The consequences of Adam and Eve their sin were devastating. While they once experienced abundant life, they now faced a certain death. They had once experienced nothing but pleasure; now, heartache and pain. God’s abundant provision and enjoyable work were replaced by meager subsistence and labor.
Worst of all, intimacy with God and one another was replaced by alienation, conflict, and loneliness. This passage highlights several matters about spiritual warfare that are repeated throughout the Bible. First, Satan came disguised as a serpent. Paul warned the Corinthian church that Satan often comes in camouflage, even as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). Jesus compared false prophets to “ravaging wolves” in sheep’s clothing (Matt 7:15). Satan seldom appears “like a roaring lion” seeking someone to devour (1 Pet 5:8), or a thief, who comes only to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10)—though these describe him.12 He is as cunning as a serpent. Second, although in the future the outcome of the conflict may seem at times to be in doubt, the certainty of God’s victory is established in the very beginning. God’s declaration of the serpent’s punishment reveals God’s sovereignty over the serpent. Commonly known as the protoevangelium, Gen 3:15 announces God’s ultimate victory at the fall.
Third, Adam and Eve’s sin demonstrates the absolute necessity of knowing God’s Word. A chief strategy of Satan’s will be to distort God’s Word. Heretical teachings and challenges to the truthfulness of God’s Word originate with the serpent. Fourth, just as the serpent convinced Adam and Eve that God could not be trusted, he will seek to convince humankind that they must look out for themselves because if God does exist, he certainly cannot be trusted. Finally, while Adam and Eve ate from a forbidden tree, Jesus would one day die on a forsaken tree (Deut 21:23). Adam and Eve received a curse for their sin, but Jesus became a curse for others’ sins (Gal 3:13). When Adam and Eve died, their bodies returned to the dust; when Jesus died, he was resurrected (Luke 24:6)—truly a paradoxical strategy to win a cosmic conflict!
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Worst of all, intimacy with God and one another was replaced by alienation, conflict, and loneliness. This passage highlights several matters about spiritual warfare that are repeated throughout the Bible. First, Satan came disguised as a serpent. Paul warned the Corinthian church that Satan often comes in camouflage, even as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). Jesus compared false prophets to “ravaging wolves” in sheep’s clothing (Matt 7:15). Satan seldom appears “like a roaring lion” seeking someone to devour (1 Pet 5:8), or a thief, who comes only to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10)—though these describe him.12 He is as cunning as a serpent. Second, although in the future the outcome of the conflict may seem at times to be in doubt, the certainty of God’s victory is established in the very beginning. God’s declaration of the serpent’s punishment reveals God’s sovereignty over the serpent. Commonly known as the protoevangelium, Gen 3:15 announces God’s ultimate victory at the fall.
Third, Adam and Eve’s sin demonstrates the absolute necessity of knowing God’s Word. A chief strategy of Satan’s will be to distort God’s Word. Heretical teachings and challenges to the truthfulness of God’s Word originate with the serpent. Fourth, just as the serpent convinced Adam and Eve that God could not be trusted, he will seek to convince humankind that they must look out for themselves because if God does exist, he certainly cannot be trusted. Finally, while Adam and Eve ate from a forbidden tree, Jesus would one day die on a forsaken tree (Deut 21:23). Adam and Eve received a curse for their sin, but Jesus became a curse for others’ sins (Gal 3:13). When Adam and Eve died, their bodies returned to the dust; when Jesus died, he was resurrected (Luke 24:6)—truly a paradoxical strategy to win a cosmic conflict!
My name is Cesar and I’m A Voice In The Desert
www.avoiceinthedesert.net
www.mywalkwithmycreator.com
#avoiceinthedesert.net
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