Genesis 3

In my church service this morning we discussed Genesis 3. These are just some of the thoughts I wanted to get down on how I feel about this passage of scripture.

First off let's just say that I am not a huge fan of snakes so the Lord cursing the snakes makes me feel as though my dislike for them is justified!

Genesis 3 is the main reason we have any other page in the Bible, which is pretty incredible to think of that one chapter can be the setting for the rest of the words in this beautiful story. Verse 6 is the turning point in this story, "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate." This is when sin enters the world.

A contractor is scrambling to get his quote for a job together and deliver it to the potential customer. The contractor was running out of time so he could not mail his quote and it arrive before the due date. So he decides that he is going to hand deliver it to the president of the company. 

When he arrives at the office of the president, the president is not in his office and so he must wait. As he is sitting there waiting for the president, he notices his competitors quote is laying on the presidents desk. After glancing over his shoulder, he notices he is all alone and he then begins attempting to read the competition upside down as cautious as possible. He then hits an obstacle. The competitors quote total price on the paper is covered directly by a coke can. He yet again checks over his shoulder and begins to ponder on if he should move the can and check the price or not.

He realizes that he is there by himself and no one is around so he takes a deep breath, steadies his hand, and places it on the coke can. He lifts the half filled aluminum can, as he does BB's scatter all over the desk and floor. The contractor immediately realizes he has made a huge mistake and he then lays his quote on the desk and walks away in shame.

This is very similar to the story in Genesis 3 with Adam and Eve and the fruit. After they ate the fruit they ran and hid from God and were ashamed that they were naked. Like the BB's, sin spreads throughout humanity. But how encouraging is it to see next, that it was all apart of God's plan.

The Lord curses man, woman, and serpent. My favorite part of this chapter is in verse 15, where he says to the serpent, "he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." This is God telling Satan in the serpent directly that humanity has a hope to come in the larger framework of the Biblical story, that is that this hope comes to fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who is presented in the New Testament as defeating Satan! What a Glorious Day!