(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 We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). i. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. Johannine Writings He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. ii. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. Satan will often attack a chain at its weakest link, so he gets at Adam by tempting Eve. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. The New Testament 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. Believe this (Spurgeon). i. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. iv. ii. They saw a loving God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. 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). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point He chose to be with Eve instead of obeying God. 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. i. Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, Romans 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command. But to this point, she was called a female (Genesis 1:27), a helper comparable (Genesis 2:18), a woman (Genesis 2:22, 23), and a wife (Genesis 2:24, 25; 3:8). Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. i. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. ii. 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. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. And you shall eat the herb of the field. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed a. b. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. iii. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. i. 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). (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. It was Satan who said, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:13-14). b. iii. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. 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 tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. The way to the tree of life was shut. ii. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. ii. God knew the answer to this question. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? No wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. She was not even pregnant yet. 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. 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. Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him. i. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. ii. 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. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. All the days of your life. And between your seed and her Seed; Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. And more than every beast of the field; They must have thought, Its our turn next!. 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. i. 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. i. The contents of this chapter we have, 2 Pet 2 6-8, where we find that "God, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, and delivered just Lot." Adam even blames God. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. 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. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Poetical Books In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. It is more than probable that they were clothed in light before the fall, and when they sinned the light went out. (Barnhouse). Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. WebGenesis 3. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). Did sorrow come in with sin? God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. It reminded them they were not God, that God had a legitimate claim to their obedience, and that they were responsible to Him. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. 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. 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). The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. He quoted the command wrong. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame (Revelation 16:15). Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? The Old Testament Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. 1. Our good works are like monopoly money great for monopoly, but not legal tender. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. An animal had to die. i. And he shall rule over you.. Prophets 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). 1. WebGenesis 3:16-19. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. Luke-Acts iv. 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. Did travailing pains come with sin? Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. WebGenesis 19:3. Satans hatred of Eve was nothing new; it was already present but now man will, generally speaking, have antagonism towards Satan. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Luke-Acts WebChapter 3. Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. God confronted Adams problem squarely. i. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. c. Where are you? 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. Prophets As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible 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). 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.. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. 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 The Gospels WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. a. Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. 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. The Gospels GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. 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. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. i. His habitation is cursed. 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. ii. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). 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. 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. CSB 19 You will eat bread by the And I will put enmity 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. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. 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). Chapter 3. Unto Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. 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. ii. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. All Rights Reserved. This is because, in this picture, the serpent (a personification of sin and rebellion) is made of bronze (a metal associated with judgment, since it is made with fire). But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. 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.