General Epistles The New Testament 3. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Historical Books Pauline Epistles God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. 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. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. iii. Johannine Writings i. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. i. 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. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. The New Testament Prophets You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. 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. 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. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. 3. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. Poetical Books iii. ii. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. Minor Prophets They saw a loving God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. 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. 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. 1. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Has God said, Ye shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, &c.? 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. i. 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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In virtually all cultures, adults cover their genital areas, even though other parts of the human body may be more or less exposed from culture to culture. Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. 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). 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. He turned aside quickly. a. 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. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. She was not even pregnant yet. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. 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. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.. Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. i. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Luke-Acts Your desire shall be for your husband, 2. Did travailing pains come with sin? i. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). 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. (14,15) The punishment of mankind. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. 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. 20 The man gave his i. iii. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread What Satan said is more important than how he said it. 2. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. 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. WebThe temptation from the serpent. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. 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 iv. 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.. a. 2. WebGenesis 3:14-19. 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. 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). The Old Testament i. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. iv. a. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame (Revelation 16:15). Luke-Acts Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. 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). Till you return to the ground, The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. 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. You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. If God lies to her, how can He be good? Because she was the mother of all living: Adam named her Eve, even though she was not a mother at all at the time. i. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them: God wanted Adam and Eve clothed, not naked. 2. i. ii. (2-3) Eves Did sorrow come in with sin? Pentateuch Genesis 3:19. iv. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible ii. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. And you shall eat the herb of the field. 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.. The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). Major Prophets (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? 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. He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). 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. Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). i. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. 3. Web3. The Gospels Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. 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. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. 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. 6. 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. a. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. 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. 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. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! i. 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." In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. If this is true, it wasnt so strange to Eve that an angelic being might appear to her in the form of a beautiful pre-curse serpent. 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. 1. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. In toil you shall eat of it a. b. WebGenesis 3:19. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. His victory over Satan thereby. 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. Did thorns come in with sin? The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. i. We read ( ch. It was as if God could not wait to announce His plan of salvation, to bring deliverance through the one known as the Seed of the woman. i. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. Poetical Books Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. a. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. WebGenesis 19. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. Read full chapter. WebGenesis 3:16-19. Poetical Books She was not a mother at all, but as the life was to come through her by virtue of the promised seed, Adam marks his full conviction of the truth of the promise though at the time the woman had borne no children. (Spurgeon). Major Prophets He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. After the fall, everything looked worse. 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). Satan will often attack a chain at its weakest link, so he gets at Adam by tempting Eve. And he shall rule over you.. ii. i. v. This is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. i. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. a. 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. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. b. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Unto Johannine Writings 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.. Poetical Books b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. God knew the answer to this question. Genesis 2. His victory over Satan thereby. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin.