Lesson 7 Flashcards
What was God’s provision for Adam and Eve in Genesis 2?
B. The provision of life (Gen 2:4-7)
C. The provision of sustenance
1. Water was very important for ANE desert regions
2. The provisions God makes for Adam and Eve represented blessing, fertility, and life
3. The provision of a river in the garden (Gen 2:10)
D. The provision of fellowship with God, as Eden was a temple garden
1. Eden: pleasure, delight, or lush fertility (LXX, paradeisos)
2. Eden was an enclosed, protected area where God invites humans to enjoy harmony with himself, each other, and their environment
3. The flowing water from the river becomes a picture of the blessing of God dwelling among his people
a. “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God” (Ps 46:4)
b. Ezekiel 47
c. The new Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven also has a river, a river of life flowing out of it (Rev 22)
d. The Holy Spirit is related to water / river imagery (John 7)
4. Cherubim protect the entrance to the garden (Gen 3:24; Exod 26:1)
5. Active faith, not doubting God’s word, is a prerequisite
E. The provision of work (Gen 2:15)
1. Spiritual service (שָׁמַר and עָבַד, šāmar and ‘ābad)
2. These Hebrew verbs are used in contexts of priestly service and worship (Num 3:7-8; Exod 23:25)
F. The provision of limitations (Gen 2:16)
G. The provision of companionship (Gen 2:18-25)
1. Committed companionship in marriage
a. Covenant terminology (Gen 2:23, 24)
b. A helper corresponding to him
2. Adam’s representative role
a. Naming Eve
b. The name of Adam (Gen 1:26; 5:1-2)
i. Representative for mankind (Rom 5:12-21; 1 Cor 15:21-23)
ii. Representative for his wife (1 Tim 2:13)
3. One flesh, naked, and not ashamed
What are the the effects of sin in Genesis 3?
C. Sin and the curse of broken relationships
1. Internal changes (Gen 3:7)
2. Changes in their relationship with God (Gen 3:8)
3. Changes in their relationship with each other
a. Shifting blame (Gen 3:12-13)
b. Marriage is a battlefield (Gen 3:16)
4. Changes in their relationship to creation
a. The ground is cursed (Gen 3:17-19)
b. Childbearing is painful (Gen 3:16)
c. Banishment from the garden (Gen 3:23)
5. Enmity is put into their relationship with the serpent (Gen 3:14-15a)
a. The serpent is cursed to be unfruitful and to experience ultimate defeat
b. Crawling on the belly and eating dust represents humiliation and subjugation
c. The seed of the serpent is natural humanity in rebellion against God
d. The ultimate result of the curse is spiritual death
What hope is given to Adam and Eve in this situation?
D. God provides hope
1. Adam and Eve are given a covering (Gen 3:7, 21)
2. The fallen condition is not perpetuated, which might have occurred if Adam had been allowed to eat from the tree of life (Gen 3:22, 24)
3. Hope is promised through the seed of the woman (Gen 3:15)
a. A battle will be fought, through which God will secure victory
b. The seed of the woman
i. A collective singular?
ii. Ultimately referring to an individual
