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. WebChapter 3. ii. 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). Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. Barnhouse explained: This verse will be understood better when it is realized that the desire of man toward his wife alone is solely by Gods grace and not by nature.. After the fall, everything looked worse. The two angels come to Sodom. 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). i. Till you return to the ground, 2. 2. Johannine Writings 1. ii. Web(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 which she had sought to gratify the desire of Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. He turned aside quickly. And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. ii. 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.. i. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. In pain you shall bring forth children; i. b. Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). Did thorns come in with sin? As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. Man has, perhaps, far more cunning than any mere creature but Satan has more of cunning within him than any other creature that the Lord God hath made, man included. (Spurgeon). The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. Chapter 3. 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). 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 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Unto Notice is given concerning Christ. Verse Genesis 3:19. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. a. Who told you that you were naked? They must have thought, Its our turn next!. i. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. We can see the precise truth of Pauls statement in 1 Timothy 2:14, that Eve was deceived when she sinned. ii. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. ii. An animal had to die. The Whole Bible Obviously, they covered their genital areas. 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. The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). 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 (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. Prophets Minor Prophets b. For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. i. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. In toil you shall eat of it In virtually all cultures, adults cover their genital areas, even though other parts of the human body may be more or less exposed from culture to culture. iv. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. Where the gospel has gone, the load has been lifted, and woman in Christ has become the reflection of the redeemed Church, the bride of Christ. (Barnhouse). Poetical Books The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. 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. The principle of Galatians 3:13 is established as we consider that Jesus bore each aspect of the curse upon Adam and Eve in its totality: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:19. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. We will see Adam and Eve in heaven. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. 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. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. 3. iv. On your belly you shall go, WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. i. He shall bruise your head, a. ii. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. If God lies to her, how can He be good? That bruised heel is painful enough. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Web19 By the sweat of your brow. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a 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. 3. The way to the tree of life was shut. 1. You are cursed more than all cattle, Wisdom Literature ii. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. WebThe temptation from the serpent. 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. 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. The New Testament Major Prophets In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. 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.. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). c. Where are you? i. If Satan doesnt couple it with some truth, there is little power in his temptation. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). c. In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened: Satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. c. And he said to the woman: Apparently, before the curse pronounced in Genesis 3:14-15, the serpent was different than what we know today as a serpent. And you shall bruise His heel.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had 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. Ever since Adam, men run from Gods presence and dont want to listen to His Word. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. 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. ii. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. According to a 1992 survey, as many as 12 million Americans can be considered active participants in the New Age movement, and another 30 million are avidly interested. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. Pauline Epistles Men and women have each known sorrow throughout history, yet the unique sorrow of women is well known. 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. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. iii. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. Historical Books 1. We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. 1. Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. WebGenesis 3:17. Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. 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; God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. 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.. WebThe temptation from the serpent. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to Johannine Writings d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. 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.. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. All the days of your life. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. 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. WebGenesis 3:19 New International Version 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. Historical Books Passwords should have at least 6 characters. ii. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. WebGenesis 3:19. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. 3. i. 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. 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. i. God came to them with care, coming before the darkness of night. 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). a. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. 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.. By saying the woman whom You gave to be with me, Adam essentially blamed God for the sin saying, You gave me the woman, and she is the problem. Adam wasnt content to blame Eve; he had to blame God also. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. Because of Adam: ii. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. It is difficult for women in Christian lands to realize the miseries of their hundreds of millions of sisters in pagan lands, where the lot of women is little above that of cattle. Clothes came in with sin. General Epistles a. 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. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. The serpent deceives Eve. iii. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. 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. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. He was sent to a place of toil, not to a place of torment. The Old Testament Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. 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. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. She was not a mother at all, but as the life was to come through her by virtue of the promised seed, Adam marks his full conviction of the truth of the promise though at the time the woman had borne no children. (Spurgeon). i. Jewish rabbis embellished on Satans temptation to Eve: Nothing but malice has prompted Gods command, because as soon as you eat of it, you will be as God. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. For out of it you were taken; i. You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. 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. i. i. 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. And between your seed and her Seed; The Gospels He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. God knew the answer to this question. Now the two angels came to After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. Gods plan wasnt defeated when Adam and Eve sinned because Gods plan was to bring forth something greater than man in the innocence of Eden. Genesis 4. ii. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Major Prophets i. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. i. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. 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. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. And he shall rule over you.. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. His victory over Satan thereby. Eve misquoted Gods command to Adam. 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." God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. Thank you for registering. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. 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.. iii. 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. ii. 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. iii. 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.
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