Eve

Eve as a type of Christ

This one is difficult to see if you cannot divorce yourself from the literal meaning.

Here are the hints to the riddle:

1Ti 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

The female represents those who do not see clearly. Jesus in the flesh has put off omniscience (Php 2:6-8). As a result , in the flesh he is female compared with Adam representing the Son, who was not deceived.

2Ch 33:13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.

Twelve year old Manasseh represents Christ as a child. His name means forgetfulness or giving bread. The passage indicates that when Jesus would return to Jerusalem after his visit at age 12, he would know that he was God. Eve took of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil hoping to become a peer to God. Jesus recognized that he really was a peer to God.

Ge 2:21 ¶ 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;

Eve came from the rib of Adam. The word מצלעתיו rib comes from the root צלע meaning limping. The hieroglyphics of the first and last letter are similar: Holiness and grace descend from heaven. The first hits the Messiah point (in the lower right corner) where the revelation of God meets the flesh in the square text template. The other does not. The Son who knew he would be the Messiah became the son who did not know he was the Messiah and had to learn it from the hidden scripture. The center letter represents a shared heart. Eve was the flesh of Adam as a symbol of Christ being the flesh of the Son.

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