b. Wisdom Literature They couldnt refuse to answer God the way a criminal might keep silent when questioned. 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. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. iii. 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. 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. WebGenesis 3:17. ii. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 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. 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. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. i. Wisdom Literature The serpent (Lucifer) deceives EveShe and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruitHer Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpents headThe roles of woman b. 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. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. 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. Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve Then the eyes of both of them were opened: Seemingly, it was only after the sin of Adam that they knew of their sinful state. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. 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). The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. Eve was responsible. Isaiah 14 tells us Satans fall had to do with his desire to be equal to or greater than God, to set his will against Gods will. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. 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. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. iii. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame (Revelation 16:15). It was henceforward in vain for him and his to expect righteousness, life, and happiness, by the covenant of works; for the command of that covenant being broken, the curse of it is in full force: we are all undone, if we are judged by that covenant. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). i. Minor Prophets i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. 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. a. Historical Books The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. 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 Who told you that you were naked? (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. 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. God confronted Adams problem squarely. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. We read ( ch. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Poetical Books Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. c. Where are you? They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. 2. 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. Not in the dead of night when the natural glooms of darkness might have increased the terrors of the criminal, not in the heat of the day, lest he should imagine that God come in the heat of passion; not in the early morning, as if in haste to slay, but at the close of the day, for God is long-suffering, slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Spurgeon). There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). Major Prophets a. 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. a. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. (22-24). 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.. 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. Luke-Acts 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. iv. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. 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). So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). Few subjects are more important! 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. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! 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). And he shall rule over you.. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. He turned aside quickly. 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. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. He chose to be with Eve instead of obeying God. a. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy It is idle to call the narrative of the Fall a mere allegory; one had better say at once that he does not believe the Book There was a real serpent, as there was a real paradise; there was a real Adam and Eve, who stood at the head of our race, and they really sinned, and our race is really fallen. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Historical Books i. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. For dust you are, And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. And between your seed and her Seed; Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Because of this, God has implanted it in the minds of men that more modesty is appropriate for these areas of our body. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Then the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.. 1. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. a. 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. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. b. 20 The man gave his This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. The taking was all her doing. Prophets On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. (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 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. Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. 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. ii. of Scripture. Johannine Writings The New Testament 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.. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. 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 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. 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. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). Major Prophets God revealed this to Adam, not to drive him to despair, but to quicken him to look for life and happiness in the promised Seed, by whom a new and living way into the holiest is laid open for us. 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. ii. Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). He quoted the command wrong. 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. General Epistles Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. 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 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. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. i. When men deny the Scriptures and the truth of God, they always go to work in an underhand, mean, and serpentine style: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. If guilty man begins to plot for his own advantage, scheme for his own glory, and aim at perverting the truth, you will notice that he never takes a bold, open, manly stand, but he dodges, he conceals, he twists and shifts: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. Sin is a mean and despicable thing. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. Unto Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. 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). Satan will often attack a chain at its weakest link, so he gets at Adam by tempting Eve. All the days of your life. Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. 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). Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. Because you have done this, 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). (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. 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 There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. b. Chapter 3. 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). 1. And to dust you shall return.. (Genesis 3:10-12) Adam tries to explain his sin. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. 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). Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. 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. Your desire shall be for your husband, He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. 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). He pressed upon them greatly Partly because he would by no means have them to expose themselves to the perils and insults which he was aware awaited their Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. All the days of your life. 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. 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. 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. 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. i. General Epistles In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. Wisdom Literature iii. 1. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The Old Testament i. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. 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. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? d. He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden: Cherubim are always associated with the presence and glory of God (Ezekiel 10, Isaiah 6, Revelation 4). This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Johannine Writings Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? 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.. 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. Few of us are willing to simply say as David did, I have sinned against the LORD (2 Samuel 12:13). 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? 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). WebGenesis 3:19 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. King 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). Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. 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. Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. 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. iii. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. ii. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. i. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. The womans desire is to control her husband (to usurp his divinely appointed headship), and he must master her, if he can. Thank you for registering. 3. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. i. It reminded them they were not God, that God had a legitimate claim to their obedience, and that they were responsible to Him. The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. Luke-Acts Prophets The serpent deceives Eve. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. 1. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! WebGenesis 19. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. 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. His victory over Satan thereby. It is the fruit of this enmity, that there is a continual warfare between grace and corruption, in the hearts of God's people. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. 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. Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). The Gospels Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. 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 her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. She saw. 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. Prophets 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. In toil you shall eat of it 2023 Christianity.com. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. 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). WebGenesis 3. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. It is good to feel guilty when you have done something wrong, and having no sense of guilt or shame is worse. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. 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. And I will put enmity Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it. The Old Testament Ezekiel 28 tells us Satan, before his fall, was an angel of the highest rank and prominence, even something of a leader of worship in heaven. There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God.
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