Progenitor

Often times, when trying to understand who we are in Christ, we may think back to Adam,  and the great authority and purpose of that man, and potentially all mankind.
However, I have to ask myself: Is this what Jesus accomplished-to bring us back to Adam- to "restore" us back to the original, to Adam before the fall? However, I'm seeing something else here. I would like to study it through.
Adam was a "type":
"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who was a type of Him who was to come."   Rom. 5:14 
According to the above scripture, Adam was a "type" of Christ because of his role as a progenitor- all man who followed him carried the same consequence of Adam's actions, in this case death, regardless of whether they committed the same sin as Adam. Like Christ, Adam is a progenitor of a kind-in that case: mankind. Following our fleshly progenitor, man became sinful, dying mankind.
Likewise, following that same "type", Jesus is a progenitor of a kind. All who "follow" after Him, also follow what Christ created, part of which was life from the dead, but it goes beyond that.
So if it was not Jesus' intention to restore us back to Adam's stature and purpose, what then can I understand about how He was a progenitor to me? This scripture helps me:
"...if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer, THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW..."  2 Cor. 5:14-17 
Also-
"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation."  Gal. 6:15
What does the term "new" mean in the above verses? The Greek word, kainos means "of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of". We, following His precedent, have become a new creature. Even as we knew Him to be on earth in the flesh of man (like Adam), we cannot know Him as that now. He became something new as well, unknown before this, and unheard of, and we also, following our progenitor, are this new creation.
I would often wonder how it was fair that I am born with a nature to sin, and in the process of dying, just because Adam sinned. Now I see the powerful precedent of his role as a "type", or progenitor. It was so God could send another progenitor. This time, a progenitor to a new creation, and of life forever more. The progenitor concept allows me to become, even thousands of years later, what Christ established. God is brilliant!!
It would seem that this "new creature" fits right into God's plan. According to His word, God does not intend to restore creation to a former state, but rather:
"Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?...
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind (come upon the heart). But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, and her people a joy."  Isa. 43:18-19, 65:17-18
Notice the LORD doesn't say "I will create". This "create" is present tense.
So, what exactly am I?
Jesus' disciples didn't quite know either. They were given only small glimpses as they encountered Jesus after His resurrection. We also have this scripture that helps:
"Beloved, now we are children (sons) of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."  1 Jn. 3:2
While we may not have a full picture in of ourselves as that new creation, we do have Christ's directives to us as to what we are to be doing now (Mt. 28:18-20, Mk. 16:15-20, Lk. 24:44-49, Acts 1:8).
It is of incredible benefit to look backwards through scripture. We learn many, many vital things. It is all truth and edifying (2 Tim. 3:16-17). However, it is also prophetic, telling us of things to come. There was a TV show entitled "The New Old Christine". We, however, have not become "the new, old Adam", but rather something that never existed before, but now exists through Christ, the progenitor of a new creation.

Our Father made us a NEW creation through Christ.


"We Will See Him As He Is"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCB-T8NeXI