The Gospels A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. 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. Genesis 3:19 - NIV - By the sweat of your brow you - Christianity And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). a. i. i. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. b. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. Commentary on Genesis 3 WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. 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.. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Genesis 3:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. 1. 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). You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. She was not even pregnant yet. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Pauline Epistles He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. More than 90% of the subscribers to New Age Magazine are college graduates, compared to half the general population. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Eve misquoted Gods command to Adam. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. iii. She was not a mother at all, but as the life was to come through her by virtue of the promised seed, Adam marks his full conviction of the truth of the promise though at the time the woman had borne no children. (Spurgeon). God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. He chose to be with Eve instead of obeying God. Because of the curse, Eve would have to fight a desire to master her husband, a desire that works against Gods ordained order for the home. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. i. i. 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). God confronted Adams problem squarely. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. Luke-Acts Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him. ii. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. g. He shall bruise your head: For God to see the defeat of Satan at Satans first flush of victory shows God knew what He was doing all along. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. 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. b. Pentateuch And to dust you shall return.. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. The goal of becoming God is the center of so many non-Christian religions, including Mormonism. Luke-Acts After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. 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. 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. 1. General Epistles But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. His victory over Satan thereby. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. iv. If Satan doesnt couple it with some truth, there is little power in his temptation. Obviously, they covered their genital areas. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. 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. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. 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. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. i. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point It is difficult for women in Christian lands to realize the miseries of their hundreds of millions of sisters in pagan lands, where the lot of women is little above that of cattle. His victory over Satan thereby. ii. 1. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. The Gospels The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. ii. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. What does Genesis 3:19 mean? | BibleRef.com The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. Notice is given concerning Christ. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. Genesis 3 God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. 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. Poetical Books Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. 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. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible Their hearts must have been sorely perplexed within them while they were waiting to see what God would do to them as a punishment for the great sin they had committed. (Spurgeon). ii. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. 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. Now the two angels came to Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! Genesis 3 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. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. Webhis body was composed of the dust, was of the earth, earthly, and should be reduced to that again by death, which is not an annihilation of man, but a bringing him back to First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). 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. Genesis 3 Web19 By the sweat of your brow. ii. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. 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. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it. iii. i. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. a. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. Every attempt to cover our own nakedness before God is just as foolish. 1. i. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible Email / username or password was incorrect! i. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. i. Genesis 3:19 Commentaries: By the sweat of your face Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. a. 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.. Till you return to the ground, The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). WebGenesis 3:17. 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. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom.