GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Eve was responsible. b. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread 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). But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? Did sorrow come in with sin? Prophets ii. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. i. 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.. Who told you that you were naked? 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. v. This is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. (Spurgeon), And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). Johannine Writings 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). He excused the fault by laying it on his 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. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. i. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Galatians 3:13. i. Gods question demanded an answer. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). ii. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. (Genesis 3:16) Gods curse upon the woman. b. God knew the answer to this question. 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. 1. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. For dust you are, 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. The New Testament Between you and the woman, He shall bruise your head, Wisdom Literature iii. 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. 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). Verse Genesis 3:19. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Major Prophets ii. 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. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. Covering ourselves with our good works is like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves with fig leaves. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. The New Testament Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. i. WebThe temptation from the serpent. Eve misquoted Gods command to Adam. 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. 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. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. 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 The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. ii. 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). 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; We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. 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.. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). 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." e. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate: Adams attempt to blame Eve is completely consistent with human nature. 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 her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. Minor Prophets 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. 1. 1. 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). 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. 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. Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? 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. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. 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. Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. All the days of your life. All the days of your life. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. WebGenesis 3:19 Catholic Bible: You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. Historical Books c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. And between your seed and her Seed; a. The two angels come to Sodom. 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). See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. WebChapter 3. Read full chapter. 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). We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. a. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. In toil you shall eat of it On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. ii. Pauline Epistles Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. 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. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. By saying the woman whom You gave to be with me, Adam essentially blamed God for the sin saying, You gave me the woman, and she is the problem. Adam wasnt content to blame Eve; he had to blame God also. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. Historical Books 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 Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. 2023 Christianity.com. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). 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. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. Minor Prophets i. i. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. ii. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. a. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. The serpent deceives Eve. c. Where are you? A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. 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. 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. a. Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). iv. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion 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. b. 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.
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