.	Redeemed.
Sinning.	Overcoming and reigning.
The source of sin.	The source of life.
Death is the termination of the old creation.	Resurrection is the beginning of the new creation and its new birth.
Despair.	Hope.
Slaves.	Sons.
Bondage.	Freedom.
The old creation is the old man in Adam.	The new creation is the new man in Christ.
The old creation is an empty vessel, having no God as its content.	The new creation is a corporate vessel, having God as its content.
The old creation has the soul as its center and lifeline.	The new creation has the life-giving Spirit as its center and lifeline.
In Adam.	In Christ.
The descendants of Adam in the fall.	The new man composed of God's many sons.
The old man does not have God's life and nature.	The new man has the divine life and the divine nature.
In the old man, people are divided and scattered.	In the new man, people are recovered, gathered together, and made one.
To put off the old man is to put off the divided and scattered man.	To put on the new man is to put on the gathered and one new man.
Without divine content.	With divine content.
According to the old nature of the flesh.	According to the new nature of God's life.
God not only removes the old creation and all that hinders His eternal purpose.	God also brings in the new creation—His new man—and thereby obtains everything necessary for the fulfillment of His purpose.
The old man does not accomplish God's twofold purpose.	The new man in God's new creation indeed accomplishes the twofold purpose of expressing God and dealing with God's enemy.
The old creation is old because God is not a part of it.	The new creation is new because God is within it.
Living and conducting ourselves according to the flesh.	Living and conducting ourselves according to the Spirit.
Outside the organic union with the Triune God.	Brought into the organic union with the Triune God.
There is not even one element of God in the old creation.	The new creation contains God's element.
The old creation is the wisdom of God and the work of His hands.	The new creation is the result of God's life and the multiplication of God's life.
God can boast concerning the entire universe: "This is My wisdom!"	God can boast even more concerning us: "These are My children!"
God desires to boast concerning all the things He has created, saying: "This is where My wisdom is manifested!"	God also desires to boast concerning us, saying: "This is where I make My home; this is My testimony!"
In the old creation there are many things and matters.	In the new creation everything is a matter of life.
The kingdom of the old creation is a declining kingdom.	The kingdom of the new creation is an expanding kingdom.
The old creation operates according to the principle of decline.	The new creation operates according to the principle of expansion.
The old creation lives for itself.	The new creation lives for the Lord.

III. Central Spiritual Significance

The central contrast presented in the original document can be summarized as follows:

The Old Creation	The New Creation
In Adam	In Christ
The living soul	The life-giving Spirit
The old man	The new man
The flesh	The Spirit
The natural life	The divine life
Division and scattering	Gathering and oneness
Empty vessel	Corporate vessel filled with God
Decline	Expansion
Living for oneself	Living for the Lord
God's work of creation	The multiplication of God's life
Manifesting God's wisdom	Expressing God and defeating His enemy

One-sentence spiritual summary:

The old creation is God's work of creation, displaying His wisdom through His handiwork; the new creation is the multiplication of God's divine life in Christ, producing a corporate new man filled with God to express Him, accomplish His eternal purpose, and deal with His enemy.

Recommended Ministry References

The following references are retained from the original PDF.

1. The Holy Word for Morning Revival – The Intrinsic Significance of the Name New Jerusalem and the Dimensions of the Holy City , Monday.

2. The Holy Word for Morning Revival – Crystallization-Study of Genesis (3), Outline, Message Twelve: Image and Dominion—The Heart of Genesis , Friday, Reading Material.

3. 2019 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones

General Subject: A New Man Fulfilling God's Purpose in Creating Man

Message Three: The Creation and Bringing Forth of the One New Man.

4. 2020 Thanksgiving Conference

General Subject: The All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Replacing Culture for the One New Man

Message Four: Being Renewed Day by Day with the Fresh Supply of the Resurrection Life to Replace Our Culture and Becoming in Reality One New Man Who Is the Same as the New Jerusalem.

5. 2020 Winter Training – Crystallization-Study of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes

Message Nine: Reading Proverbs with a Prayerful Spirit So That It Becomes Gold Nuggets and Precious Stones to Us, Strengthening Our Pursuit of Christ for the Accomplishment of God's Economy.

6. 2024 Spring Training

General Subject: Being Empowered in the Grace in Christ Jesus to Become a Vessel unto Honor, a Fully Equipped God-man, for the Fulfillment of Our Ministry in the Unique Ministry of God's Economy.

Message Four: Christ Annulled Death and Brought Life and Incorruption to Light, and Our Remembering That Jesus Christ, the Seed of David, Was Raised from the Dead.

7. 2026 Fall Training for Elders and Responsible Ones

General Subject: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Message Four: Offering Up Isaac and Experiencing God as the God Who Raises the Dead (The Life at Beer-sheba Producing the Burnt Offering at Mount Moriah).