The word for man means all mankind. But not the word for "male." Male is also the word for husband and the word for female also means wife. The Church is a Bride, representing the female subjective side of man that trusts and submits to Christ, THE Husband.
..."In short review, the male nature is the OBJECTIVE truth aspect and the source of life. It does not have emotion or feelings. It deals with the truth and is simply the cold hard facts. The female nature is the SUBJECTIVE aspect, and is designed to bring forth all the beauty, emotion, feelings, and expression of what the male nature provides objectively. But since the female is not the source, she is helpless and lost without the male. Likewise the male is alone and has no means of expression without the female (see 1 Cor 11:11). The two aspects are incomplete without one another.
God designed Adam to be the covering and protector of Eve. He failed dramatically when the serpent deceived the woman and she and the snake were alone together (the male Adam was not present at the time Eve committed spiritual fornication with the serpent). And he sinned even greater when he willfully partook of the forbidden fruit after his wife handed it to him. He then turned and blamed the woman (his own subjective nature) for the sin.
The male nature, which is supposed to represent objective truth, becomes totally corrupt when it loses its morally objective compass and rules in disobedience to God. This comes about and happens when the male is seduced by the female/subjective aspect of his persona.
Again, we must always keep in mind the fact that all of this Adam/Eve stuff in the Bible is designed to convey eternal truths. It goes way beyond just historical events.
God destroys Adam
Now the fundamental and conclusive fact of absolute importance related to this whole thing to do with Adam and Eve and the angels, is the following.
God has completely destroyed the old man Adam. He is finished with him forever. The literal Adam and what he represents no longer exists in any context. Adam the male is now toast.
Because of the fall and rebellion in heaven, the male aspect of Adam himself has been thoroughly and completely annihilated. The only thing that is left (symbolically of course) is the woman or the subjective aspect of the persona. She is now alone and wandering in the spiritual wilderness of this world, yet is divinely protected by God for a period of time from the serpent (see Revelation chapter 12). She represents the female/subjective aspect of the angels who fell and who are now without a male covering of knowledge and truth. And that is who God is going to save and have mercy upon—the woman. But only the woman matters to God at this point.
"For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety" (1 Tim 2:13,14).
Adam was not deceived, but the woman was. This fact is absolutely paramount. The male/objective nature knew better and sinned willfully. So God has finally put to death our old Adamic nature which was rooted in Adam's willful rebellion. But the subjective female nature, God will somehow restore and regenerate and keep. Yet that redemption process takes place through "childbearing" (people being born into this world). In numerous Bible verses Adam is referred to as "the old man."
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin" (Rom 6:6).
The good news in all of this is that the old male lion has ultimately been replaced by Jesus the virgin born man child, who is now the NEW ADAM—who came directly from God the Father in heaven, as the ONLY legitimate begotten Son, and is now the ONLY objective source of truth. He is now the husband of the virgin bride of Christ, i.e. the Church—see Rev 12:5,13). Look at the tremendous depth of meaning in the following verses.
"And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven" (1 Cor 15:45,47).
And here it mentions the birth of this "Lord from heaven."
"And she brought forth a man child (Jesus), who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne" (Rev 12:5).
And here now is the result of Christ ascending to heaven.
"And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all" (Eph 1:22,23). 
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