c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. d. You will be like God, knowing good and evil: The final enticement was the most powerful because it was how Satan himself fell, wanting to be equal with God. In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. Covering ourselves with our good works is like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves with fig leaves. a. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. b. According to a 1992 survey, as many as 12 million Americans can be considered active participants in the New Age movement, and another 30 million are avidly interested. Notice is given concerning Christ. 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. i. i. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. And you shall eat dust 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? In pain you shall bring forth children; ii. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 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. c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. v. This is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. What does Genesis 3:19 mean? | BibleRef.com Major Prophets 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). For dust you are, 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. Pauline Epistles Between you and the woman, When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. i. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. 1. The serpent deceived me, and I ate: When confronted by God, Eve didnt necessarily shift the blame when she admitted the serpent deceived her and then she ate. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. iv. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. Genesis 3 iii. 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. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). CSB 19 You will eat bread by the ii. So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Web19 By the sweat of your brow. 3. What Satan said is more important than how he said it. The idea that the woman takes her name from the husband, and the idea that both genders are encompassed in terms like mankind, humanity, and chairman. 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. We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). ii. Pentateuch God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. 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. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. iv. b. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. 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. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point General Epistles The New Testament 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. Major Prophets The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. Every attempt to cover our own nakedness before God is just as foolish. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. ii. i. Historical Books The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. i. Jewish rabbis embellished on Satans temptation to Eve: Nothing but malice has prompted Gods command, because as soon as you eat of it, you will be as God. a. 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. i. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. 2. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. He became obedient unto death. 1. Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. It is good to feel guilty when you have done something wrong, and having no sense of guilt or shame is worse. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. 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. Commentary on Genesis 3 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. In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. ii. Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). Johannine Writings WebGenesis 3:17. d. Dust you are, and to dust you shall return: The final curse upon man promised there would be an end of his toil and labor on the earth but it was an end of death, not an end of deliverance. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. ii. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Take and eat will one day become verbs of salvation, but only after Jesus had lived in the world of Adams curse and surrendered to death. But their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 19 It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. 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. Her words, you shall not eat it and lest you die are close enough, but she added to the command and put words in Gods mouth when she said, nor shall you touch it. Satan took Gods positive command in Genesis 2:16-17 (Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat) and rephrased it in a purely negative way: God wont let you eat of every tree.. Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, 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). 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 b. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. Obviously, they covered their genital areas. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. iv. Web3. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. Historical Books He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. 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. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. i. The Gospels b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. And to dust you shall return.. General Epistles Wisdom Literature 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). Minor Prophets iii. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. a. 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.. 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. ii. i. a. Genesis 3 We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. Pentateuch ii. 1. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. Therefore, He forbids you to eat of it, lest you create other worlds Hurry now and eat the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, and become independent of God, lest He bring forth still other creatures that will rule over you (Ginzberg). Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. 3. He was sent to a place of toil, not to a place of torment. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. His victory over Satan thereby. Genesis 3 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) Email / username or password was incorrect! The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. 3. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. Major Prophets 1. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. Albeit that henceforth all he ate was to be with the sweat of his face, yet still he was to have enough to eat, and he was to live on. (Spurgeon).