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. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. i. Gods question demanded an answer. (2-3) Eves iii. Satans hatred of Eve was nothing new; it was already present but now man will, generally speaking, have antagonism towards Satan. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. iii. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. He became obedient unto death. Poetical Books The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. More than 90% of the subscribers to New Age Magazine are college graduates, compared to half the general population. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. 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. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. Albeit that henceforth all he ate was to be with the sweat of his face, yet still he was to have enough to eat, and he was to live on. (Spurgeon). See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. Genesis 3 The Old Testament It may be that Adam and Eve were previously clothed in Gods glorious light, and the immediate loss of this covering of light left them feeling exposed and naked. 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. 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. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. b. (Genesis 3:10-12) Adam tries to explain his sin. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. Prophets 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. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. a. 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. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). That Satan has power to enter into living bodies is clear, for he did so upon a very large scale with regard to men in the days of Christ Being compelled to have an embodiment, the master evil spirit perceived the serpent to be at that time among the most subtle of all creatures; and therefore he entered into the serpent as feeling that he would be most at home in that animal (Spurgeon). He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. Historical Books Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. And you shall eat the herb of the field. The serpent deceives Eve. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. 1. 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. Minor Prophets You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. General Epistles 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). 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. Chapter 3. Genesis 3:19 NIV - By the sweat of your brow you will eat - Bible (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. The serpent deceived me, and I ate: When confronted by God, Eve didnt necessarily shift the blame when she admitted the serpent deceived her and then she ate. Wisdom Literature See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. 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. WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. 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. 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). We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. 1. 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. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. 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. General Epistles Pentateuch 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). It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. 1. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. 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). Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. Genesis 2. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.. He shall bruise your head, Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 5. 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. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). Did thorns come in with sin? But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. iv. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. In pain you shall bring forth children; This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. 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). i. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. Pentateuch 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.. And you shall bruise His heel.. 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. Genesis 3:16-19 meaning | TheBibleSays.com ii. 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. 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. 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. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. 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. ii. Genesis 3 It was Eve's weakness to enter into this talk with the serpent: she might have perceived by his question, that he had no good design, and should therefore have started back. The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. 1. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. Take and eat will one day become verbs of salvation, but only after Jesus had lived in the world of Adams curse and surrendered to death. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. b. Luke-Acts This wasnt primarily a wardrobe problem or a fear problem or a self-esteem problem. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. 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). WebGenesis 3. iii. Verse Genesis 3:19. iii. i. Genesis 3 Genesis 3 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. ii. God confronted Adams problem squarely. The question was meant to show that seeks after lost man. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. 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. Sin appears most plainly in the glass of the commandment, therefore God set it before Adam; and in it we should see our faces. i. 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. Adam named her in faith, trusting God would bring forth a deliverer from the woman because God said He would defeat Satan through the Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15). 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). Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. 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. 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. Till you return to the ground, 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 This does not mean God did not have a name for Eve, but we are told what the name is in Genesis 5:2: He called them Mankind. And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. 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).