ii. He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. i. He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. The Gospels He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. Poetical Books Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. a. They saw a loving God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. 2023 Christianity.com. WebChapter 3. iii. Adam and Eve must have been terrified as this once-beautiful creature called a serpent was transformed into the creeping, slithering, hissing snake we know today. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. 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). See also God's care for our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. Eve was responsible. However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. Isaiah 14 tells us Satans fall had to do with his desire to be equal to or greater than God, to set his will against Gods will. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Learn hence, that Satan's temptations are all beguilings; his arguments are all deceits; his allurements are all cheats; when he speaks fair, believe him not. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. 3. Historical Books d. To the woman: Satan brought his temptation against the woman because he perceived she was more vulnerable to attack. d. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you: The idea is to contrast the womans desire and the husbands rule over her. Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). Pauline Epistles 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. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! All the days of your life. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. I will put enmity between you and the woman: In addition, there is a natural aversion between mankind and serpents, especially on the part of women. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. I. The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. CSB 19 You will eat bread by the Web19 By the sweat of your brow. The New Testament Web3. Major Prophets As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. But their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion. ii. It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of Satan. Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. In toil you shall eat of it Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. a. i. Poetical Books Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. 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. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. iii. i. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. It is good to feel guilty when you have done something wrong, and having no sense of guilt or shame is worse. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. Did sweat come in with sin? Because she was the mother of all living: Adam named her Eve, even though she was not a mother at all at the time. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Did sorrow come in with sin? Martin Luther said of this verse: This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures (Leupold). b. God revealed this to Adam, not to drive him to despair, but to quicken him to look for life and happiness in the promised Seed, by whom a new and living way into the holiest is laid open for us. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). He shall bruise your head, WebGenesis 19. Many have speculated that Adam sinned because he didnt want Eve to be alone in the fall, and he ate of the fruit out of a romantic impulse. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. 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. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Johannine Writings We are still made in Gods image, so we want to be in the presence of God and hear His voice, while at the same time, we are afraid of Him. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible 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. WebAs Genesis 3:20 records an instance of humble, apprehending faith in the divine word, so here we have a manifest act of mercy on the part of God, indicating the pardon and acceptance of confessing, believing man, rejoicing in anticipation of that future victory over the serpent which was to be accomplished by the seed of the woman. It is the common fault and folly of those that have done ill, when questioned about it, to acknowledge only that which is so manifest that they cannot deny it. iii. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. Pauline Epistles And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. a. So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? i. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. i. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. 1. i. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. 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. Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. 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.. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. a. Adam called his wifes name Eve: Up to Genesis 3:20, the woman has never been called Eve. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. i. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. 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. you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. 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. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible We can speculate that God did not destroy it, but left it to the effects of the curse and suppose that it generally deteriorated from its original condition, blending into the surrounding geography. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? iii. 20 The man gave his Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. Between you and the woman, c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. i. 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. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. (Genesis 3:10-12) Adam tries to explain his sin. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. Let us, therefore, always think well of God as the best good, and think ill of sin as the worst evil: thus let us resist the devil, and he will flee from us. General Epistles And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. 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. Luke-Acts Thank you for registering. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. Adam probably had regard to the blessing of a Redeemer, the promised Seed, in calling his wife Eve, or life; for He should be the life of all believers, and in Him all the families of the earth should be blessed. The New Testament He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. If God lies to her, how can He be good? Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. c. Where are you? Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. Pentateuch To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. b. (22-24). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, (Hebrew/Greek Search by English Definition), * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order', Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. b. The representation of Satan as a serpent makes the idea of Moses saving Israel by lifting up a bronze serpent all the more provocative (Numbers 21:8-9), especially when Jesus identifies Himself with that very serpent (John 3:14). Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. 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. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. iii. 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. d. You will be like God, knowing good and evil: The final enticement was the most powerful because it was how Satan himself fell, wanting to be equal with God. Satan ruined himself by desiring to be like the Most High, therefore he sought to infect our first parents with the same desire, that he might ruin them too. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forevertherefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. The Gospels b. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. And he shall rule over you.. 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. (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. Did travailing pains come with sin? The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. 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Pentateuch Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point 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. Their hearts must have been sorely perplexed within them while they were waiting to see what God would do to them as a punishment for the great sin they had committed. (Spurgeon). For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! His victory over Satan thereby. c. The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden: We dont know if Adam and Eve wanted to stay in the garden of Eden. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Satans hatred of Eve was nothing new; it was already present but now man will, generally speaking, have antagonism towards Satan. When God made clothes for our first parents, he made them warm and strong, but coarse and very plain; not robes of scarlet, but coats of skin. (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. It was a memorable discourse indeed, with Jehovah himself for the preacher, and the whole human race and the prince of darkness for the audience. (Spurgeon). Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. The Gospels i. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Cookie Notice: (2-3) Eves a. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. a. Satan took Gods positive command in Genesis 2:16-17 (Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat) and rephrased it in a purely negative way: God wont let you eat of every tree.. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. 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. He drew Eve into a discussion with him and planted the seed of doubt about Gods Word, and he exposed Eves incomplete understanding of Gods Word. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: In mercy, God protected Adam and Eve from the horrible fate of having to live forever as sinners by preventing them from eating from the tree of life. (Read Genesis 3:16-19) The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in God ordained that the pain with which women bring children into this world be an example of the pain they experience more generally in life. i. The two angels come to Sodom. He was guilty of unkindness to his wife and of blasphemy against his maker, in seeking to escape from confessing the sin which he had committed. His habitation is cursed. Webhis body was composed of the dust, was of the earth, earthly, and should be reduced to that again by death, which is not an annihilation of man, but a bringing him back to i. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. g. He shall bruise your head: For God to see the defeat of Satan at Satans first flush of victory shows God knew what He was doing all along. On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. Minor Prophets 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). 3. If this is true, it wasnt so strange to Eve that an angelic being might appear to her in the form of a beautiful pre-curse serpent. God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. i. By his death he gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpent that cannot be healed. Wisdom Literature (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). 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. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). Genesis 3:19. Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. ii. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. 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