GENESIS
CHAPTER THREE
OBSERVATION
STAGE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic
which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Genesis.
This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more
importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective
comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
Genesis chapter
3 continues the context of Gen 2:25 with Adam and the woman in view in the
Garden of Eden:
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I)
[Gen 3:1-24]:
A)
(Gen 3:1-7) CHAPTER 3 BEGINS A NEW NARRATIVE: NOW THE SERPENT HAS BEEN
CLEVER / DEVIOUS LIKE NO ANIMAL - EVEN BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF ANY ANIMAL
JEHOVAH ELOHIM HAD CREATED - INDWELT BY SATAN. THE SERPENT SAID TO THE
WOMAN TO MANIPULATE HER INTO DISOBEYING JEHOVAH ELOHIM, "HAS ELOHIM
SAID, 'THEY DO NOT EAT FROM EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN?' " THE WOMAN
THEN SAYS TO THE SERPENT WITHOUT HESITATION, SUBMISSIVELY AND WITHOUT
QUESTION, "'FROM THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN WE HAVE EATEN
BUT FROM THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN,
ELOHIM HAS SAID, 'THEY SHALL NOT EAT FROM IT AND YOU SHALL NOT TOUCH IT,
OR YOU DIE" - EDITORIALIZING WHAT JEHOVAH ELOHIM HAD SAID. THE
SERPENT'S RESPONSE QUESTIONED THE INTEGRITY OF JEHOVAH ELOHIM,
CONTRADICTING WHAT HE HAD SAID BY SAYING, "YOU SHALL NOT SURELY
DIE, FOR GOD IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY OF YOUR EATING OF IT -
YOUR EYES THEY HAVE BEEN OPENED, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AS GOD, KNOWING GOOD
AND EVIL." THE WOMAN WAS TEMPTED AND DECEIVED, EATS OF THE TREE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN, GIVES TO HER HUSBAND AND HE EATS. THEIR EYES
ARE OPENED, THEY REALIZE THEIR NAKEDNESS AND COVER THEMSELVES UP WITH
FIG LEAVES SOWN TOGETHER
1)
[Compare Gen 1:26]:
2)
[Compare Gen 1:25, 31; 2:3]:
3)
[Compare Ez 28:1-19]:
4)
[Compare Isa 14:12-15]:
5)
[Compare Job 1:6-12]:
6)
[Compare Rev 12:7-10]:
7)
[Compare Rev 20:1]:
8)
[Compare Heb 1:13-14]:
9)
[Compare what Jehovah Elohim had commanded of Adam with the woman's and
the serpent's responses: Gen 2:16-17]:
10)
[Compare Ro 5:12]:
11)
[Compare 1 Tim 2:13-14]:
12)
[Compare Gen 5:5]:
B)
(Gen 3:8-14) ADAM AND THE WOMAN HEAR THE SOUND OF JEHOVAH ELOHIM WALKING
IN THE GARDEN AT THE BREEZE OF THE DAY. THE MAN AND HIS WIFE HIDE
THEMSELVES FROM JEHOVAH ELOHIM IN THE MIDST OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN.
JEHOVAH ELOHIM CALLS TO THE MAN, "WHERE ARE YOU?" ADAM
RESPONDED, "YOUR SOUND I HAVE HEARD IN THE GARDEN, AND I AM AFRAID
FOR I AM NAKED, AND I HIDE MYSELF." JEHOVAH ELOHIM ASKED HIM, "WHO
HAD DECLARED TO THAT YOU ARE NAKED? OF THE TREE OF WHICH I HAVE
COMMANDED YOU NOT TO EAT, HAVE YOU EATEN?" THE MAN ANSWERS, "THE
WOMAN WHOM YOU HAVE PLACED WITH ME - SHE HAS GIVEN TO ME OF THE TREE -
AND I DO EAT." WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE DONE, JEHOVAH ELOHIM ASKED OF
THE WOMAN? THE WOMAN RESPONDED, "THE SERPENT HAS DECEIVED ME AND I
DO EAT." JEHOVAH ELOHIM SAYS TO THE SERPENT - TO SATAN, THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERPENT'S EVIL BEHAVIOR - "BECAUSE YOU HAVE
DONE THIS, CURSED ARE YOU ABOVE ALL CATTLE, AND ABOVE EVERY BEAST OF THE
FIELD: ON YOUR BELLY DO YOU GO, AND DUST DO YOU EAT, ALL THE DAYS OF
YOUR LIFE."
1)
[Compare Ro 5:12]:
2)
[Eph 2:1]:
3)
[Gen 3:22-23]:
4)
[Compare Gen 2:18]:
5)
[Compare Gen 2:23]:
6)
[Compare Isa 65:17, 25]:
C)
(Gen 3:15) AND JEHOVAH ELOHIM PUT ENMITY, I.E., AN ONGOING ADVERSARIAL
ANIMOSITY - WAR - BETWEEN THE PARTICULAR SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN /
SATAN AND THE WOMAN - HUMANITY; AND BETWEEN THE SEED OF THE SATAN - HIS
EVIL ORIENTED, SPIRITUAL FOLLOWERS, AND HER SEED - THE SUPERNATURALLY
BORN MALE DESCENDANT OF THE WOMAN - REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL HUMANITY IN
PROVIDING ATONEMENT FOR THEM FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND, WHO IS
SPIRITUALLY ALLIGNED WITH ALL OF MANKIND WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN HIM FOR
ETERNAL SALVATION AND ARE NOT ORIENTED TOWARD EVIL / SATAN. THE PURPOSE
OF THIS ENMITY IS TO RESTORE MANKIND AND EARTH TO ITS ORIGINAL,
RIGHTEOUS CONDITION
THE
SEED OF THE WOMAN WILL CRUSH THE SERPENT'S / SATAN'S HEAD - A MORTAL
BLOW SIGNALING A VICTORY OVER SIN AND SATAN'S CONTROL OVER MANKIND.
SATAN, IN DEFEAT, WILL BRUISE HIM ON THE HEEL, SIGNIFYING A NON-MORTAL
BLOW TO THE SEED OF THE WOMAN SUFFERING PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEATH FOR
MANKIND'S SINS BUT FOLLOWED BY A VICTORIOUS RESURRECTION UNTO ETERNAL
LIFE
1)
Jehovah Elohim Declared Hostility - War - Between The Agent Behind The
Serpent In The Garden - Satan - And The Woman - Humanity; And Between
Satan's Seed - His Followers; And Her Seed - A Particular Descendant Of
The Woman - So That Jehovah Elohim Could Restore Mankind And The Earth
To Its Original, Righteous Condition. So Victory Over Sin Via A Perfect
Atoning Sacrifice For All The Sins Of Mankind Throughout History By A
Perfect Human Who Is Not Contaminated With Sin Himself Is Required To
Provide That Reconciliation For Mankind - One Individual At A Time As
Each One Chooses To By Faith Alone And Then Is Resurrected Unto Eternal
Life Restored In Righteousness Unto Fellowship With Jehovah Elohim
2)
It Is Part Of The Decrees And Plans Of Jehovah Elohim That Mankind Would
Be Tested To See If He Would Choose Righteousness Of His Own Free Will;
And That Satan Would Be Permitted To ChooseTo Disrupt The Creation And
Plans Of Jehovah Elohim To Restore Mankind To Its Original Righteous
Rule Over The Earth And All Its Creatures - Yet Never Finally Succeed.
Conclusion: Jehovah Elohim's Sovereignty Alone Must Prevail In The
Universe For It To Be Perfect And Righteous
3)
The Phrase Rendered "Your Seed" Refers To Satan's Seed:
Spiritually Related Fallen Angels, Human Unbelievers - Enslaved To Sin
By Definition, And Human Believers Who Choose To Fall Back Into Sin -
All Of Whom Oppose Elohim. The Phrase Rendered "Her Seed"
Refers To The Seed Of The Woman - A Supernaturally Born Male Physical
Descendant Human Being Who Is Absolutely Righteous, Without Sin With The
Power To Defeat Satan To Reconcile Mankind Back To Jehovah Elohim
Through Paying The Penalty For The Iniquities Of All Mankind Whom
Scripture Identifies As Jesus Christ
a)
[Compare Jn 8:41-44]:
b)
[Compare Ro 6:12-16]:
c)
[Compare 1 Pet 5:8]:
d)
[Compare Rev 12:17]:
e)
[Compare Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7]:
f)
[Compare Gal 3:16, 26, 29]:
g)
[Compare Ro 3:21-26]:
4)
The Seed Of The Woman, Previously Established As Jesus Christ
,
Will Deliver A Crushing Blow - A Triumphant Defeat - To The Serpent /
Satan And Satan's Seed: The Atonement For The Sins Of All Mankind As A
Provision For The Reconciliation Of Mankind With Jehovah Elohim In Order
To Restore The Righteous Sovereignty Of Jehovah Elohim Over Mankind And
Mankind's Dominion Over The Earth
a)
[Compare Isa 52:10, 13-15-53:12]:
b)
[Compare Ro 4:9, 11, 13, 16]:
c)
[Compare Ro 5:10-11]:
5)
The Serpent / Satan Will "Bruise" The Seed Of The Woman
Previously Established As Jesus Christ
On The "Heel" In The Figurative Sense Of A Non-Mortal Blow That
Would Not Be Successful In Defeating Him
a)
[Compare Isa 52:10, 13-15-53:12]:
D)
(Gen 3:16-19) TO THE WOMAN - HENCE TO ALL WOMEN - JEHOVAH ELOHIM SAID, "I
AM GREATLY MULTIPLYING YOUR SORROW, AND IN PAIN DO YOU BEAR CHILDREN,
AND TO YOUR HUSBAND YOUR DESIRE [TO RULE OVER HIM], AND HE RULES OVER
YOU." THEN TO ADAM - AND ALL MANKIND - HE SAID, "BECAUSE YOU
HAVE LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF YOUR WIFE, AND EAT FROM THE TREE OF WHICH
I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, SAYING, 'YOU DO NOT EAT OF IT': CURSED THE GROUND
ON ACCOUNT OF YOU; IN HARDSHIP YOU - HENCE ALL MANKIND - SHALL EAT OF IT
ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. AND THORN AND BRAMBLE IT DOES PRODUCE FOR YOU
AND YOU WILL HAVE EATEN THE HERB OF THE FIELD; BY THE SWEAT OF YOUR FACE
YOU DO EAT BREAD TILL YOUR RETURNING TO THE GROUND [IN PHYSICAL DEATH],
FOR OUT OF IT HAVE YOU BEEN TAKEN, FOR DUST YOU ARE [IN THE SENSE OF THE
COMPOSITION OF ADAM'S AND ALL MANKIND'S PHYSICAL BODY] AND UNTO DUST YOU
RETURN" - IN THE SENSE OF PHYSICAL DEATH
1)
[Compare Isa 65:17-25]:
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[Compare
Ro 8:19-22]:
PLANT
LIFE WAS EFFECTED BY THE FALL
ANIMAL
LIFE WAS EFFECTED BY THE FALL
[Gen
1:30]:
[Isa
11:6-9; cf 65:25]:
CONCLUSION
[Gen
3:17-19 cont.]:
GOD'S
PLAN TO RECTIFY THE FALL OF MAN THROUGH A COMING SAVIOR, THE SEED OF THE
WOMAN, IS PRESENTED TO ADAM AND EVE IN GENESIS 3:15
[Gen
3:15]:
[Gal 3:16]:
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2)
[Ps 72:1-19]:
E)
(Gen 3:20-24) THE MAN CALLS HIS WIFE EVE: FOR SHE WILL HAVE BEEN MOTHER
OF ALL THE LIVING IMPLYING HER BEING SPIRITUALLY ALIVE HAVING TRUSTED IN
JEHOVAH ELOHIM'S PROMISE OF A SAVIOR OF ALL MANKIND THROUGH HER SEED.
AND JEHOVAH ELOHIM MAKES FOR THE MAN AND HIS WIFE COATS OF SKIN, WITH
WHICH HE CLOTHES THEM - SYMBOLLIC OF JEHOVAH ELOHIM HAVING COVERED THEIR
SINS THROUGH A PROMISED PERSONAL SACRIFICE FOR THEM - IMPLYING THAT BOTH
HAD EVIDENTLY TRUSTED IN HIM FOR SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
THEN
JEHOVAH ELOHIM SAYS, "BEHOLD, THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US -
[INDICATING THE PLURALITY OF THE GODHEAD] - TO KNOW GOOD AND EVIL."
AND NOW, LEST HE REACHES OUT HIS HAND AND HAS TAKEN ALSO OF THE TREE OF
LIFE, AND HAS EATEN AND WILL HAVE LIVED FOREVER, JEHOVAH ELOHIM PUTS HIM
AND THE WOMAN OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO TILL THE GROUND FROM WHICH HE
HAS BEEN TAKEN. SO HE DRIVES THE MAN OUT; AND AT THE EAST OF THE GARDEN
HE POSITIONS THE CHERUBIM AND THE FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY
DIRECTION TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE
1)
[Compare Gal 3:16]:
2)
[Compare Dan 12:1-3]:
3)
[Compare Isa 65:16-17]:
4)
[Compare Ro 8:22-23]:
5)
[Rev 21:1]:
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[Gen
1:26-27]:
LET
US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE
GOD
IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN ONE PERSONALITY HENCE, THE PLURAL FORMS IN "LET
US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE"
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6)
[Compare Ps 16:1-11]:
GENESIS
CHAPTER 4 