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The Fall of Man — Genesis 3:1–24 · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time recaps through the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Episode 3, The Fall of Man, Genesis 3, 1 to 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reading from the ESV.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fall begins with a question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did God actually say, God had allowed Adam to eat from every tree except one?
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  SPEAKER_00: But the serpent reshapes that command to make God's restriction sound much larger than it was.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then he moves from questioning God's word to directly contradicting it.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will not surely die.
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  SPEAKER_00: The woman sees that the tree is good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desired to make one wise.
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  SPEAKER_00: She eats and gives some to Adam, and he eats.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis tells us Adam was with her when she gave him the fruit, but we should be careful not to picture details the passage never gives us.
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  SPEAKER_00: It does not tell us how long Adam had been there, whether he heard any of the serpent's conversation, whether he even saw the serpent, or exactly when in the scene the fruit was given to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: What the text clearly tells us is simple.
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  SPEAKER_00: She ate, she gave him the fruit, and he ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then their eyes are open, but the first thing they recognize is their nakedness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis 2 ended with the man and woman naked and unashamed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now they sow fig leaves together to cover themselves, and when they hear God in the garden, they hide.
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  SPEAKER_00: God calls to Adam, Where are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: That question does more than locate him.
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  SPEAKER_00: It draws Adam out of hiding and forces him to confront what has changed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fear and hiding have entered a relationship that previously had neither.
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  SPEAKER_00: When God asks about the tree, Adam points to the woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: When God questions the woman, she points to the serpent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Both admit that they ate, but responsibility is already being pushed outward.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then come the consequences.
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  SPEAKER_00: God places enmity, deep hostility between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring.
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  SPEAKER_00: He declares pain for the woman, struggle within human relationships, and hardship for Adam as he works the ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: The ground itself is cursed because of Adam.
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  SPEAKER_00: Work existed before the fall, but now work comes with thorns, thistles, sweat, and pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the warning about death now becomes unmistakable, for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet even here, judgment is not the only thing we see.
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  SPEAKER_00: God makes garments of skins for Adam and Eve, encloses them.
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  SPEAKER_00: They had disobeyed him, and the consequences remain, but God still provides for them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even in judgment, the passage shows an act of grace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God says, Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: That raises two obvious questions, who is us and who is God speaking to?
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  SPEAKER_00: The text does not tell us.
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  SPEAKER_00: It uses plural language, but it does not identify who us refers to or who God is addressing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we notice the wording without claiming more than Genesis gives us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, Adam and Eve are sent out of Eden.
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  SPEAKER_00: God prevents them from reaching the tree of life, and cherubim, heavenly beings connected with God's presence and holiness, are placed at the east of the garden with a flaming sword guarding the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis 2 ended with humanity inside the garden, naked and unashamed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis 3 ends with humanity outside the garden, separated from the tree of life.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fall changed their relationship with God, with each other, with the ground, and even with themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes the fall of man, Genesis 3 1 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with Genesis 4 and the story of Cain and Abel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.