Therefore, He forbids you to eat of it, lest you create other worlds Hurry now and eat the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, and become independent of God, lest He bring forth still other creatures that will rule over you (Ginzberg). ii. Dont touch it or God says well die! While this is better than saying nothing, what Adam didnt explain made a vulnerable place where Satan could attack. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. There is a strange proneness in those that are tempted, to say, they are tempted of God; as if our abuse of God's gifts would excuse our breaking God's laws. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. ii. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. Poetical Books She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. God announced that Satan would wound the Messiah (you shall bruise His heel), but the Messiah would crush Satan with a mortal wound (He shall bruise your head). Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. And more than every beast of the field; Cool of the day is literally the breeze of the day. From Hebrew geography and culture, we might guess this means late afternoon or early evening. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? i. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. iii. i. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. e. Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed: The second part of the curse is directed against Satan himself. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. It was the ground that was cursed due to Adam's sin, so that he had to toil by the sweat of his brow throughout this earthly life to provide what was originally bestowed in plentiful supply. For dust you are, 1. Genesis 4. ii. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Pentateuch 1. Under Jesus, some of the effects of the curse are relieved, and it has been the Christianizing of society that brought rights and dignity to women. WebGenesis 3:14-19. Adam laid the blame on his wife; but though it was her fault to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit, it was his fault to hearken to her. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. e. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate: Adams attempt to blame Eve is completely consistent with human nature. iii. First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. Luke-Acts Historical Books It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. (Spurgeon), And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.. Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; She saw. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. i. Sin appears most plainly in the glass of the commandment, therefore God set it before Adam; and in it we should see our faces. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. i. We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. It is more than probable that they were clothed in light before the fall, and when they sinned the light went out. (Barnhouse). In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread His business, before he sinned, was a constant pleasure to him; but now his labour shall be a weariness. a. General Epistles The heel is the part within the serpents reach. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. This was their holy of holies. Therefore, it was important to send cherubim and a flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life. The way to the tree of life was shut. All the days of your life. i. WebGenesis 3:16-19. c. And clothed them: This, together with the expression of faith in Gods promise indicated in the naming of Eve (Genesis 3:20), indicates that Adam and Eve were rescued from their sinful condition. The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). This is not because there is something intrinsically unclean in our sexuality, but because we have both received our fallenness and pass it on genetically through sexual reproduction. In toil you shall eat of it Genesis 3:19. iii. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. 1. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, You will be like God, knowing good and evil, The woman saw that the tree was good for food, Then the eyes of both of them were opened, They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, walking in the garden in the cool of the day, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid. iv. a. 3. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Did travailing pains come with sin? One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. i. Gods question demanded an answer. He chose to be with Eve instead of obeying God. a. Because of the curse, Eve would have to fight a desire to master her husband, a desire that works against Gods ordained order for the home. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. This prophecy also gives the first hint of the virgin birth, declaring the Messiah the Deliverer would be the Seed of the Woman, but not of the man. We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. a. New Age author Marianne Williamson (author of A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles), guru to many of Hollywoods spiritual seekers, spent a night at the White House as the personal guest of Hillary Clinton. The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain and frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter never the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam. iv. ii. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. He became obedient unto death. And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. iv. In our courts of law, we do not require men to answer questions which would incriminate them, but God does; and, at the last great day, the ungodly will be condemned on their own confession of guilt (Spurgeon). b. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. i. Eve does not seem to know the name of this tree; she only calls it the tree in the midst of the garden, instead of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. This is because she did not receive the command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil directly from God but through Adam (Genesis 2:15-17). It is idle to call the narrative of the Fall a mere allegory; one had better say at once that he does not believe the Book There was a real serpent, as there was a real paradise; there was a real Adam and Eve, who stood at the head of our race, and they really sinned, and our race is really fallen. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. This signified the shutting out of him, and all his guilty race, from that communion with God, which was the bliss and glory of paradise. We all sin, but when we sin, we can still give glory to God by openly confessing without shifting the blame onto others (Joshua 7:19-20). Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. a. The beasts, from whose skins they were clothed, it is supposed were slain, not for man's food, but for sacrifice, to typify Christ, the great Sacrifice. (2-3) Eves Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. If all these people were brought together in a church-like organization, it would be the third largest religious denomination in America. Pentateuch ii. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. ii. No wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. Notice is given concerning Christ. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. iii. If Adam would have sinned first, and if he had then given the fruit to Eve, she might have a partial excuse before God: I was simply obeying the head of our home. It was henceforward in vain for him and his to expect righteousness, life, and happiness, by the covenant of works; for the command of that covenant being broken, the curse of it is in full force: we are all undone, if we are judged by that covenant. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Often neglected in favor of more "exciting" prophecies, this first prophecy holds the fundamental principles for understanding the nature of Satan's relationship to Christ and the church, woman's relationship with man, man's relationship with nature, and sin's role in human suffering. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. ii. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. Prophets i. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed 1. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. a. Adam called his wifes name Eve: Up to Genesis 3:20, the woman has never been called Eve. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. Though Adam and Eve and their descendants were prevented from eating the fruit of the tree of life (by Gods mercy), they could still come there to meet God. Poetical Books In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). You are cursed more than all cattle: The first part of the curse is directed at the animal that Satan used to bring the temptation. His victory over Satan thereby. ii. He asked it because He allowed Adam to make the best of a bad situation by repenting right then and there, but Adam didnt come clean and repent before God. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. The Old Testament Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). iii. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. We can assume this is God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, appearing to Adam and Eve before His incarnation and birth at Bethlehem, because of God the Father it is said, No one has seen God at any time. The serpent deceives Eve. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. ii. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. Not in the dead of night when the natural glooms of darkness might have increased the terrors of the criminal, not in the heat of the day, lest he should imagine that God come in the heat of passion; not in the early morning, as if in haste to slay, but at the close of the day, for God is long-suffering, slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Spurgeon). By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. Few of us are willing to simply say as David did, I have sinned against the LORD (2 Samuel 12:13). We will see Adam and Eve in heaven. Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; i. Leupold on walking in the garden in the cool of the day: The almost casual way in which this is remarked indicates that this did not occur for the first time just then There is extreme likelihood that the Almighty assumed some form analogous to the human form which was made in His image.. The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. Major Prophets This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. This wasnt primarily a wardrobe problem or a fear problem or a self-esteem problem. a. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. 2023 Christianity.com. Chapter 3. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. ii. 1. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. d. He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden: Cherubim are always associated with the presence and glory of God (Ezekiel 10, Isaiah 6, Revelation 4). i. 1. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. Major Prophets Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. Sin brought pain to childbirth, and no one knew more pain than Jesus did when He, through His suffering, brought many sons to glory (, Sin brought conflict, and Jesus endured great conflict to bring our salvation (, Thorns came with sin and the fall, and Jesus endured a crown of thorns to bring our salvation (, Sin brought sweat, and Jesus sweat, as it were, great drops of blood to win our salvation (, Sin brought sorrow, and Jesus became a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, to save us (, Sin brought death, and Jesus tasted death for everyone that we might be saved (, Barnhouse, Donald Grey "Genesis: A Devotional Exposition" Volumes 1 and 2 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1973), Boice, James Montgomery "Genesis: An Expositional Commentary" Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1987), Ginzberg, Louis "The Legends of the Jews" Volumes 1-7 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968), Leupold, H.C. "Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1976), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). The serpent was more cunning than any beast. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! Prophets i. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. Perhaps there is a note of sarcasm by God here (as Elijah used in 1 Kings 18:27), regarding Satans empty promise to become like gods. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. But the tree was nothing more than a restraint on Adam and Eve. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. Poole says the woman wasnt surprised at the serpents speaking because Adam and Eve had free conversation with angelic beings that often appeared in the form of men. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. If God lies to her, how can He be good? He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. He shall bruise your head, If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. i. It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. 2. Minor Prophets f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Did sorrow come in with sin? On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. Few subjects are more important! Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. iii. Therefore, it is Adam and not Eve who bears the responsibility for the fall of the human race and for the introduction of death into the created order (Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:22). Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Between you and the woman, It is the fruit of this enmity, that there is a continual warfare between grace and corruption, in the hearts of God's people. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. They saw a loving God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. i. Minor Prophets Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate, I will put enmity between you and the woman, You shall eat dust all the days of your life, Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel, Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children, Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, Dust you are, and to dust you shall return, The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil, And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden, He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, David Guzik :: 1 Corintios 7 Principios Sobre el Matrimonio y la Soltera, David Guzik :: 1 Juan 2 Impedimentos para una comunin con Dios, David Guzik :: Gnesis 3 La tentacin y cada del hombre, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 1-10 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Genesis 15-18 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Third Person of the Trinity (Chuck Smith).

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