Adam and Eve's sin was no surprise to God. He had the plan of the Lamb of God from the foundation of the world. Understanding the fall helps bring clarity to the redemption.
Spirit Soul Body The Law The Cross The Covenant of Grace lesson 3
Fallen Man part 2
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
In our last lesson we left Adam and Eve hiding from the presence of the Lord when He came to fellowship with them in the cool of the evening. They realized the fig leaf covering was not working and still felt the need to hid in their naked condition from the Lord. Last week we discussed the conversation between the devil and Eve. This lesson is about the conversation between Adam, Eve, and God immediately following the fall of man.
Genesis 3:9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
Adam and Eve were afraid for the first time in there life. They did not know what God’s reaction was going to be. God’s first words to the fallen man was “Where are you?” God sought out Adam and Eve before the fall and now in spite of the fall God is still seeking them out.
Genesis 3:10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Adam confesses his condition to God. I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? God faced Adam and Eve with the sin: “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” Man often try to approach God with I am naked and afraid; God still being God wants to know who told you that! I speak specifically to brother and sisters in Christ today; who told you that you’re naked?
Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns?It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Jumping ahead to the redeemed man for just a moment, Romans has some great news for the believer. God the Father did not spare His own Son; Jesus was delivered up for us all. Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sin beginning with Adam and Eve forward. Yes, Jesus paid for the sin of the world upon Calvary’s tree. Now that the ultimate price has been paid and you are in covenant with Him, how much the more… Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies! Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Jesus stands on our side as our advocate ever crying out to the Father on our behalf; Who told you that you are separated from God?
Genesis 3:12 Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
Back to the conversation between Adam and God. Remember God’s last question was have you eaten from the forbidden tree. Adam in a veiled way blames God. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. Adam blames God and the woman.
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
God now speaks with Eve. Eve gave the classic answer the devil made me do it!
Genesis 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
God speaks to the snake first and in His speaking to the snake bring the prophetic plan of redemption. The snake is cursed, enmity between the snake and the woman is proclaimed. Satan would bruise the heel of the woman seed; the woman’s seed would bruise the head of the devil. This is the first picture of redemption after Adam’s and Eve’s fall. God had redemption’s plan firmly in place before the fall of Adam an d Eve. Jesus is called the Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world.
Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you." 17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
The snake was cursed, the woman was cursed, and the man was cursed because of mankind’s fall into sin. The second Adam was needed to break the curse for mankind.
Genesis 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return." 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Adam and Eve were separated from God Spirit from spirit. The day they ate the fruit they died. Now from dust they came and to dust they shall return. God still fellowshipped with them however it was never again Spirit to spirit with perfect communion.
Genesis 3:21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. 22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"; 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
Adam and Eve’s covering would not do. God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. The first animal sacrifice was made here on behalf of Adam and Eve made by God Himself. Adam and Eve knew the knowledge of good and evil by partaking of the fruit. The tree of Life remained in the garden. God could not let Adam and Eve partake of the “Tree of Life” in the fallen state. God sent Adam and Eve out for their own protection until redemption’s plan could be worked. Jesus came to restore the life taken by their disobedience.
Man’s Dominion yielded to the devil
1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
The scriptures clearly teach that the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one!
1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
He who sins is of the devil; for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. This verse speaks to the spirit of man being connected to the Spirit of God. Joined back Spirit to spirit. This is only true of man’s spirit. Earlier in this very book the beloved John wrote to the believer if they sin to turn to the Advocate Jesus Christ who died for the sin of the world. There is no contradiction here when you rightly divided between spirit, soul, and body of man. Much more to come on this truth…
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus' coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
BEHOLD ! It is time for us to consider The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Jesus has brought perfect salvation as second Adam He bore all the sin of the world.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another; 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself
The truth of this passage is so sweet! Jesus Himself entered into the presence of God on our behalf! He entered heaven itself to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself!
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