The good news is that Jesus Christ, the last Adam and our covenant Head, perfectly fulfilled the demands of the CW and that perfect righteousness is the reason why God can extend the CG to the elect. Romans 5:12-21 describes the situation between the two federal heads of the human race. Adam represented the human race in the Garden and failed to uphold the CW, thereby plunging him and his posterity into sin and death. Jesus Christ stood as man’s representative, from His temptation in the wilderness all the way to Calvary, and perfectly fulfilled the CW. That is why Paul can say, “As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).
Si Adan ang kumakatawan sa lahat ng tao sa Hardin ng Eden at nabigo siyang pagtibayin ang Tipan ng Gawa, na siyang nagdala sa lahat ng tao ng kasalanan at kamatayan. Si Hesu Kristo ang tumatayong kinatawan ng tao, mula sa pagtukso sa Kanya sa ilang, hanggang sa Kalbaryo at siyang perpektong gumanap Tipan ng Gawa. Kaya nga nasabi ni Apostol Pablo, "Sapagka't kung paanong kay Adam ang lahat ay nangamamatay, gayon din naman kay Cristo ang lahat ay bubuhayin" (1 Corinto 15:22).