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GENESIS 3:17-24
LESSON #12
THE BELIEVERS VICTORY OVER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEFIRST SIN
v MEMORY VERSE: PSA 103:14
v IN THIS LESSON WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE CONSEQUENCESOF THE FIRST SIN. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE CONSEQUENCES REGARDING THE SERPENT AND SATAN. WEHAVE DISCUSSED THE CONSEQUENCES REGARDING THE WOMAN. NOW, WE CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCESREGARDING MAN.
v READ GEN 3:17-24
Ø GOD SPEAKING TO ADAM:
§ HE IS JUDGED IN REGARDS TOHIS NATURE.
· THE PHYSICAL EARTH IS CURSED. ITNOW GROWS THORNS AND THISTLES, WHICH WILL CAUSE MAN TO WORK HARD.
· MAN WILL HAVE SORROW IN LIFE.
¨ THERE WILL BE HARD LABOR FOR DAILY BREAD.
Ø BUT NOTICE GOD’S GRACE BECAUSE HE TELLS ADAM3 TIMES (VS. 17,18,19) THAT THEY WOULD EAT.
§ THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVEA VEGETARIAN DIET.
§ THE CONSEQUENCE OF DEATH:
· IN GEN 3:7-11 WE SAW THECONSEQUENCE OF SPIRITUAL DEATH BECAUSE OF SIN. SPIRITUAL DEATH IS THE ABSENCE OF APERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
¨ IN GEN 3:19 WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCE OFPHYSICAL DEATH BECAUSE OF SIN. ADAM DID NOT DIE PHYSICALLY THAT DAY, BUT HIS BODY BEGAN TOAGE (AGING IS THE PROCESS THAT ENDS IN PHYSICAL DEATH).
Ø ADAM NAMED THE WOMAN EVE. (20)
§ THE HEBREW WORD FOR”EVE” LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE THE WORD FOR SNAKE.
· PRIOR TO THE FALL, ADAM AND THEWOMAN WERE KNOWN BY ONE NAME, ADAM, INDICATING THEIR UNITY. NOW THE WOMAN IS GIVEN ASEPARATE NAME INDICATING A BREAK IN THEIR UNITY AS WELL AS A NEW FAITH IN GOD.
¨ THE NAME, EVE, MEANS “MOTHER OF ALLLIVING”.
Ø IN OTHER WORDS, A CHILD OF HERS WILL BE THEONE WHO REVERSES THE CURSE OF DEATH TO PRODUCE LIFE FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE.
§ BY FAITH, THEY WERE TO LOOKFOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE IN GEN 3:15.
§ ADAM AND EVE WERE NOW TOLOOK FOR A MESSIAH, A REDEEMER. THIS THEY DID WITH THE BIRTH OF EACH CHILD.
Ø BY THIS VERSE WE KNOW THAT ADAM WAS SAVED. BYNAMING HER EVE, HE INDICATED HIS FAITH IN A COMING MESSIAH, AND HE BEGAN TO LOOK FOR THATMESSIAH.
Ø THE “COATS OF SKINS” (21)
§ THE WORD “COATS”MEANS = COVERING.
· GOD PROVIDED THE FIRST ANIMALSACRIFICE AFTER HE SAW THE FAITH THAT ADAM HAD IN A PROMISED MESSIAH.
¨ THIS IS THE FIRST SHEDDING OF BLOOD. GODINITIATED ANIMAL SACRIFICE TO COVER SIN. REMEMBER ADAM AND EVE HAD MADE A COVERING OF FIGLEAVES THAT DID NOT RELIEVE THEIR SINFUL CONDITION.
Ø THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD: (HEB 9:22)
Ø WHY DID GOD INITIATE SUCH AN OBNOXIOUSCOVERING FOR SIN?
§ GOD WANTS TO INDICATE THEOBNOXIOUS NATURE OF SIN.
§ THE ANIMAL SACRIFICE WAS ATYPE (AN ILLUSTRATION) TO POINT TO THE SHED BLOOD OF CHRIST AS THE FINAL SACRIFICE ON THECROSS. (HEB 9:12-14)
Ø “BECOME AS ONE OF US” (22)
§ “US” REFERS TOTHE TRINITY: GOD, THE FATHER; JESUS, THE SON; AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
§ THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE OFLIFE FROM MAN’S EXPERIENCE:
· MAN WOULD NO LONGER PHYSICALLYLIVE FOREVER. HERE WE SEE THE MERCY OF GOD THAT DID NOT LEAVE MAN IN HIS SINFUL CONDITIONFOR ALL OF ETERNITY.
Ø THE CHERUBIM AND THE FLAMING SWORD: (24)
§ CHERUBIM ARE A TYPE OFANGELS THAT SYMBOLIZE GOD’S MERCY.
· REMEMBERLUCIFER WAS A CHERUB ANGEL BEFORE HE BECAME SATAN. (EZE 28:14)
· CHERUBIM SURROUND THE THRONE OFGOD.
· TWO CHERUB ANGELS WERE POSITIONEDTO COVER THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TABERNACLE.
§ THE FLAMING SWORD SEPARATESMAN FROM THE TREE OF LIFE UNTIL WE SEE THIS TREE AGAIN IN ETERNITY FUTURE IN REV 22:1-3.
v SUMMARY:
v THECONSEQUENCES OF THE ORIGINAL SIN
| REAPED BY ADAM | CARRIED BY CHRIST ON THE CROSS |
| A CURSED EARTH | HE WAS MADE A CURSE FOR US GAL 3:13 |
| SORROW IN LIFE | HE WAS THE MAN OF SORROWS ISA 53:3 |
| THORNS AND THISTLES | HE WORE THE CROWN OF THORNS JOH 19:5 |
| SWEAT WITH PHYSICAL LABOR | HIS SWEAT WAS BLOOD LUK 22:44 |
| A RETURN TO DUST | HE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DUST OF DEATH PSA 22:15 |
| A SWORD GUARDED THE TREE OF LIFE | A SWORD PIERCED HIS SIDE JOH 19:34 |
| EXPERIENCED SPIRITUAL DEATH | GOD FORSOOK JESUS MAT 27:46 |
v THEBELIEVERS GAINS THROUGH CHRIST:
Ø WE HAVE AN EXALTED POSITION THROUGH CHRISTBETTER THAN WHAT ADAM HAD BEFORE THE FALL.
| ADAM | BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST |
| HE LIVED IN A GARDEN PARADISE | WE SIT IN HEAVENLY PLACES EPH 1:3 |
| HE POSSESSED A NATURAL LIFE | WE ARE PARTAKERS OF A DIVINE NATURE 2PET 1:4 |
| BEFORE THE FALL, HE WAS MERELY INNOCENT | WE ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS ROM 5:19 |
| HE HAD AUTHORITY OVER A GARDEN | WE ARE HEIRS OF ALL THINGS ROM 8:17 |
| HE WAS A LIVING CREATURE | WE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY 1COR 12:12 |
§ READ GAL 3:13
· THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, THEBELIEVER IS REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW.
¨ THE CURSES OF CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING THEFIRST LAW OF NOT EATING OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL ARE MADE LESS FORTHE BELIEVER THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
| THE GENESIS CURSE | THE NEW TESTAMENT PROMISE |
| HARD LABOR AND PAIN IN CHILDBIRTH | THROUGH CHILDBIRTH, SALVATION CAME INTO THIS WORLD WHEN JESUS WAS BORN THROUGH MARY 1TIM 2:15 ALL OUR SUFFERINGS WILL RESULT IN GREATER GLORY ONE DAY ROM 8:18 |
| SUFFERING IN RAISING CHILDREN | GOD SHALL TURN THE HEARTS OF PARENTS TO CHILDREN AND THE REBELLIOUS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS LUK 1:17 |
| THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN | ALL BELIEVERS ARE TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER 1PET 5:5 |
| HARD WORK TO EARN A LIVING | GOD PROMISES TO SUPPLY ALL OUR NEEDS PHI 4:19 |
| PHYSICAL DEATH | THE PRAYER OF FAITH SHALL HEAL THE SICK JAM 5:14-15 ONE DAY WE SHALL BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD 1COR 15:54 |
| SPIRITUAL DEATH | WE ARE PROMISED A FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD 1COR 13:12 WE ARE PROMISED ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST 1JOH 5:20 |
v HOMEWORK
v GENESIS 4
v THIS IS ASELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION
v APPLICATION OF GEN 3:
Ø IF “FIG LEAVES” REPRESENT MAN’SATTEMPT TO COVER HIS OWN SIN BY DOING GOOD DEEDS, RELATE ONE WAY YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TOCOVER UP GUILT AND SIN BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS.
Ø IF “COATS OF SKINS” REPRESENT JESUSCHRIST, GOD’S WAY OF DEALING WITH SIN, RELATE HOW GOD’S WAY IS A BETTER WAY THAN FIGLEAVES.
v PREPARATION FOR GEN 4:
Ø ADAM AND EVE ARE A TYPE OR PREFIGURE OF THENEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.
§ READ EPH 5:22-33
· FIND AS MANY WAYS AS YOU CAN THATILLUSTRATE ADAM AND EVE AS PREFIGURE OF THE CHURCH.
| ADAM AND EVE | CHRIST AND THE CHURCH |
Ø READ GEN 4:1-15 CAIN AND ABEL
§ GIVE AS MANY REASONS AS YOUCAN WHY CAIN’S SACRIFICE TO GOD WAS UNACCEPTABLE.
Ø IF GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS (SHOWS NOPARTIALITY TOWARD) ACCORDING TO ROM 2:11, WHY DOES GEN 4:4-5 SAY THAT GOD DID NOT HAVERESPECT FOR CAIN BUT HE DID HAVE RESPECT FOR ABEL?
v MEMORY VERSE: HEB 9:22
