God calls out to Adam and Eve

 God calls out to Adam and Eve

Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed, God approached them with love, patience, and care. Though grieved by their fallen condition, He did not abandon them. Instead, He called out to them, to awaken their awareness of sin and their need for confession and restoration.  In His mercy, He confronted them with the truth to lead them toward repentance and not in condemnation.

 

Scape Goat mentality

When God confronted Adam and Eve after the fall, He did not first address Eve, but Adam, the one who received the command directly (Genesis 2:16–17). However, instead of confessing his sin, Adam shifted the blame to Eve, and indirectly to God, saying, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate’ (Genesis 3:12). This response reflects a failure to take personal responsibility for sin." This interaction marks the human tendency to avoid accountability, which contrasts with the godly sorrow and confession that God desires (Psalm 51:3–4; 2 Corinthians 7:10).

So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die (2 Samuel 12:13).

When David was confronted by the prophet Nathan over his sin with Bathsheba, he responded with humility and repentance. His immediate confession, “I have sinned against the Lord” (2 Samuel 12:13). This is an indication of a broken spirit and a broken and contrite heart. Having a broken and contrite heart is essential for true repentance. It signifies a willingness to surrender one's own desires and plans in favor of God's will. This state of heart is what God seeks, as it opens the door to forgiveness and restoration. This attitude not only fosters a deeper relationship with God but also leads to genuine transformation and healing in one's life.

 

On one hand, covering, hiding, denying, or refusing to acknowledge sin, has consequences. The results include lack of spiritual, emotional, material, and relational prosperity. Unconfessed sin becomes a barrier between a person and God, hindering growth and blessings. On the other hand, confessing and forsaking sin leads to God's mercy, compassionate, forgiveness, and restoration. Therefore, personal honesty before God is critical. Hiding sin may seem to work temporarily, but ultimately it leads to spiritual stagnation.

He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy (Proverbs 28:13). 

God did not ask the serpent anything, for he knew that he was a liar, but He at once pronounced judgement upon him. God cursed the enemy to eat dust (Genesis 3:14, Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17), which symbolically means defeat.

 

Through the first Adam, sin entered the world, bringing curse, death, and separation from God (Romans 5:12). Adam’s disobedience introduced the fall of mankind, bringing all under the weight of sin and judgment (Genesis 3:17-19). But through the second Adam, Jesus Christ, the curse was reversed. Christ's obedience, even to the point of death on the cross, brought mercy, righteousness, and life to all who believe (Romans 5:17-19; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49).

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) (Galatians 3:13).

Christ willingly took on the full weight of the curse, our sin, shame, and penalty. His crucifixion "hanging on a tree" fulfilled Deuteronomy 21:23 and became the means of our redemption. In Christ, we are no longer under the curse but recipients of grace and blessing (Galatians 3:14).

 

God clothes Adam and Eve

After Adam and Eve sinned and realized their nakedness, the Lord God made clothed them with a skin clothe. This implies that an animal had to be killed to provide those garments. Though the text does not mention a sacrifice, the use of animal skins strongly suggests that blood was shed, which is consistent with the concept of without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. God Himself provided the atonement and covering, foreshadowing the sacrificial system later instituted under the Law. However, the animal blood sacrifice would temporarily cover sin under the Old Covenant.

And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22).

Covering ourselves with our good works is like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves with fig leaves. However, Christ came that He may cover us in His righteousness. The concept of God covering Adam and Eve with animal skin foreshadows Christ, the Lamb of God, who would shed His blood to fully atone for the sins of humanity, not just cover them temporarily but cleanse them permanently.


George Ruheni

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