The representation of Satan as a serpent makes the idea of Moses saving Israel by lifting up a bronze serpent all the more provocative (Numbers 21:8-9), especially when Jesus identifies Himself with that very serpent (John 3:14). Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. of Scripture. 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.. Because you have done this, Major Prophets 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. All the days of your life. i. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. 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). 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. i. iv. All Rights Reserved. His victory over Satan thereby. Major Prophets Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. He was crowned with thorns for us. 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. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame (Revelation 16:15). Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. 1. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. i. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. WebGenesis 3:17. 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. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. Did sorrow come in with sin? His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. 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. The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). b. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible 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. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. ii. i. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. WebGenesis 19:3. Luke-Acts Genesis 3:19. The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. What Satan said is more important than how he said it. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. Wisdom Literature This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. 1. And between your seed and her Seed; Satan ruined himself by desiring to be like the Most High, therefore he sought to infect our first parents with the same desire, that he might ruin them too. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? 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. 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. 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. 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. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. iv. b. And you shall eat dust And you shall bruise His heel.. And he shall rule over you.. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. 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The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. i. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of 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.. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. General Epistles Unto They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. iii. 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. Eve does not seem to know the name of this tree; she only calls it the tree in the midst of the garden, instead of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. i. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). 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.. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. i. Minor Prophets 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 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. ii. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. Adam probably had regard to the blessing of a Redeemer, the promised Seed, in calling his wife Eve, or life; for He should be the life of all believers, and in Him all the families of the earth should be blessed. ii. 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." Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. WebGenesis 3:19 New International Version 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Our good works are like monopoly money great for monopoly, but not legal tender. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. ii. a. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. 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. Few subjects are more important! Minor Prophets And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. 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Prophets Minor Prophets He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). 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. That bruised heel is painful enough. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. 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." The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. (22-24). 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Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. For out of it you were taken; The New Testament This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. 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. 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. 1. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. 6. d. To the woman: Satan brought his temptation against the woman because he perceived she was more vulnerable to attack. ii. The New Testament 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. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. 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. a. God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave it, therefore God made him go out. a. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. a. 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. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. The Old Testament WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. The Old Testament Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. General Epistles Pauline Epistles And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. ii. 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 wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. WebChapter 3. And I will put enmity Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. 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. Did death come in with sin? The Gospels GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point (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 Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so!