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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2017 January 15
Image 1: The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man (c. 1615)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and
Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)
Figures by Rubens, Landscape & Animals by Brueghel
Rubens: Flemish Baroque Style
Brueghel: Dutch and Flemish Renaissance Style
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands.
Image Source: Wikimedia
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Image 2: The Fall: Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry (c. 1416)
Limbourg Brothers (fl. 1385 - 1416)
International Gothic Style
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Manuscript: (Ms. 65), 294 x 210 mm (folio size)
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 3: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1828)
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Romanticism Style; Hudson River School
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Image Source: Wikimedia
SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no days will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: In Genesis 3, the fall of man takes place. The serpent (Satan, possessing the snake -- Revelation 20:2) asked Eve if God had told her and Adam that they could not eat of any of the trees of the garden. She said that only the tree in the midst of the garden (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) was forbidden for food, and they could not touch it lest they die. (But the Scriptures do not record a prohibition of touching the tree, only eating of it. So this may have been an addition by Eve to God's words). Satan then flatly contradicted God's words. He said that she would not die. Instead she would become like God ("Elohim"), knowing good and evil. This was an extremely appealing argument. Adam and Eve had been make in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). So a chance to be more like God would have appealed to them at the instinctive level; and, if they had been told that they were made in the image of God, it would have appealed to them on a cognizant level as well. Eve then realized that the tree appealed to all of her desires: it was good for food (the lust of the flesh -- bodily desires); it was pleasant to look at (the lust of the eyes -- aesthetic desires); and it could make her wise (the pride of life -- the desire for self-enhancement). So she ate the fruit and gave it to Adam, and he ate it. Then their eyes were opened. They knew that they were naked, and they sowed fig leaves together and made aprons (girdles, loincloths, girdles, clothes, etc) for themselves. Sin produced shame: "Shame is the reflex in the body of the principle of corruption introduced by sin into the soul." (Geerhardus Vos) (1-7).
When Adam and Eve heard God walking in the garden, they hid themselves. The LORD asked Adam why he was hiding. Adam said that it was because he was naked. And God made him admit that he had eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam said that Eve gave him the fruit. God then asked Eve why she did this. She said that the serpent tricked her into eating the fruit (8-13).
The LORD then judged each party in reverse order, leaving out no one, and accepting no excuses. He cursed the serpent above every other animal, condemning him to crawl and to eat dust. And he said that he would put enmity (hostility, hatred) between the serpent's seed and the seed of the woman. The seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's head, and the serpent would bruise his heel. The chief reference is to Christ overcoming Satan -- e.g., (1 John 3:8) "Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil." (14-15).
The LORD then said that the woman's sorrows would be greatly multiplied and she would have sorrow in birth. Her desire would be to her husband, and he would rule over her (16).
The ground would be cursed for Adam's sake. He would eat of it in sorrow. It would bear thorns and thistles. He would eat in the sweat of his face. And he would return to the ground from whence he was taken, "for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return." (17-19).
Adam called his wife's name Eve (lifegiver) because she was the mother of all living. And the LORD God made coverings of skin for Adam and Eve. This would have required the death of an animal, and it may be the prototype of the animal sacrifices which were offered for sin subsequently. This also seems to imply that the LORD forgave Adam and Eve. This also may be implied in Luke 3:38 where Adam is called "the son of God" (20-21).
The LORD excluded Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, particularly from the Tree of Life. He sent Adam out to till the ground from which he had been taken. On the eastern side of the garden he placed Cherubim who had a flaming sword which turned every way to guard the tree of life (22-24).
[ Sermons: William Still. Geerhardus Vos. Sinclair B Ferguson. Various. ]
[ Illustration: Today's images show the events of today's chapter. Image 1: The Fall; Image 2: God Judges Adam, Eve, and the Serpent; Image 3: Expulsion from Eden. ]
RESOURCES
[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Genesis 3: Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33; Luke 3:7; John 8:44; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 12:9; Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14; Romans 5:14; Job 38:1; Job 31:33; Psalm 139:7; Jeremiah 23:24; Amos 9:3; Genesis 4:9; Job 23:15; 1 John 3:20; Genesis 3:4; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14; Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17; Matthew 13:38; John 8:44; Acts 13:10; 2 Peter 2:14; 1 John 3:10; Romans 16:20; Hebrews 2:14; 1 John 3:8; John 16:21; 1 Timothy 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 5:29; Job 5:7; Ecclesiastes 2:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22; Genesis 2:9; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2; Revelation 22:14; Genesis 2:8. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
Pentateuch Detailed Outline:
Genesis Detailed Outline:
Genesis 3
2. Generations of the Heavens & the Earth & Plants & Herbs (Ge 2:4 - Ge 4:26) - ? - ? B.C. Earth
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch , lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die [dying you shall die]:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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