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, It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Prophets To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. Prophets b. i. Did thorns come in with sin? ii. Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Because you have done this, i. He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. 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). Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? 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). What Satan said is more important than how he said it. Poetical Books It was the craftiness of Satan that made him successful against Eve: as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness (2 Corinthians 11:3). 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. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had 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). i. Did death come in with sin? God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. i. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. Major Prophets The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. 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. Major Prophets iv. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it. For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. The Old Testament The serpent was more cunning than any beast. c. In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened: Satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them: God wanted Adam and Eve clothed, not naked. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. iii. 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. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. ii. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. 1. And he shall rule over you.. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. 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. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. Because of this, God has implanted it in the minds of men that more modesty is appropriate for these areas of our body. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 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. Did sweat come in with sin? It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. 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. Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. The serpent deceives Eve. 5. The representation of Satan as a serpent makes the idea of Moses saving Israel by lifting up a bronze serpent all the more provocative (Numbers 21:8-9), especially when Jesus identifies Himself with that very serpent (John 3:14). And you shall eat the herb of the field. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. Between you and the woman, iii. 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. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, 2. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). iv. 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. All the days of your life. i. So when the woman saw: Eve surrendered to this temptation in exactly the way John describes in 1 John 2:16. Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. c. On your belly you shall go: Whatever noble bearing the creation known as the serpent had before the fall and the curse, that nobility was gone. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. He shall bruise your head, (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 In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. The New Testament But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. 1. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. 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. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. 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. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. He became obedient unto death. 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. 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."
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