They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. i. The New Testament Historical Books Because of Adam: ii. General Epistles 20 The man gave his Major Prophets All the days of your life. Historical Books b. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Genesis 4. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. c. And clothed them: This, together with the expression of faith in Gods promise indicated in the naming of Eve (Genesis 3:20), indicates that Adam and Eve were rescued from their sinful condition. You are cursed more than all cattle, 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. d. Dust you are, and to dust you shall return: The final curse upon man promised there would be an end of his toil and labor on the earth but it was an end of death, not an end of deliverance. No wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. We can see the precise truth of Pauls statement in 1 Timothy 2:14, that Eve was deceived when she sinned. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. Historical Books But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. 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. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 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 Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. 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. 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. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Prophets 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 was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Wisdom Literature The New Testament Not only does Adam unjustly accuse Eve, but also he refused to accept proper responsibility for his part in her sin. Verse Genesis 3:19. ii. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. 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." (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. i. She saw. 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. 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. 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. 2. God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. 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. But instead of acknowledging the sin in its full extent, and taking shame to themselves, Adam and Eve excuse the sin, and lay the shame and blame on others. The Lord God did not ask the serpent anything, for he knew that he was a liar, but he at once pronounced sentence upon him. (Spurgeon). 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. 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. He became obedient unto death. He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. And you shall bruise His heel.. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. 1. iv. The lifting of a bronze serpent is the lifting up of sin judged, in the form of a cross. All the days of your life. Now the two angels came to Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. But their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. Clarke on nor shall you touch it: Some Jewish writers state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, See, you have touched it, and are still alive; you may therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely you shall not die.. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. 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 true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). Did sorrow come in with sin? i. God came to them with care, coming before the darkness of night. 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 was sent to a place of toil, not to a place of torment. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. 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. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. He turned aside quickly. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). 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. General Epistles 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. (22-24). Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, Major Prophets He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. 1. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. 1. And you shall eat dust This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. The Old Testament In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Major Prophets This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. 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.. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. 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). God obviously knew where they were but He also knew a gulf had been made between Him and man, a gulf that He Himself would have to bridge. 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). Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. The Old Testament Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. ii. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. It is the fruit of this enmity, that there is a continual warfare between grace and corruption, in the hearts of God's people. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. 3. We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Galatians 3:13. i. 1. 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. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. i. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. iii. ii. Did thorns come in with sin? When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. i. Wisdom Literature c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. And he shall rule over you.. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. 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.. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. ii. (2-3) Eves Johannine Writings Minor Prophets Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. (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 GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point And I will put enmity The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. The serpent: The text here does not, by itself alone, clearly identify the serpent as Satan, but the rest of the Bible makes it clear this is Satan appearing as a serpent. 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. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. 1. Unto In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread 6. WebThe temptation from the serpent. i. 3. 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). Email / username or password was incorrect! Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. 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. 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. iii. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. 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. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. 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. 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. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. 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).