iii. They must have thought, Its our turn next!. 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. Web19 By the sweat of your brow. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. 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. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Pentateuch 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. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. The Gospels To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). God announced that Satan would wound the Messiah (you shall bruise His heel), but the Messiah would crush Satan with a mortal wound (He shall bruise your head). See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. i. 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.. b. (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. 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). Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, Romans 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command. And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. iii. a. 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. Because you have done this, Did travailing pains come with sin? So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). Minor Prophets Did death come in with sin? Bible Gateway A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. 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 was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). b. ii. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. 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). God revealed this to Adam, not to drive him to despair, but to quicken him to look for life and happiness in the promised Seed, by whom a new and living way into the holiest is laid open for us. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. a. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. 1. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 3 As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. i. Believe this (Spurgeon). i. 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. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. ii. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! 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. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. 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. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. Luke-Acts Minor Prophets General Epistles Genesis 3:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. i. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. So when the woman saw: Eve surrendered to this temptation in exactly the way John describes in 1 John 2:16. Genesis 3 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. 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. 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. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. Martin Luther said of this verse: This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures (Leupold). (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Men and women have each known sorrow throughout history, yet the unique sorrow of women is well known. Genesis 3 Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). 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. b. That Satan has power to enter into living bodies is clear, for he did so upon a very large scale with regard to men in the days of Christ Being compelled to have an embodiment, the master evil spirit perceived the serpent to be at that time among the most subtle of all creatures; and therefore he entered into the serpent as feeling that he would be most at home in that animal (Spurgeon). We can see the precise truth of Pauls statement in 1 Timothy 2:14, that Eve was deceived when she sinned. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. 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. i. Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. God ordained that the pain with which women bring children into this world be an example of the pain they experience more generally in life. This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. Genesis 3 The New Testament 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. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. iv. 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. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. As with every temptation, God had made for Eve a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). Not only does Adam unjustly accuse Eve, but also he refused to accept proper responsibility for his part in her sin. 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. New Age author Marianne Williamson (author of A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles), guru to many of Hollywoods spiritual seekers, spent a night at the White House as the personal guest of Hillary Clinton. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. 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.