Mary is the New Eve because Jesus is the new Adam. As we explore how and why Mary is the New Eve, we have to explore how and why Jesus is the New Adam. 

 

What is the good news that Christians talk about? Obviously, it's the sacrifice that Jesus gave to the world to save us and free us from sin, but it's also the long-awaited hope of a "New Adam" that undoes the knot that the first Adam did back in Genesis. The old Adam surrenders to the devil putting sin upon all generations. Jesus sacrifices Himself to us, dying for us, taking our sin upon himself, so we can be free from sin when we die. Jesus restores goodness and righteousness by His death on the cross; He defeats death. So comparing Jesus to Adam, we can see that Jesus is the "new" Adam in a clearer light. "Thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit." (1 Corinthians 15:45) But If there is a New Adam, there should be a New Eve, shouldn't there? 

 

Adam had a wife, Christ did not; but Christ did have a mother. The beginning of the Gospel of Luke gives light to what kind of person Mary was. We see that Mary was an obedient, follower of God. We also see Mary, saying yes to God to receive Jesus in her womb. 

 

In the book of Genesis, we see that Adam and "the woman" Eve both undergo sinful action together. Both ate the fruit from the Tree of Good and Evil and were exiled. This is important to note down as we'll be exploring how Jesus and Mary "work together" to bring hope and undo what the first Adam and Eve did back in Genesis. Mary and Jesus in the New Testament are in the same place when Jesus performs His first miracle (the Wedding Feast at Cana). 

 

Not only was Mary there when Jesus performed His first miracle, but Mary was the one who prompted Jesus to do something when the wine ran out. Mary knew Jesus was capable of producing something, because why then would she have gone to Jesus and not the hosts of the wedding? 

 

Another thing that sparks attention in the wedding feast at Cana is why does Jesus refer to His mother as "woman"? This is a unique situation because even if it may be misinterpreted as unfavourable or rejecting His mother, Jesus reveals to us that He is connecting His mother (the New Eve) to the woman back in Genesis (the old Eve). 

 

In Genesis 3:15, we hear God speaking about a woman. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers, he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.". In Revelation 12:13-17, we see what God said would happen in Genesis 3:15 did happen. Revelation 12:14 mentions the "woman" who bore a child and mentions a serpent and her offspring; which connects clearly to the foreshadowing of Genesis. "So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus." (Revelation 12:13-17)

 

As we know from the Scripture in Genesis 4:40, the woman isn't referred to as Eve until Adam gives her the name. However, it's not just the wedding at Cana where Jesus refers to His mother as woman but also in John 19:26-27. This is important as the words "Woman", and "Mother" appears in these verses, and Jesus isn't only referring to Mary as His Mother, but a mother to all believers. The "woman" in Genesis is referred to as the "mother of all living. 

 

"Eve, a virgin and undefiled, conceived the word of the serpent and bore disobedience and death. But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow her, for which reason the Holy One being born of her is the Son of God. And she replied 'Be it done unto me according to your word' [Luke 1:38]" Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 100 [A.D. 155]).