Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. 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). But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. Many have speculated that Adam sinned because he didnt want Eve to be alone in the fall, and he ate of the fruit out of a romantic impulse. After the fall, everything looked worse. And more than every beast of the field; It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). He shall bruise your head, b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. 2. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). 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. Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. And he shall rule over you.. Obviously, they covered their genital areas. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. i. 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. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. It may be that Adam and Eve were previously clothed in Gods glorious light, and the immediate loss of this covering of light left them feeling exposed and naked. 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. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. Every attempt to cover our own nakedness before God is just as foolish. 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. 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. 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. Pentateuch conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy The Gospels Genesis 3 iii. He was crowned with thorns for us. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. 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. 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; Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). WebGenesis 3, Sermon Bible Commentary, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. 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. ii. The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. i. ii. WebGenesis 3. 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. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible Prophets (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. Major Prophets This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. He excused the fault by laying it on his 2. Did death come in with sin? d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. 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). in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. i. Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. 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. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). a. 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). i. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. iii. Eve was responsible. ii. 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. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. iii. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? b. Prophets i. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. ii. 1. WebThe temptation from the serpent. Genesis 3 But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. i. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). It is more than probable that they were clothed in light before the fall, and when they sinned the light went out. (Barnhouse). What Satan said is more important than how he said it. Poetical Books GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. Did sorrow come in with sin? The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. 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.. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. 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. Pentateuch His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. 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. This prophecy also gives the first hint of the virgin birth, declaring the Messiah the Deliverer would be the Seed of the Woman, but not of the man. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. 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. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. 1. 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). A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. Your desire shall be for your husband, 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. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. ii. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. a. 1. Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. Genesis 3:16-19 meaning | TheBibleSays.com It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. 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). ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. The two angels come to Sodom. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. Genesis 3 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 And you shall bruise His heel.. The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. b. 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). Web3. a. The Old Testament iii. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. 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. 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. Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). She saw. This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. The New Testament Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. ii. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 19 They must have thought, Its our turn next!. Genesis 3 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. b. 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. ii. Genesis 3:19 - KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE ii. i. 1. 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. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread His business, before he sinned, was a constant pleasure to him; but now his labour shall be a weariness. 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). 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.