For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

 (iv) The result of this rebirth is that the man who is reborn becomes the first fruits of a new creation ( James 1:18). It lifts him out of this world of space and time, of change and decay, of sin and defeat, and brings him here and now into touch with eternity and eternal life. 