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[#50] Genesis 3:22-24 – The Blessing of Death

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[#50] Genesis 3:22-24 – The Blessing of Death
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Genesis 3:22-24 garden of edenDeath.

I know; it’s not a popular topic. But it is what we are talking about today on the podcast.

What do you think about death? Maybe, if you are like most people, you try not to think about it. But if and when you are faced with the issue of death, what are your thoughts about it? In this episode of the One Verse Podcast, I am going to invite you to start thinking about death differently than the way most people think about it.

Believe it or not, while most people view death as a curse and a punishment from God, a proper understanding of death allows us to see it as a blessing and an act of kindness from God. That’s what we’re going to see today in Genesis 3:22-24.

The Text of Genesis 3:22-24

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” – therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

In this discussion of Genesis 3:22-24 we look at:

  • How Genesis would go if we were writing the story.
  • How death actually was introduced.
  • Why death is not a curse form God, but a kindness.

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God is Redeeming God, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Adam and Eve, death, Garden of Eden, Genesis 3:22-24, One Verse Podcast

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[#49] Genesis 3:20-21 – The Emperor Has No Clothes

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[#49] Genesis 3:20-21 – The Emperor Has No Clothes
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When did the first sacrifice in Scripture take place? Lots of people think it happened in Genesis 3:20-21 when God gave “tunics of skin” to Adam and Eve before He kicked them out of the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 3:20-21

The idea often taught from this is that from the very beginning, sin demands payment, sin demands sacrifice, sin demands death.

Well, I show you something quite a bit different in this Podcast Episode from Genesis 3:20-21.

The Text of Genesis 3:20-21

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

In this discussion of Genesis 3:20-21 we look at:

  • Why Adam named his wife Eve
  • The meaning of “Eve”
  • Why it is significant that God gave clothes to Adam and Eve
  • Where the clothes came from
  • Why there is no sacrifice or death in Genesis 3:21

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  • Genesis 3:7 – The first clothes of Adam and Eve
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God is Redeeming God, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Adam and Eve, clothes, death, Genesis 3:20-21, One Verse Podcast, sacrifice, sin

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[#44] Genesis 3:11-13 – The Blame Game

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[#44] Genesis 3:11-13 – The Blame Game
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There are six revolutionary and foundational truths in Genesis 2–3. Today we see the fifth.

These truths help you understand God, Scripture, society, culture, and yourself like never before. The one we see today is absolutely critical for understanding why God appears so violent at various places in the Bible.

If you have ever wondered how to understand the violence of God in the Bible, make sure you listen to this episode.

Adam Blames Eve Genesis 3:11-13

The Text of Genesis 3:11-13

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?”

Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

In this discussion of Genesis 3:11-13 we look at:

  • The fifth foundational and revolutionary truth from Genesis 2–3
  • Why God asks Adam about his nakedness
  • God does not blame Adam and Eve for what happened
  • Adam blames Eve; Eve blames the serpent. Ultimately, Adam blames God
  • Why humans blame and scapegoat others
  • How God is the ultimate Scapegoat in Scripture and history
  • Two ways of reading Scripture and how Jesus shows which way is correct

Resources:

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  • Episode 38 – Scapegoating Eve
  • Episode 43 – Do not be Afraid
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God is Redeeming God Bible & Theology Topics: Adam and Eve, crucifixion of Jesus, Genesis 3:11-13, Rene Girard, scapegoat

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[#40] Genesis 3:1-5 – Eve and the Serpent

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[#40] Genesis 3:1-5 – Eve and the Serpent
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Was it wrong for Eve to engage in dialogue with the serpent in Genesis 3? If not, what was her mistake? What can we learn from this conversation between Eve and the serpent that will help us face temptation in our own life? This is what we look at in this discussion of Genesis 3:1-5.

Genesis 3:1-5

The Text of Genesis 3:1-5

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; “but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

In this discussion of Genesis 3:1-5 we look at:

  • The serpent’s first question
  • Why Adam and Eve should have responded to the serpent together
  • How Eve imitated the serpent
  • Why the serpent spoke truly, but offered what was good in a time and way that God did not want
  • The four dangers of fencing around the law.

Resources:

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  • Zevit, What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden
  • Luke 4:1-4 – Passing the Temptation Test
  • Luke 4:5-13 – Defeating the Temptation to Sin
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God is Redeeming God, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Adam and Eve, Bible study audio, Genesis 3:1-5, law, One Verse Podcast, serpent, sin, temptation

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Was Adam and Eve’s sin really about eating a piece of forbidden fruit?

By Jeremy Myers
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Was Adam and Eve’s sin really about eating a piece of forbidden fruit?

Wesley RostollThis is a guest post from Wesley Rostoll. He lives in in South Africa with his wife and two kids.

Wesley left the institutional church about 5 years ago and has been exploring what some people call organic church ever since. He writes about what he has learned from the experience on his blog.

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For most of my life I thought that the punishment that mankind and the rest of creation suffered for Adam and Eve’s one act of disobedience in the garden seemed incredibly harsh. When compared to some of the things I had done in my life, it seems like I have done far worse and gotten away with it.

So when God said to Adam that if he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that he would surely die I read it more as a threat than as a warning.

Wesley RostollThe truth is this wasn’t a case of a petty or offended deity overreacting.

Despite the fact that most of us grew up believing that God could not look upon sin (see my thoughts on that over here), it was not God who hid Himself from Adam but the other way around.

After the fall we see God seeking Adam and Eve out, clothing them when they realized that they were naked and putting them outside of the garden for their own protection (Genesis 3:22).

Nevertheless, we see a drastic change in man and in his relationship with God after Genesis 3. And here is the crux of why that piece of fruit om the Garden of Eden was such a big deal.

When Adam chose to eat that fruit from the forbidden tree, he was essentially choosing independence from God.

Man would now decide for himself what was good and evil.

God tried to warn Adam that going it alone would surely end badly for him and that it was a path that would lead to destruction. It was intended for mankind to draw life from God and bear his image and likeness but the fall changed that.

It is easy to overlook the tragedy of Genesis 5:3. Hidden away in a genealogy list, it tells us that when Adam had sons and daughters they were born into his image and likeness.

Fortunately for us though he loved us enough to send a new Adam, one not born of man but of the Spirit (Matthew 1:18). Hebrews 1:3 tells us that this man, Jesus, was the exact representation of God. Jesus himself said that if you had seen him you had seen the Father. The good news doesn’t stop there either; Paul said that he (Jesus) would be the first born among many and that we who found life in him would be conformed into his image (Romans 8:29), which ultimately restores us back to what was lost in the Garden.

I do not think that it was an accident that Jesus chose the words he did when he said that he is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6).

Likewise I do not think that it was a coincidence when he used the illustration of himself as being the true vine (John 5:5) and that those who were in him would bear much fruit.

Today our choice is not so different from the one that Adam faced. We can choose life and we can find it in that vine or we can choose the broad way that leads to destruction.

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