 to the wood of the cross, which Christians will later call the new tree of life. As the new Adam, Jesus takes on the effects of Adam's sin. Consider how, as a result of the first sin, Adam became ashamed in his nakedness, and he was expelled from paradise and received a number of curses. God said to Adam, Curse it is the ground because of you, and toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you.