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. 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. i. 2. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, a. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! 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. Minor Prophets Genesis 4. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. 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. Web3. WebGenesis 3:17. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. 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. 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. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed The Gospels 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). 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. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. (14,15) The punishment of mankind. However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. Historical Books 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. 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. b. Deceived me: The problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is sin in itself. Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. 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 He excused the fault by laying it on his 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. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. 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. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. Johannine Writings He turned aside quickly. Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Eves knowledge of what she should not do is partially correct, but what she doesnt seem to know makes her all the more vulnerable to deception. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. Major Prophets Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). The Gospels God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. Verse Genesis 3:19. And between your seed and her Seed; Believe this (Spurgeon). ii. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). i. Minor Prophets Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. Who told you that you were naked? Because of Adam: ii. a. 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? (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. We read ( ch. 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. Adam laid the blame on his wife; but though it was her fault to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit, it was his fault to hearken to her. i. Jesus was tempted in the same three-fold way: an appeal to the physical appetites, an appeal to covetous and emotional desires, and an appeal to pride (Matthew 4:1-11). 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. And you shall eat dust GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible iii. 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. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. iii. 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). 1. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; i. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. That bruised heel is painful enough. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. i. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. 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). Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? i. i. iv. Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. 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. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. The womans desire is to control her husband (to usurp his divinely appointed headship), and he must master her, if he can. So when the woman saw: Eve surrendered to this temptation in exactly the way John describes in 1 John 2:16. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. i. One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. 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. General Epistles It was the craftiness of Satan that made him successful against Eve: as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness (2 Corinthians 11:3). Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? He spoke in a taunting way. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. 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. 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. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. 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. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. In pain you shall bring forth children; ii. b. 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. Prophets She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). 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). The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. 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 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 Men and women have each known sorrow throughout history, yet the unique sorrow of women is well known. Because she was the mother of all living: Adam named her Eve, even though she was not a mother at all at the time. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. Not only does Adam unjustly accuse Eve, but also he refused to accept proper responsibility for his part in her sin. 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. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. Prophets Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. Major Prophets iii. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending 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.. 20 The man gave his Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? 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.. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. Because you have done this, It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. ii. 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). Wisdom Literature Few subjects are more important! God announced that Satan would wound the Messiah (you shall bruise His heel), but the Messiah would crush Satan with a mortal wound (He shall bruise your head). His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. 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. 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." Johannine Writings 3. Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. The serpent deceives Eve. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. 2. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. ii. 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. 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. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. 3. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. i. And he shall rule over you.. The serpent was more cunning than any beast: Satans effectiveness is often found in His cunning, crafty ways. Often neglected in favor of more "exciting" prophecies, this first prophecy holds the fundamental principles for understanding the nature of Satan's relationship to Christ and the church, woman's relationship with man, man's relationship with nature, and sin's role in human suffering. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? a. (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. i. Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? 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). ii. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. iii. Luke-Acts Major Prophets In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. Wisdom Literature The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. b. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. Our good works are like monopoly money great for monopoly, but not legal tender. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Galatians 3:13. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone.
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