Genesis 2:21-22 ESV
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Contained in this account which leads to the fall of man is a foreshadowing of the rise of man. The bride of Christ would be taken from His side and become His body, one with Him. We will meet Christ when He returns.
Adam falls into a deep sleep. Jesus would fall into the sleep of death on behalf of every man.
From Adam's side a rib is taken and made into a woman. Flesh is added to close the place on his side. Jesus imparts the Holy Spirit to believers and in their flesh they become the hands and feet of the risen Lord, the body of Christ.
Jesus enters our flesh through the Holy Spirit bringing the "rib" of divinity to our flesh. We become one with Him as flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone.
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