THE DEEP SLEEP - Adam was a type of Christ and Abraham was a type of Christ, and their deep sleeps pre-figured Christ’s own deep sleep of death on the cross. There He became the last Adam and the promised seed, dying to give life to His great bride and living again to establish a holy nation of the redeemed, fulfilling all of God’s covenants, and instituting the eternal New Covenant in His own blood. When Christ slept deeply in death on the cross and in the tomb, death and hell were judged, and a new world was born. “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.” This is the first of seven occurrences of the unusual term “deep sleep” in the Old Testament. Each case seems to refer to a special state induced by the Lord Himself in order to convey an important revelation to, or through, the person experiencing it. In Adam’s case, God made a bride for him during his deep sleep from whose seed would be born all the nations of the earth. The covenant God made with Adam and Eve delegated dominion over the earth to their descendants. The Abrahamic covenant also delegated the central land of the earth to Isaac’s descendants and promised that “in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed”. But Adam was a type of Christ and Abraham was a type of Christ, and their deep sleeps pre-figured His own deep sleep of death on the cross.

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The Deep Sleep

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Adam was a type of Christ and Abraham was a type of Christ, and their deep sleeps pre-figured Christ’s own deep sleep of death on the cross. There He became the last Adam and the promised seed, dying to give life to His great bride and living again to establish a holy nation of the redeemed, fulfilling all of God’s ancient covenants, and instituting the eternal New Covenant in His own blood. When Christ slept deeply in death on the cross and in the tomb, death and hell were judged, and a new world was born

BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D. 

“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.” - (Genesis 2:21)

This is the first of seven occurrences of the unusual term “deep sleep” (Hebrew tardema) in the Old Testament.

In each case it seems to refer to a special state induced by the Lord Himself in order to convey an important revelation to, or through, the person experiencing it.

In Adam’s case, God made a bride for him during his deep sleep from whose seed would be born all the nations of the earth.

“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man” (verse 22).

The covenant God made with Adam and Eve delegated dominion over the earth to their descendants.
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The second deep sleep was that which “fell upon Abram” (Genesis 15:12) when God passed between the sacrificial animals and established His great covenant with him, promising that from his seed would be born the chosen nation.

“And I will make of thee a great nation” (Genesis 12:2).

The Abrahamic covenant also delegated the central land of the earth to Isaac’s descendants (Genesis 15:18-21) and promised that “in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).

But Adam was a type of Christ and Abraham was a type of Christ, and their deep sleeps pre-figured His own deep sleep of death on the cross.

There He became the last Adam and the promised seed, dying to give life to His great bride and living again to establish a holy nation of the redeemed, fulfilling all of God’s ancient covenants, and instituting the eternal New Covenant in His own blood.

When Adam fell into a deep sleep, a bride was born; when Abraham fell into his deep sleep, a nation was born.

But when Christ slept deeply in death on the cross and in the tomb, death and hell were judged, and a new world was born.

The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and receive all He has planned for us.

After 50 years of ministry, ICR remains a leader in scientific research within the context of biblical creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, ICR exists to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history, and then to educate the public both formally and informally through professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.

https://www.icr.org/article/11793/