When God created man in His own image He created him with the ability to make choices knowing that man would not always make the choices that were in accordance with His will and desire for man.
Sin entered into the world with the rebellion of Satan, which led to Satan being cast out of heaven – Isaiah 14:13 & Luke 10:19.
Sin entered humanity with the fall of Adam and Eve – Genesis 2:17 & 3:1-6.
With the Fall of Adam & Eve sin entered into the world, and death through sin, which resulted in death to all men, because all have sinned – Romans 5:12.
God’s Plan of Redemption.
In God’s infinite wisdom and foreknowledge He foresaw that mankind would sin and therefore have need of Salvation and thus be redeemed back to Him. We see this played out in the various covenants God has made with man.
The Adamic Covenant – Genesis 3:15-24
The Consequences for Sin.
A. Sorrow in Conception - husband shall rule over you – Genesis 3:16.
B. Ground cursed – Hard sweaty work - Genesis 3:17-19.
C. Physical death – Genesis 3:19.
D. Sent out of the Garden – Genesis 3:23.
God’s Redemptive Plan.
Genesis 3:21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
An animal had to be killed, thus begins the first mention of blood being spilled for atonement for man’s sin.
Leviticus 17:11 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'
The Prophetic & Redemptive Promise.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
The antagonism between people and snakes is used to symbolize the outcome of the titanic struggle between God and the evil one, a struggle played out in the hearts and history of mankind. The offspring of the woman would eventually crush the serpent’s head, a promise fulfilled in Christ’s victory over Satan–a victory in which all believers will share.
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