ii. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Galatians 3:13. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. WebThe temptation from the serpent. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. 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. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. If all these people were brought together in a church-like organization, it would be the third largest religious denomination in America. 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.. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Wisdom Literature WebGenesis 3:14-19. Bible Gateway Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. 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. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. i. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). Prophets The two angels come to Sodom. 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). In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. 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. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. (2-3) Eves (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. 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. And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? iii. ii. (Genesis 3:4-5) Satans direct challenge to Gods Word. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. i. The Old Testament Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. i. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). i. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. 1. The way to the tree of life was shut. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. 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. Genesis 3 Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. 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. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. 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). ii. ii. WebGenesis 3. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. Pauline Epistles iii. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. 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.. Johannine Writings 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). This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. 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. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. General Epistles Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. What does Genesis chapter 3 mean? | BibleRef.com All Rights Reserved. Genesis 3:17 Commentaries: Then to Adam He said, "Because b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. Genesis 3:19 Catholic Bible: You will have to work hard and Major Prophets WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. a. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. Genesis 3 (14,15) The punishment of mankind. ii. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. The Old Testament Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. The serpent deceives Eve. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. i. His victory over Satan thereby. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. 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. Now the two angels came to i. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. The Old Testament Learn hence, that Satan's temptations are all beguilings; his arguments are all deceits; his allurements are all cheats; when he speaks fair, believe him not. 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. b. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. Because of Adam: 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. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. 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 spoke in a taunting way. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. The Gospels This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. After the fall, everything looked worse. 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. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. ii. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. 2. The Gospels c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. The Lamb of God has made for us a garment which covers our nakedness so that we are not afraid to stand even before the bar of God. (Spurgeon). Clothes came in with sin. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. 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. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 3 f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. 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.. 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). Pentateuch Luke-Acts Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. And between your seed and her Seed; See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. i. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. ii. 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). Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. 2. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. i. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. But the tree was nothing more than a restraint on Adam and Eve. 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." 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. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Their hearts must have been sorely perplexed within them while they were waiting to see what God would do to them as a punishment for the great sin they had committed. (Spurgeon). God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. d. To the woman: Satan brought his temptation against the woman because he perceived she was more vulnerable to attack. 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. i. 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). i. Believe this (Spurgeon). 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. Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. Pentateuch The serpent (Lucifer) deceives EveShe and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruitHer Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpents headThe roles of woman Did sweat come in with sin? Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Few subjects are more important! Did thorns come in with sin? Unto f. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel: In this, God prophesies the doom of Satan, showing that the real battle is between Satan and the Seed of the Woman. 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). The Whole Bible i. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. Genesis 4. b. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. Poetical Books You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. Our good works are like monopoly money great for monopoly, but not legal tender. Historical Books 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. 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. 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. 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. Major Prophets i. Web19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. But their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion. Your partnership makes all we do possible. And to dust you shall return.. 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. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. a. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. ii. 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? It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. God has a covering for His people (Isaiah 61:10), and the exhortation from Jesus is for us: Behold, I am coming as a thief. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy 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). d. You shall eat dust all the days of your life: This was true of the serpent as an animal, but it is also true of Satan. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). 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. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. God ordained that the pain with which women bring children into this world be an example of the pain they experience more generally in life. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. WebGenesis 3:19. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! Adam even blames God. I. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point WebThe temptation from the serpent. 20 The man gave his The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. 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. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). 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). Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. 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 that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. 1. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. WebGenesis 3:17. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve of the living soul. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. For out of it you were taken; God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. Genesis 3:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. i. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: Adam and Eve knew that when they heard the LORD coming, He would want to be with them. The lifting of a bronze serpent is the lifting up of sin judged, in the form of a cross. There is a strange proneness in those that are tempted, to say, they are tempted of God; as if our abuse of God's gifts would excuse our breaking God's laws. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. i. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. 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. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. God confronted Adams problem squarely. ii. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. And he shall rule over you.. 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). We can assume this is God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, appearing to Adam and Eve before His incarnation and birth at Bethlehem, because of God the Father it is said, No one has seen God at any time. Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. ii. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). Therefore, it is Adam and not Eve who bears the responsibility for the fall of the human race and for the introduction of death into the created order (Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:22). Verse Genesis 3:19. WebGenesis 3:16-19. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. 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. This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. 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. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. a. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race.
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