ii. His habitation is cursed. It was as if God could not wait to announce His plan of salvation, to bring deliverance through the one known as the Seed of the woman. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. Few subjects are more important! Johannine Writings 3. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. WebGenesis 3:17. 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. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. Because of this, God has implanted it in the minds of men that more modesty is appropriate for these areas of our body. ii. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. The Gospels I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; 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). 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. ii. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. a. Major Prophets Wisdom Literature Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. 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). A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. His victory over Satan thereby. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. Johannine Writings b. Pentateuch 16-19 The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). c. On your belly you shall go: Whatever noble bearing the creation known as the serpent had before the fall and the curse, that nobility was gone. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. As with every temptation, God had made for Eve a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). 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). In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. Adam even blames God. 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 fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. (2-3) Eves 2. We may not understand everything involved in the way Satan used the body of a serpent, but we can know it was true and this is no mere fable. iii. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. a. He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. 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. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. 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. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. ii. Pentateuch Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. iv. 3. Johannine Writings conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy For dust you are, WebGenesis 3:19 Catholic Bible: You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. (22-24). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point WebGenesis 3:14-19. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. iv. 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. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible 1. Genesis 3:19. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. 1. The flaming sword was pointed against Satan to keep him from destroying the way of access to the altar, which God had set up. (Barnhouse). This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. The taking was all her doing. The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. An animal had to die. 3. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible i. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). Did travailing pains come with sin? It has been a sort of speculative opinion that the creature either had wings, or was able to move without creeping upon the earth as it now does. (Spurgeon). Thank you for registering. ii. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. i. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. iii. They couldnt refuse to answer God the way a criminal might keep silent when questioned. Web19 sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt." If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. a. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. iii. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. b. Deceived me: The problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is sin in itself. Pauline Epistles i. ii. 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. 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. 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. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? ii. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. iii. Luke-Acts WebBut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4) God had expressly declared to Adam, in the day that you eat of (the forbidden tree) you shall surely die.. ii. Read full chapter. ii. Her words, you shall not eat it and lest you die are close enough, but she added to the command and put words in Gods mouth when she said, nor shall you touch it. For out of it you were taken; (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). 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. Poetical Books d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. Genesis 4. 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). 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? 20 The man gave his Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. Now the two angels came to In toil you shall eat of it i. Jesus was tempted in the same three-fold way: an appeal to the physical appetites, an appeal to covetous and emotional desires, and an appeal to pride (Matthew 4:1-11). i. And between your seed and her Seed; i. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. Men and women have each known sorrow throughout history, yet the unique sorrow of women is well known. And he shall rule over you.. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. 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. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Then the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. Your desire shall be for your husband, The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. a. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Eves knowledge of what she should not do is partially correct, but what she doesnt seem to know makes her all the more vulnerable to deception. a. 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. This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. ii. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. 2023 Christianity.com. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. i. The Gospels The Gospels Genesis 2. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. If man had not sinned, he would always have ruled with wisdom and love; if the woman had not sinned, she would always have obeyed with humility and meekness. Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. 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). 3. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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). General Epistles Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame (Revelation 16:15). I. 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). ii. See also God's care for our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. Your partnership makes all we do possible. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. 6. Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him.
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