They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. 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. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. 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. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. i. 1. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. i. We read ( ch. 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.. Did death come in with sin? i. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. 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.. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. a. Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him. 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. 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. 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. This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. It was Satan who said, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:13-14). God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. 1. And you shall eat dust 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). 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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. 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. Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). And you shall eat the herb of the field. ii. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. Minor Prophets 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. (Genesis 3:4-5) Satans direct challenge to Gods Word. 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. 1. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. I. iii. Now the two angels came to 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. As with every temptation, God had made for Eve a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). b. Historical Books iii. iii. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). 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." If Adam would have sinned first, and if he had then given the fruit to Eve, she might have a partial excuse before God: I was simply obeying the head of our home. d. To the woman: Satan brought his temptation against the woman because he perceived she was more vulnerable to attack. His habitation is cursed. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. v. This is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. Luke-Acts General Epistles WebGenesis 3. Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? 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. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. God confronted Adams problem squarely. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. iii. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. 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). c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. 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. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. The New Testament The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. 2. In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. 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.. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. 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." i. The two angels come to Sodom. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. 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. ii. Genesis 3:19. Johannine Writings 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). a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. i. Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. 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). His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. Poetical Books From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Did sweat come in with sin? 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. 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. WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. 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. 3. i. i. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. i. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. He spoke in a taunting way. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. i. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. Pentateuch In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. General Epistles iii. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. He excused the fault by laying it on his 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. He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. ii. Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. He shall bruise your head, ii. 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. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. i. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. In toil you shall eat of it 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. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. The principle of Galatians 3:13 is established as we consider that Jesus bore each aspect of the curse upon Adam and Eve in its totality: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. He turned aside quickly. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). 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). In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. 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). 2. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. 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 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. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? All the days of your life. 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). 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. And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods.