The Fifth Rib
By Prophet Jacob R. Blandford
"And the LORD God
said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and
brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam
called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to
all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 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; And the rib, which
the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh
of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Adam was the son of God.
(Luke 3:38) We know from this passage that Eve was created from Adam’s
rib. Adam and Eve were husband and wife.
This is a typological picture
of a New Testament truth. The Lord Jesus
Christ is the Second or Last Adam. (1 Cor. 15:45,
47) Jesus Christ’s bride is the
Christian church (see Romans 7:4; II Cor. 11:2; Eph.
Chapter 5). The church was also created
by Christ’s rib when He was pierced in His side. Christ’s blood provided the atonement
necessary for us sinners to be saved and redeemed.
Now an odd thing happens in
the book of 2 Samuel. The phrase “the
fifth rib” shows up exactly 4 times. (2 Sam. 2:23,
Moreover, in Genesis, Adam
said “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh”. That’s the same thing Apostle Paul said about
us Christians in Ephesians 5:30! (see also 2 Samuel
5:1,