i. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. 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.. 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. This signified the shutting out of him, and all his guilty race, from that communion with God, which was the bliss and glory of paradise. In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. b. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. 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). The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. 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. They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. 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 Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). Johannine Writings ii. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. 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. General Epistles Those who would be safe, need to be shy of talking with the tempter. i. Gods question demanded an answer. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. 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). 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. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Genesis 3:19 - NIV - By the sweat of your brow you - Christianity iii. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. On your belly you shall go, See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. Historical Books Genesis 3:19. Genesis 3 i. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. i. WebGenesis 3:16-19. He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. He was guilty of unkindness to his wife and of blasphemy against his maker, in seeking to escape from confessing the sin which he had committed. Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. The Old Testament iii. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! i. i. Major Prophets Cookie Notice: God came to them with care, coming before the darkness of night. Clothes came in with sin. Bible Gateway Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. ii. 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). 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.. i. 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). 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. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. This is because she did not receive the command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil directly from God but through Adam (Genesis 2:15-17). The two angels come to Sodom. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. 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. Genesis, CHAPTER 3 | USCCB b. ii. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. iii. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. 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. 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.. Pauline Epistles 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. 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. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. 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. The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Web(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 which she had sought to gratify the desire of Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. General Epistles Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. 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. 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. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 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.. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. It reminded them they were not God, that God had a legitimate claim to their obedience, and that they were responsible to Him. (Genesis 3:10-12) Adam tries to explain his sin. 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). Pauline Epistles Genesis 3 a. There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. There is a strange proneness in those that are tempted, to say, they are tempted of God; as if our abuse of God's gifts would excuse our breaking God's laws. He turned aside quickly. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. 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. Email / username or password was incorrect! God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! He chose to be with Eve instead of obeying God. WebGenesis 3:14-19. c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? a. v. This is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 19 His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. Genesis 3:19 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary ii. The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain and frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter never the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam. The New Testament However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. iv. WebBut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4) God had expressly declared to Adam, in the day that you eat of (the forbidden tree) you shall surely die..