Genesis 3
1 – We are introduced to the serpent. It was more crafty than any of the creatures
God has made. It talked to the
woman. We know that satan by other
passages of scripture was inhabiting the serpent and giving it the ability of
speech. Must have been quite a surprise
when the woman heard the serpent speak. He
said, “Did God really say, You must not eat from any tree in the garden.” Planting seeds of doubt and deception in mind
to distrust God is a common ploy of evil.
2-3 – The woman tells the serpent that they can eat of
any tree in the garden but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the
garden. If they do they will die.
4-5 – Immediately the serpent counter acts the command of
God and says they will not die. He then
says that their human eyes will be opened and they will be like God knowing
good and evil. This is again any plot of
evil. The same lie the demons fell
for. They wanted to be God and they now
want God’s greatest creation to fall like they did.
6-7 – The woman saw the fruit was good, pleasing to eye
and also desirable to gain wisdom so she ate it. She then gave it to her husband who we learn
was with her at the time and He ate it.
This shows Adam’s not only participated but willingly engaged in
disobedient behaviour. He was there when
the serpent said all this. Their eyes
became open and they realized their nakedness and they tried to cover it with
fig aprons. You cannot cover sin with
human efforts. Only the blood Jesus
Christ can truly cleanse from sin.
8-9 – They heard God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day. Obviously a representation of
God though we do not know in what form God came. They hid from Him and God called to
them. Two things of note; God had a
wonderful friendship with man before this incident and He showed himself in
some form to man until the fall.
10-11 – Man responded by telling God four things. I heard you, I was afraid, I am naked and I
hid from you. God says, “who told you
that you were naked.” Then God asks the
man a pointed question, “Did you eat from the tree I commanded you not to eat
from?”
12-13 – This immediately brings about the blame
game. The man blames the woman and the
woman blames the serpent. Since the fall
mankind generally does not take the blame for their own actions.
14-15 – Judgment is immediate and severe. The serpent is cursed to crawl on the
ground. They will be warfare between its
seed and hers. The woman’s seed will one
day crush its head and the serpents will bruise his heel. Two thoughts.
First, this scripture talks about Jesus Christ coming to destroy the
works of the devil. This was a promise
of future victory. Secondly ,it is the
seed of the woman. A woman does not have
seed a man does. Yet this child will be
a product of the seed of the woman. It
indicates that this child will have no human father but only a human
mother. A virgin born child which we now
know was Jesus Christ.
16 – The woman would face three consequences. First, she would have much pain in
childbirth. Secondly, her desire would
be her husband and lastly man would rule over her. Not God’s plan but a consequence of sin.
17-19 – Adam face the following consequences. The ground became cursed because of him. It will be through pain toil and hard work
that he would reap fruitfulness from the soil.
Thorns and thistles became a reality.
Lastly man would die physically and return to the dust as he came.
20 – Adam named the woman Eve because she became the
mother of all living things.
21-24 – God gave Adam and Eve animal skins to cover their
nakedness. Animal sacrifices would
become a temporary method to cover man’s nakedness and sin. Man was then banished from the garden because
they had become like God knowing good and evil.
Here we also see the first mention of the pronoun us indicating
trinity. Man was banished as well
because if they would have eaten from the tree of life they would have lived
forever in sin. God then drove them out
for they were not willing to leave and then he placed a cherubim with a flaming
sword to keep man from re-entering. This
sword protected the tree of life. In
this passage angels are first introduced and the tree of life is placed on hold
until its re-appearance in the book of revelation.
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