GENESIS – BEGINNINGS 2
1. MORE BEGINNINGS IN GENESIS:
a. SERPENTS: (Gen. 3:1)
- A Subtil Creature = Arum = Cunning; Clever; Wise, (Gen. 3:1a).
- Note: A Beastly Creature = Non-Human & Animalistic.
- A Speaking Creature = Ability To Communicate With Humans, (Gen. 3:1b,4).
- A Sagacious Creature = Knows God, Humans & Effects Of Sin, (Gen. 3:5).
- A Subjugated Creature = Belly Crawler, Dust Eater, & Crushed Head, (Gen. 3:14-15).
b. SIN: (Gen. 3)
- Sin As Disobedience To Law, (Gen. 3:3).
- Sin As Requiring Temptation, (Gen. 3:6).
- Temptation As Appetite: Food = Flesh.
- Temptation As Appealing: Beauty = Eyes.
- Temptation As Aspiration: Wisdom = Pride.
- Sin Resulting In Eye-Opening, (Gen. 3:7a).
- Sin Resulting In Nakedness, (Gen. 3:7b).
- Sin Resulting In Hiding, (Gen. 3:8).
- Sin Resulting In Judgment, (Gen. 3:9-19).
- Judgment As Accountability, (Gen. 3:9).
- Judgment As Curse, (Gen. 3:14).
- Judgment As Pain, (Gen. 3:16).
- Judgment As Gender-Tension, (Gen. 3:16,20).
- Judgment As Cosmological, (Gen. 3:17-18).
- Judgment As Toil, (Gen. 3:19).
c. SALVATION: (Gen. 3:21-24).
- Gen. 3:21-24 Presents Key Elements In/Of Salvation.
- #1 Atonement = Covering, (Gen. 3:21a).
- #2 Mercy = Grace, (Gen. 3:21b).
- #3 Banishment = Exile, (Gen. 3:22-23).
- #4 Death Foreshadowed = Sacrifice, (Gen. 3:24).
PRAYER: FATHER, THANK YOU FOR SALVATION.
