← A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace
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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This year, we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study, Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
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Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire biblical story, but with the center of it.
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Hi, welcome back to the Year in the Bible podcast. My name is Beth and I'm here again today with my co host, Alexa.
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Hey, everyone. Today we are going to go a little deeper into the passage that we looked at and annotated yesterday. Genesis 3:15.
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That's right. So let me ask you this first question that we're talking about every Tuesday, which is, where does this passage fit in the story of Scripture?
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Yes. Yeah, I mentioned yesterday how important context is in general, but in particular with this passage, because if we just read it on its own, it can definitely make us wonder, like, what is going on? So we might remember that last week we were in Genesis 1 at the beginning of creation. So in Genesis 3, we're still at the beginning. God has created his first humans, Adam and Eve, and he has charged them to be image bearers in the world that he has created, ruling over it and cultivating it in such a way that brings glory to him. Adam and Eve were able to enjoy all that God had created, except that they weren't supposed to take fruit from this one tree in the garden. But the serpent appears in the beginning of Genesis 3, tempting Eve to take from this tree. And sadly, both Adam and Eve take this fruit directly, disobeying the Lord. And that just changes everything.
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Honestly, it's just such a sad story. Can you tell us a little bit more about how their disobedience changes things for them?
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Well, right away, Adam and Eve notice that they're naked and they try to cover themselves. So something changes between how they see one another. And then when God calls out to Adam, Adam tries to hide himself. You know, he went from freely walking with God to hiding from him. So something changes between the relationship between God and man. So by disobeying God's command, Adam and Eve sinned and sin causes there to be brokenness between humans and between humans and God.
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Yeah, I think it's so easy to become desensitized to the reality of the fall. But when you put it like That I think it really just shows us just how tragic this actually is and how we see its effects in every single part of our lives. I'm really thankful for this study day because it's really causing me to sit with that tragedy and think about all of the negative effects of sin in our world. But we also don't want to stay in tragedy and sorrow for too long because God also offers us hope. So let's talk about our second question. What does this passage teach us about God?
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Well, God's response to both Satan and Adam and Eve say a lot about who God is. Through the curse that God gives Satan, we see that God is not a God who lets sin go unpunished. Adam and Eve are guilty and God will punish them as well. But God also chooses to punish the one who influenced Adam and Eve, which shows that he is a righteous and holy God who does not and cannot allow sin to slide. And even though God punishes Adam and Eve, we notice that it's just the serpent who God curses. Even though God does curse the ground. God says to the serpent, you, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. So while Adam and Eve receive consequences from God, he doesn't curse them, which I think is evidence of his grace.
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I love that distinction. So are there any other ways that this passage teaches us about God?
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Yeah, even though God rightly punishes Adam and Eve for their sin, he makes a promise that will bring about restoration for this sin. It's in Genesis 3:15 that we see that promise. A promise that involves the serpent Satan being defeated by a promised offspring. And you know what I found particularly impactful about this is that God didn't have to make that promise. He could have cast Adam and Eve out of the garden and left them and the rest of humanity to die with no hope. But he chose to make that promise out of his kindness and grace. And it's because of that promise that sin is defeated and we're able to experience salvation.
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Yeah, that's exactly right. What evidence of God's great love and grace that is. It's incredible. Well, over the next few days, we are going to be looking at Jesus and how he fulfills the promise that God made in this passage. So join us tomorrow as we take a look at a passage from the New Testament and we will see you then.
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Bye. Friends, thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's. Episode. And make sure you're following a daily daily gracepodcast and hedaily graceco on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.