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GENESIS 3:14-24
LESSON #11
THE BEGINNING OFTODAYS REALITIES
v MEMORY VERSE: GEN 3:15
v THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SINS OF ADAM AND EVE AREWITH US TODAY. IN FACT, THESE CONSEQUENCES SHOW US THE BEGINNING OF THE REALITY OF THEWORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY.
v READ GEN 3:14-16
Ø REMEMBER THAT GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO US BYUSING TYPES AND PREFIGURES THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.
§ THE FIRST PREFIGURE ISADAM.
· READ ROM 5:14
· READ 1COR 15:20-28, 45-49
ADAM AS A TYPE OF CHRIST BY CONTRAST
| ADAM | JESUS CHRIST |
| HE WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL GEN 2:7 1COR 15:45 |
CHRIST IS A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT JOH 1:4 JOH 5:21 |
| HE WAS OF THE DUST OF THE EARTH 1COR 15:47 |
CHRIST IS THE LORD FROM HEAVEN 1COR 15:47 |
| HE TASTED FORBIDDEN FRUIT GEN 3:6 |
CHRIST TASTED DEATH HEB 2:9 |
| ALL DESCENDENTS FROM ADAM DIE 1COR 15:22 |
ALL IN CHRIST, LIVE 1COR 15:22 |
| ADAMIC CREATION IS FLESH 1COR 15:50 |
THE NEW CREATION IN CHRIST IS SPIRIT JOH 3:6 |
| ADAM CAUSED DEATH TO REIGN ROM 5:14 |
CHRIST CAUSED GRACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS TO REIGN ROM 5:17 |
| ADAM CAUSED JUDGMENT TO COME UPON ALL ROM 5:18 |
CHRIST CAUSED JUSTIFICATION TO COME UPON ALL WHO BELIEVE ROM 5:18 |
| ADAM CAUSED ALL HUMANS TO BE SINNERS ROM 5:19 |
CHRIST CAUSED ALL PEOPLE IN CHRIST TO BE RIGHTEOUS ROM 5:19 |
v THE EMPHASIS IN GENESIS IS SEEING THE POWER OF GODIN RELATIONSHIPS. IT BEGINS WITH THE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN ON EARTH AND GOD INHEAVEN, AND INCLUDES THE HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS.
Ø INTHE LAST LESSON WE SAW THE RUINATION OF THE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND GODBECAUSE OF SIN, GUILT, AND BLAME. IN TODAY’SLESSON WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF SIN IN THE HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADAM AND EVE.
v READ GEN 3:14-24
Ø THESECOND DISPENSATION — THE AGE OF CONSCIENCE (GEN3:24-GEN 8:19) THE ADAMIC COVENANT GEN3:14-21
§ REMEMBER THAT GOD REVEALSHIMSELF THROUGH COVENANTS. WE LEARN THE BALANCE BETWEEN GOD’S GRACE AND JUSTICE BY SEEINGHOW HE DEALS WITH SINFUL MAN. GODS PROGRAM OF OPERATION IS TO DEMONSTRATE LOVE ANDJUSTICE BY A BALANCE OF GRACE AND CONSEQUENCES FOR SIN.
§ THE LAST AGE WAS AN AGE OFLAW. THIS NEW DISPENSATION IS AN AGE OF GRACE.
· REMEMBER THAT THE BASIS OFSALVATION WAS STILL FAITH IN GOD. ADAMS SALVATION WAS NOT BASED ON MAN KEEPING HISRESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COVENANT. MAN’S RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE COVENANT WERE A TEST FORBLESSING OR CHASTENING THROUGH CONSEQUENCES BY GOD.
Ø CHARACTERISTICSOF THE ADAMIC COVENANT:
| GODS PROMISES | MANS RESPONSIBILITIES |
| GOD PROMISED TO CURSE THE SERPENT | MAN MUST NOW WORK HARD FOR A LIVING |
| GOD PROMISED TO SEND A MESIAH REDEEMER | WOMEN MUST LABOR IN CHILDBIRTH |
| MAN MUST EAT VEGETARIAN FOOD | |
| MAN MUST PERFORM ANIMAL SACRIFICE | |
| MAN MUST WEAR CLOTHING | |
| MAN MUST NOT ENTER THE GARDEN AND EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE |
§ EVERY COVENANT HAS A SIGNOR SYMBOL TO MARK THE COVENANT:
· THE SYMBOL FOR THE ADAMICCOVENANT IS THE COATS OF SKINS.
¨ IT WAS GOD THAT KILLED THE FIRST ANIMAL TOPROVIDE A BLOOD COVERING FOR THE SINS OF ADAM AND EVE.
Ø GOD DID THIS TO PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FOR ANIMALSACRIFICE.
§ THE COVENANT DURATION:
· HOW LONG WOULD THIS COVENANT BEIN FORCE? UNTIL THE AGE OF MESSIAH BEGINS. THE AGE OF MESSIAH IS THE MILLENNIUM.
§ THE LIFE SPAN OF MAN DURINGTHIS DISPENSATION OF GRACE IS 900 YEARS.
Ø IN CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ADAM ANDEVE’S SIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT WHILE ADAM AND EVE WERE JUDGED AND RECEIVEDCONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR SIN, SATAN WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS CURSED FOR INITIATING THETEMPTATION.
§ THAT CURSE IS EXTENDED TOTHE PHYSICAL EARTH (GEN 3:17 ROM 8:18-22).
Ø GOD SPEAKS TO SATAN: (14)
§ SATAN, A SPIRITUAL BEING;THE FALLEN ANGEL, LUCIFER, USES AN ANIMAL, A SNAKE OR SERPENT, TO MANIFEST HIMSELF TO EVE.GOD CURSES THAT ANIMAL IN REGARDS TO HIS NATURE.
· “THOU ART CURSED”
· “UPON THY BELLY SHALT THOUGO”
¨ IT IS HYPOTHETICALLY SUPPOSED THAT THESERPENT OR SNAKE MAY HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL WINGED CREATURE PRIOR TO THIS, BUT THE BIBLEDOES NOT TELL US THIS SPECIFICALLY.
· “DUST SHALT THOU EAT”
¨ DUST IS A SYMBOL OF DEATH.
¨ THE SNAKE BECOMES A LOATHSOME CREATURE.
¨ THE SNAKE ALSO BECOMES THE SYMBOL OF SIN.(NUM 21:5-9 JOH 3:14-15 2COR 5:21)
Ø SIN AND DEATH ARE TIED TOGETHER. THE SNAKEILLUSTRATES THIS TRUTH BY REPRESENTING BOTH SIN AND DEATH. REMEMBER, THE WAGES OF SIN ISDEATH. (ROM 6:23).
§ NOTICE GOD DOES NOTANNIHILATE SATAN ON THE SPOT. WHY?
· GOD IS A GRACIOUS GOD. HOWEVER,GOD NEVER OFFERED SATAN OR THE OTHER FALLEN ANGELS REDEMPTION AND SALVATION.
· GOD WILL CONTINUE TO USE SATAN TOGIVE MAN A FREE WILL CHOICE DOWN THROUGH HUMAN HISTORY.
· HOWEVER, NOTICE THAT GODMAINTAINS, CONSTANTLY, THE ULTIMATE CONTROL.
§ GEN 3:15 IS THE MOSTIMPORTANT VERSE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. WHY?
· IT SHOWS US GOD’S ENTIREPLAN OF HUMAN HISTORY. ALL THE REST OF THE BIBLE AND ALL THE REST OF HISTORY IS THEWORKING OUT OF THIS ONE VERSE.
¨ IT REVEALS THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NATUREOF THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
¨ IT IS THE FIRST PROPHECY POINTING TO CHRIST.
¨ IT REVEALS THE BASIC NATURE OF GOD AS ONE OFLOVE AND JUSTICE.
Ø IN HIS LOVE, GOD GIVES A PROMISE OF AREDEEMING MESSIAH THROUGH THIS PROPHECY.
§ THE MEANING OF GEN 3:15
· BACKGROUND:
¨ GOD IS SPEAKING TO SATAN, THE SPIRITUALBEING. GOD CURSES SATAN IN REGARDS TO HIS NATURE.
Ø “I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THEWOMAN”
§ “ENMITY” MEANS =HOSTILITY, HATRED, ANIMOSITY.
· GOD WILL PUT HOSTILITY BETWEENSATAN AND THE WOMAN.
§ THE WOMAN REPRESENTSISRAEL, THE JEWS. (ISA 26:17 ISA 54:6-8 JER 6:2 )
· THE OLD TESTAMENT FREQUENTLYSPEAKS ABOUT ISRAEL AS A WOMAN IN THE TRAVAIL OF CHILDBIRTH, SUFFERING PERSECUTION ANDBRINGING FORTH THE MESSIAH. (MIC 4:10
REV 12:1-5)
¨ THIS EXPLAINS WHY THE JEWS HAVE BEENPERSECUTED AS A PEOPLE DOWN THROUGH HISTORY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO PERSECUTED UNTILCHRIST’S SECOND COMING.
Ø “(ENMITY) BETWEEN THY SEED AND HERSEED”
§ SEED IS SINGULAR IN EACHCASE REFERRING TO ONE INDIVIDUAL IN EACH CASE.
· THE SEED OF SATAN IS THEANTICHRIST, A MAN, WHO WILL DO THE WILL OF SATAN PERSECUTING THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANSDURING A 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD YET TO COME UPON THE EARTH.
· THE SEED OF THE WOMAN IS JESUSCHRIST, WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD.
§ HER SEED
· USUALLY WE REFER TO SEED ASCOMING FROM MEN NOT WOMEN. WHY DOES GOD USE, THE SEED OF THE WOMAN?
¨ THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE VIRGIN BIRTH OFJESUS CHRIST. JESUS WAS NOT BORN BY THE SEED OF MAN (JOSEPH) BUT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. TOMAKE SURE WE WOULD LOOK FOR A MESSIAH WITHOUT SIN PASSED THROUGH THE SEED OF MAN, HE USEDTHE PHRASE, SEED OF THE WOMAN.
§ WHILE SEED IS SINGULAR,DESCENDANCY WORKS THROUGH TIME FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO THE NEXT.
· WE, THEREFORE, HAVE THE CONFLICTBETWEEN NON-BELIEVING PEOPLE WHO FULFILL SATAN’S DESIRES AND BELIEVING PEOPLE WHO FULFILLGOD’S DESIRES.
¨ IN OTHER WORDS, THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH ONLY TWO KINDSOF PEOPLE, THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS PROMISED MESSIAH, AND THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVEIN GOD AND FOLLOW SATAN.
¨ THROUGH ALL HISTORY WE SEE THIS CONFLISTBETWEEN GOD AND SATAN, BETWEEN GODS PEOPLE AND SATANS PEOPLE.
Ø “HE (CHRIST) SHALL BRUISE THY (SATAN)HEAD”
§ HEAD REFERS TOA POSITION OF AUTHORITY.
§ ON THE CROSS, THROUGH DEATHAND RESURRECTION, JESUS GAINED AUTHORITY OVER SATAN BY BECOMING SIN FOR US AND PAYING THEPENALTY FOR SIN (DEATH). HE REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE IN GEN 3.
Ø “THOU (SATAN) SHALL BRUISE HIS (CHRIST)HEEL”
§ THE WORD, HEEL, ISSINGULAR.
· IN THE ACT OF CRUCIFIXION, THEPOSITION OF THE FEET ON THE CROSS IS SIGNIFICANT. ONE FOOT IS NAILED ON TOP OF THE OTHER.ONE HEEL IS BADLY BRUISED EVERY TIME THE CRUCIFIED PERSON TAKES A BREATH. TO TAKE ABREATH, HE MUST PUSH HIMSELF UPWARD BY PUSHING THIS FOOT AGAINST THE CROSS.
§ THIS PHRASE IS A REFERENCETO THE CRUCIFIXION.
¨ GOD SPEAKING TO THE WOMAN (EVE) (16)
Ø SHE IS JUDGED IN REGARDS TO HER NATURE AS AWOMAN.
§ SHE WILL HAVE PAIN INCHILDBEARING.
· BECAUSE DEATH IS NOW PRESENT,WOMEN WILL HAVE MORE CHILDREN THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY BEFORE DEATH ENTERED THEEARTH.
§ SHE WILL HAVE SORROW INRAISING CHILDREN WHO NOW HAVE THE SIN NATURE.
Ø “THY DESIRE SHALL BE TO THYHUSBAND”
§ THE WORD “DESIRE”SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD THING. HOWEVER, THE HEBREW WORD LITERALLY A MEANS = A SELF-CENTEREDGRASPING OF CONTROL.
· INSTEAD OF HAVING EQUALITYBETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE ONE WHERE WOMENGRASP AT CONTROL OVER MEN.
¨ THIS CURSE IS THE BASIS OF THE WOMENSMOVEMENT THROUGH HISTORY.
Ø “HE SHALL RULE OVER THEE”
§ INSTEAD OF BEING EQUALCO-REGENTS, THE MAN IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY OVER WOMEN BECAUSE EVE WAS EASILY DECEIVED.
· THIS IS THE BASIS OF MANSDETERMINATION TO DOMINATE WOMEN.
Ø FROM THE LAST TWO CONSEQUENCES, WE SEE THEORIGIN OF BATTLE OF THE SEXES THAT IS WITH US TO THIS DAY.
v A POSITIVE FOOTNOTE:
Ø THE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS FIRST SIN IS A CURSETHAT CAME ON ALL THE WORLD AND ALL HUMANS FOR ALL HISTORY.
§ READ GAL 3:13
· THIS VERSE TELLS US THAT THECHRISTIAN IS FREE FROM THIS CURSE BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST.
¨ THEREFORE, CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE THE PEOPLEMOST FREE FROM THIS BATTLE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
Ø UNFORTUNATELY WE FREQUENTLY SEE THIS BATTLEAT ITS WORST IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN FAMILIES. IT IS SAD THAT CRISTIANS DO NOTUNDERSTAND HOW FREE WE ARE.
v HOMEWORK
v GENESIS3:17-24
v THIS IS ASELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION
v APPLICATION OF GEN 3:14-16
Ø IN YOUR OWN LIFE, IN WHAT WAYS HAVE YOUOBSERVED THE CONSEQUENCES OF ADAMS SIN?
v PREPARATION FOR GEN 3:17-24
Ø READ GEN 3:17-24
§ HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACTTHAT ADAM DID NOT DIE THAT DAY?
§ WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OFTHE COATS OF ANIMAL SKINS?
§ WHY DID GOD REMOVE ADAM ANDEVE FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN?
v MEMORY VERSE: PSALMS 103:14
