The Fall - Consequences pt. 2

10. What were the consequences for the woman for her disobedience? A) extreme pain during childbearing. B) Your desire shall be for your husband. C) Husband will rule over the wife

The Young's Literal Translation of the Bible by Robert Young compiled in 1898 is an extremely literal translation that attempts to preserve the tense and word usage as found in the original Greek and Hebrew writings. The last phrase in Genesis 3:16 reads:

toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.

Desire – Hebrew “teshuqah” – intense longing; craving; seek to devour. Never be fulfilled. Word used only two other times in OT. Genesis 4:7 (Sin desires Cain – beast seeking to devour prey); Song of Solomon 7:10 (Author’s desire for his beloved.)

Why is “your desire will be for your husband” a negative thing? Does your husband meet all your desires/expectations? Emotional, physical, material (income), spiritual – 100% to the max. Not once has he disappointed you? When he didn’t meet your desires/expectations, how did you feel?

Rule – Hebrew “mashal” - have dominion. God placed woman under the authority of the husband

Why is “he shall rule over you” a negative thing? Inferior position.

Husbands, what kind of ruler are you? Are you a tyrant (one who rules brutally and oppressively) or are you a leader (one who guides and directs to a goal, seeks input from wife, treats with respect)? Or do you exercise any authority at all? Read Ephesians chapter 5.

11. Why was Adam punished? He listened to Eve rather than to God. He accepted her words and rejected God’s. Evidence – He ate the fruit. Do not do something because I tell you t do it. Do it because God said in His word to do it.

12. What were the consequences for the man for his disobedience? Man will have to endure pain, suffering, stress, grief, sorrow, in order to survive. In Eden, man managed the Garden but it was not strenuous labor. No weeds, no crabgrass, no thorns, no briers, no pests (aphids, Japanese beetles, etc.) Perfect weather conditions. Perfect soil conditions. After man’s disobedience, God cursed the earth to make it extremely difficult for man to grow food. Man and nature will be in conflict with one another every single day of his life. Nature will be an obstacle to man’s survival. Despite advances in technology, still difficult today. The ultimate consequence on man’s disobedience is physical death.

13. vs. 21. What did God make for Adam and Eve and how did he make them? Clothing out of animal skin. What had to happen in order for them to be made? Adam and Eve’s decision to disobey God did not impact just them. An animal had to die for their clothes to be made. An animal that did nothing to deserve its death died because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience. Sound familiar? Foreshadowing of Jesus’ sacrifice. He did nothing to deserve death. Yet He died because of our sins. Adam and Eve become aware of death for the first time.

14. What the final consequence of Adam and Eve’s disobedience? They were denied access to the tree of life, why? So that a) humanity would not live forever in a sinful condition and b) humanity would experience the ultimate consequence of their choice to disobey God – physical death. To deny them access to the tree of life, God exiled Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden. They went from a paradise of joy and bliss to a world of pain and suffering. To ensure that Adam and Eve could not return to Eden, God placed to the east of Eden an angelic being called a cherubim armed with a flaming sword to deny them access. The next time we see the tree of life in Scripture is the book of Revelation. It is found in the New Jerusalem.

15. What were the far reaching consequences of Adam’s choice to disobey God? The choices we make today will have an affect on tomorrow. They will impact you and people around you today and tomorrow.

Romans 5:12 - … sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men …

Romans 5:17 - because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man

Romans 5:18 - one trespass led to condemnation for all men

Romans 5:19 – For by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners

1. Because of Adam’s choice to disobey God, every human being born on this planet has been born in sin … born predisposed to sin. We are born rebellious, selfish, prideful … characteristics that are not godly. As long as we live in a sinful state, we are condemned to experience eternal punishment by God.

2. Led to the creation of a world system that promotes evil and sin.

3. Death – physical and spiritual

16. Didn’t God say Adam and Eve would die the very day they ate of the fruit? Did they? Yes. Read John 3:1-7. The first birth is a physical birth. The second birth is a spiritual birth. When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, they experienced spiritual deaths. Soon after they ate of the fruit, they immediately noticed something was not right within them. Something changed. Something was different. That something was spiritual death. Their spirits were separated from God.

At the time we are born, we are alive physically. Our spirits – that part of us that connects us to God – is dead. To reconnect with God, Jesus says in John chapter 3 our spirits must experience a spiritual birth. How does this happen? John 3:16-18