The Gospel Thread

John Intro

In this episode, we dive into the Gospel of John, one of the most profound and theologically rich books of the New Testament. Who wrote it, and when and where was it written? We'll explore the authorship of the apostle John, examining the historical context and the unique features of this gospel.
We'll also discuss who John’s intended audience likely was and how the message of this gospel was tailored to them. From there, we break down the main sections of the book—highlighting the key moments in Jesus' ministry, his teachings, and the significant miracles that John emphasizes.
Whether you're new to the Gospel of John or looking for a refresher, this episode will provide a comprehensive overview to help you better understand its message and significance.
Tune in for a closer look at one of the most beloved and theologically profound accounts of Jesus' life!
Sources:
Burge, G. (2018, March 23). Who Wrote the Gospel of John? Zondervan Academic. Retrieved April 11, 2024, from https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/who-wrote-the-gospel-of-john
MacArthur, J. (2007). Bible Introductions - John. Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved April 12, 2024, from https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/macarthur_john/bible-introductions/john-intro.cfm
Charlesworth, J. H. (1993, February). Reinterpreting John: How the Dead Sea Scrolls Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Gospel of John. Biblical Archaeology Society Library. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/reinterpreting-john/
Long, K. (2023, July 11). Unmasking Who Wrote The Gospel Of John. Bartehrman.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from https://www.bartehrman.com/who-wrote-the-gospel-of-john/
Strauss, M. (2017, September 20). Who Wrote the Gospels, and How Do We Know for Sure? Zondervan Academic. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/who-wrote-gospels
Mellowes, M. (1998, April). The Gospel of John. PBS. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/mmjohn.html
Strauss, M. L. (2017, September 23). John: The Gospel of the Eternal Son Who Reveals the Father. Bible Project. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://bibleproject.com/articles/john-gospel-eternal-son-reveals-father/
Ritsman, D. F. (n.d.). The Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels. Biblestudycourses.org. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://biblestudycourses.org/john-bible-study-courses-section-1/john-and-the-synoptic-gospels/
Harris, W. H., III (2004, June 24). Major Differences Between John and the Synoptic Gospels. Bible.org. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://bible.org/seriespage/2-major-differences-between-john-and-synoptic-gospels
Song Tracklist:
"Ain't No Mercy Here" - Def Lev
"Golden Days" - Rymdklang Soundtracks
"High Stakes (Instrumental Version)" - Nbhd Nick
"Just Be You (Instrumental Version)" - First Timer
"Free Born Mind (Instrumental Version)" - Gamma Skies
"Enough This Time" - Rockin' For Decades

Genesis 9: God's Covenant With Noah

God's covenant with Noah is broken down in detail. Then, another human disappoints us in our search for the Coming Seed. All this and more in Genesis chapter 9.
Sources:
Schwartz, R. (1998). Jewish Dietary Laws (Kashrut): The Vegetarian Teachings Of Rav Kook. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-vegetarian-teachings-of-rav-kook
Armstrong, S. (2011, July 4). Genesis 2011. Verse By Verse Ministries. Retrieved April 29, 2023, from https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_9a
Armstrong, S. (2011, July 12). Genesis 2011 - Lesson 9B. Verse By Verse Ministry International. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_9b
Mackie, T. (n.d.). Noah To Abraham: Exploring Genesis 6-12. Bible Project.
Guzik, David. “Study Guide for Genesis 9.” Blue Letter Bible, 2018, www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-9.cfm. 

Genesis 8: The Waters Recede

The flood waters finally recede! We can learn much from Noah's actions after he leaves the ark, especially from his sacrifice to God and how we can offer sacrifices in the same way.
Sources:
Bible Hub. (n.d.). 2142. zakar. Strong's Hebrew: 2142. זָכַר (Zakar) -- remember. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2142.htm
Guzik, D. (2018). Study Guide For Genesis 8. Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved April 15, 2023, from https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-8.cfm
Gedwiser, M. (2016, November 4). He Sent Out The Raven. The Lehrhaus. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/he-sent-out-the-raven/
Armstrong, S. A. (2011, June 20). Genesis 2011 - Lesson 8. Verse By Verse Ministry International. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_8
Mackie, T. (n.d.). Noah To Abraham: Exploring Genesis 6-12. Bible Project. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tbp-web/media/Noah%20to%20Abraham/Noah-Abraham_Session%20Notes.pdf 

Genesis 7: The Flood Comes

As Noah gathers the animals for the ark, they are portrayed in stark contrast to the people on the earth in the previous chapter. God's authority to judge the earth is discussed as well as the flood's parallels to baptism.
Sources:
Armstrong, S. (2011, June 6). Genesis 2011 - lesson 7A. Verse By Verse Ministry International. Retrieved April 11, 2023, from https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_7a
Guzik, D. (2018). Study Guide For Genesis 7. Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved April 11, 2023, from https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-7.cfm 

Genesis 6: The Days of Noah

Who were the sons of God and the daughters of men and why is it a big deal that they intermarried? Who were the Nephilim? All this as well as Noah's preparation for the flood is discussed in this episode.
Sources:
Guzik, D. (2018). Study Guide For Genesis 6. Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved April 4, 2023, from https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-6.cfm
Armstrong, S. (2011, June 1). Genesis 2011 - Lesson 6B. Verse By Verse Ministry International. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_6b 

Genesis 5: Adam's Descendants

The first Hebrew genealogy is explored with an emphasis on Adam, Enoch, and Noah.
Transcript:
Welcome to the Gospel Thread Bible Study Podcast. My name is Dan Snyder and I am your host. Before I publish the first Gospel Thread episode, I want to re-release the episodes from my previous podcast, Beyond the Basics. The format and purpose of these episodes are the same as the Gospel Thread, to study the book of Genesis chapter by chapter and identify the main themes and message of each chapter and discuss how it points to Jesus. After finishing Genesis I decided to rebrand the podcast into the Gospel Thread. So as I continue to write and produce the first Gospel Thread episodes, I hope you enjoy this journey through the Book of Genesis while you wait.
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Welcome to the Beyond the Basics Bible Study Podcast. My name is Dan Snyder and I am your host. Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Beyond the Basics where we are exploring the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one chapter at a time.
If you've been with me for the last few episodes, we have gone through the creation of the earth, the creation of Adam and Eve, the fall of man, and then of course the story of Cain and Abel. And so now we get into Genesis 5, which is a nice long list of names, which is everybody's favorite, I'm sure. Everybody loves reading through a list of names.
Needless to say, this is not going to be our most content heavy episode. However, there is still a lot we can learn from this chapter. And so we're going to dive deep into it and see what we can find out and see what the Lord has to show us in this chapter.
So to give a quick overview of Genesis chapter 5, first of all, the author reiterates the creation of man by God, that he is created in God's likeness. However, it's interesting to note the difference of the language in this chapter compared to chapter one. Here, it says when God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. In chapter one, it says God created man in his own image. So in chapter one, God created man in his own image. Here in chapter five he made him in the likeness of God.
I'm not entirely certain the implications of that, and I don't know if there's a difference in the original Hebrew language there, but I do think it's interesting that the serpent promised Eve that she would be like God when she ate. And now, instead of stating the man was created in God's image, man is now created in the likeness of God. So I think the similar vocabulary, the similar language there is interesting and something worth noting.
Then after this introduction in the chapter there are 10 generations listed from Adam to Noah and they all follow a similar pattern. Each man lived a certain number of years. Seth lived 105 years. Enosh lived 90 years. Kenan lived 70 years. After they lived a certain number of years, each one fathered a son. Then that man lived a certain number of years longer. Again, Seth lived 807 years after fathering Enosh. Enosh lived 815 years after fathering Kenan, etc. etc. And it notes that during these years these guys all fathered other sons and daughters. So then it gives the total number of years lived and it says, and he died.
And then the chapter ends with Noah fathering three sons named Shem, Ham, and Japheth. So this is a new section of the book of Genesis and the chapter lists 10 generations, 10 fathers from Adam to Noah and from what I've gathered, these are possible meanings of each one of these guys' names. So, Adam means man, Seth means appointed. We know that. We've already been through those and pointed out those names already in previous chapters.
But moving on, Enosh means mortal man, Mahal-al-al means praise of God or blessed God. Jared means descend. Enoch means dedicate or train up. Methuselah means man of a dart or his death shall bring. Lamech, the meaning is uncertain, possibly despairing or lament. We also discussed in the previous chapter it could be conqueror. And then Noah means rest.
And so when you put all those names together and form a sentence, one translation could be that the ten patriarchs are saying, man is appointed mortal sorrow, but the blessed God will descend and teach that his death will bring the despairing rest.
So the gospel that man is appointed to die. But God will come to earth and die to bring rest to those who live in sorrow. That gospel message is right here in chapter 5. Again, potentially. Those are potential meanings and as I've mentioned before, I am no expert on Hebrew, so I don't know how accurate these translations are. I have to kind of rely on the places that I find these translations. So if anybody wants to correct me, please feel free.
So going back through the list, we notice that each patriarch follows the same format, as I mentioned in the overview, except for three men. And that would be Adam, Enoch, and Noah.
So Adam, the differences there are that Adam had a son in his own likeness and in his own image. So that language is very interesting because Adam ate the fruit to become as the gods, or to be in the likeness of the gods, and now he has a son in his own likeness, in his own image, which is a fallen state of sin. So instead of men being birthed in the image of God, now they are being birthed in the image of Adam, and in the likeness of Adam.
Then moving down to Enoch, it tells us that Enoch walked with God, which is interesting because earlier in Genesis chapter 3 it says that God walked alone in the garden, but now Enoch is walking with God. God is walking with Enoch. And then this paragraph tells us that then he was no more for God took him. And Hebrews 11:5 clarifies this and says: By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found because God had taken him. Now before he was taken, he was commended as having pleased God.
So this clarifies that Enoch did not die, but he was taken up to God. Whether that's taken up to heaven or what, it's not clear. But it is clear that Enoch did not die. He was taken up by God. And he is the first of two to do this. Obviously Elijah is going to be the second later on. So obviously it makes us wonder where did he go? We don't know. But I do believe, and this is my opinion, and we will get into this much much later in the study. We may hit on it when we get into Zechariah, otherwise for sure Revelation in about oh, 22 years or so when we finally finish this, and by then my opinions could completely change two decades from now, who knows.
But I do believe that the two prophets in the book of Revelation, well, let's let's turn there. So There are two witnesses in the book of Revelation in chapter 11. There's many different opinions on this and and I don't know what the correct one is. I do have my opinions and the book of Malachi tells us that Elijah will return before Jesus comes back. Now, Jesus did tell us that John the Baptist had the spirit of Elijah, but the book of Malachi is a bit more explicit and John the Baptist was not a complete fulfillment of that prophecy. And so the two witnesses here in Revelation chapter 11, I believe it makes sense for one of those to be Elijah.
And others will say that the second witness would be Moses because it was Elijah and Moses that stood on the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus. Personally, I believe that if it is two ancient prophets that return to prophesy in Jerusalem in the days before Jesus comes back, it has to be people that haven't died yet, because in Revelation 11 verse 7, when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. So, these two men die after they're done prophesying, and Moses already died. So how could Moses die a second time? It's possible. Lazarus died twice, but he was raised immediately after dying, or four days after dying.
Of course, nobody knows where Moses' grave is, so who knows, but I believe, it's my opinion, that Enoch and Elijah are those two witnesses that they will return in the days leading up to Jesus' return and they will prophesy in Jerusalem and then at that point they will die. I believe God took them up and held them back specifically for those days.
Now it is interesting that Enoch was the first prophet and he is quoted by Jude. He named his son Methuselah meaning again potentially his death shall bring. The idea being that the flood came as soon as Methuselah died.
Now what's interesting about Methuselah is he is at least as far as we have in recorded history or in recorded biblical narrative, Methuselah lived longer than any other human on the entire planet in the entire history of the planet. And so that clearly shows God's mercy that if Methuselah's name is a way of prophesying to the people of his day that judgment is coming. It shows that God is merciful in allowing Methuselah to live longer than anybody else, to give people the maximum amount of time to repent and turn to the Lord.
So then we get to Noah, and Noah has a very different paragraph about his life. Verse 29, it says, "Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief, rest, from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."
So first thing in that sentence is that he comes out of the ground that the Lord has cursed. What comes out of ground? Well, seed comes out of the ground. So that should remind us of Genesis 3 when God says that the seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent.
So we're reminded of that, and then it says that he will bring us relief from painful work and toil. So he will bring us rest from our work and toil. Well, what brought rest from work? First, before this, it was the seventh day of creation. It's a Sabbath. Lamech is saying that Noah is the promise of the Sabbath. And so obviously we find out later that Noah can't live up to this. As righteous as he is, he can't live up to this. But he is presented here as a messiah figure. He's presented as the seed and he's presented as the Sabbath. This is very clear messiah imagery so that Noah becomes a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ, who is the seed of the woman that crushed the head of the serpent and who does bring us rest from painful work and toil.
Another thing to note is that every paragraph ends with the words, and he died, with the exception of Enoch and Noah. And this continually reminds us that all men are under the curse of Adam. We are all in his likeness and in his image. That even though, just like it says in verse 26 of chapter 4, at that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord. Even though people are calling upon the name of the Lord, even though these ten patriarchs are calling upon the name of the Lord, they still die. They are still under the curse of Adam. And it presents us with a dilemma that even calling on the name of the Lord no longer is enough to avoid the curse. And that's why it's so important and so interesting that Noah is presented as a messiah figure at the end of this chapter.
So points that I want to make on genealogies. First is that Hebrew genealogies are often incomplete. So they will often skip generations because especially in the Bible, they're written not to create a perfect account of each family. They're written to make a point. They are written to track the line of the seed. That is why Hebrew genealogies are written, at least in the Bible.
And the point of this genealogy is to point out that there are ten generations until destruction and new creation. And the ten is very important because the number ten represents the law, we have obviously ten commandments. Number ten represents wholeness, it represents new creation, it represents judgment, and it represents authority. Again, we have ten commandments, we have ten plagues, we have ten horns of the beast in the book of Revelation, so it references judgment and it references authority. The image of horns is an image of authority throughout the Bible. So that's what the number 10 is referring to.
And so the fact that there are 10 generations here should tell us something. The point is not that there are exactly 10 people that lived between Adam and Noah. The point is that God had the authority to bring judgment on the earth. He was justified in his authority because the earth belonged to him.
So that's what this is trying to tell us. It's not trying to tell us a perfect recreation of the history of the world. And so many people that attempt to assign an age to the earth based on the genealogy in Genesis chapter 5. They might be right. I have no idea and I don't think anybody else does either. But they could be wrong because there could be many, many, many, many generations that are skipped in this chapter and we would have no idea. So could the earth be 6,000 years old or whatever the math comes out to according to this chapter? Possibly. Could it be a lot older? Very possible.
So how does this all point to Jesus? We've mentioned a couple ways already. We've mentioned, of course, that each paragraph ends with the words, end he died. That the death of all these men show that we need someone to give us life. That we need someone to rescue humanity from death. That we are all destined to die.
And as we mentioned at the beginning of this episode, that their names potentially even reveal a coming Savior whose death will bring life and whose death will bring rest.
And then of course Noah's naming confirms that there is a coming seed. We had the promise from God in chapter 3 that the seed of the woman or the offspring of the woman would crush the head of the serpent and Noah being named by his father Lamech saying out of the ground that the Lord is cursed. It confirms that men are still looking to the coming seed. Thousands of years later, or however long it ended up being, they are still looking to the coming seed. And that coming seed is going to be Jesus, as we will find out, if you didn't know the answer already. And Jesus will break the curse and bring rest.
Alright, questions for reflection.
First, how would you view death if you were to live for 900 years?
What do the words, "and he died," teach us?
Next, what does Enoch's life teach us? What are we reminded of when we read that he did not die? What is the significance of the length of Enoch's life?
What does Noah's name teach us about the purpose of the coming Messiah? We mentioned a couple things. What else can you think of there that we can learn about the purpose of the coming Messiah?
And then finally, how do we find rest in Jesus? How does he bring us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands?
Well thank you for joining me on this episode. Next episode we will get into Genesis chapter 6. We'll talk about the fall of the angels and the building of the ark. I want to remind you this podcast is available on any platform, any app that you want to use. Please, please, please subscribe. Like, follow, all the above. Leave a comment. I would love to hear what you think of the podcast.
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Sources:
Anacioco, A. A. (2019, June 26). Meaning Of The Names In Genesis 5. Biblical Christianity. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from https://biblical-christianity.com/tag/meaning-of-the-names-in-genesis-5 
Guzik, D. (2018). Study Guide For Genesis 5. Blue Letter Bible. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-5.cfm 

Genesis 4: Cain And Abel

Cain's parents thought he would be the chosen seed to crush the head of the serpent. Instead, Cain became the seed of the serpent by murdering his own brother and being arrogant towards God. Meanwhile, another brother is born who would be chosen by God.
Transcription:
Welcome to the Beyond the Basics Bible Study Podcast. My name is Dan Snyder. I am your host. Thank you for joining me on this episode of Beyond the Basics where we are going through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one chapter at a time.
This episode we will be in Genesis chapter 4, the story of Cain and Abel. The famous story where Cain murders his brother. So let's get to it.
So the chapter starts off Adam and Eve, they are now outside the garden. They have a child named Cain and then another child named Abel. Abel was a shepherd. Cain is a farmer and the chapter tells us that both brothers decided one day to bring their offerings to God from their work. And the author tells us that God accepted Abel's offering but rejected Cain's offering.
Now Abel had brought the firstborn of his flock. Cain brought the fruit of the ground is what the text tells us. So there's a difference there between what Cain brought and what Abel brought. And God accepted Abel's offering of the firstborn of his flock of sheep, but rejected Cain's offering of the fruit of the ground.
So Cain became angry. God warned him of the dangers of anger, but Cain ignored the Lord's warning and killed his brother Abel. So God cursed Cain. God tells Cain that the ground will not yield its strength because it received Abel's blood from Cain's strength. In verse 11 it says, "Now you are cursed from the ground which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength."
So by Cain's strength, Abel was dead and his blood was received by the ground, and so now the ground will no longer yield its strength to Cain. That was the first part of the curse.
The second part of the curse is that he will be a fugitive and a wanderer. So he's going to wander the earth. He's in exile. And we see that because he goes further east. East, if you remember from previous episodes, east is symbolic, it is indicative of exile. And so Cain is in exile.
But God places a protective mark on Cain, and then Cain went east to the land of Nod, where he had a son. He named his son Enoch. He built a city and named it after Enoch. And then we get a short genealogy of Cain down to Lamech, who is a descendant of Cain and happens to be the seventh generation from Adam.
As we read about Lamech, we see that he is a murderer. He is a polygamist. He's tyrannical. He is arrogant. He believes he's greater than God, as we'll see as we get deeper into the chapter. Then at the very end of the chapter, we find out that Adam and Eve have another son named Seth. Seth has a son named Enosh.
So Cain is born in verse 1. The name Cain means I've got him. That's what it literally means. She says, "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord."
And that's why she named him Cain. The implication is that Eve may have thought that Cain was the seed promised by God. He's the firstborn son. God had promised Eve in the previous chapter that there would be a seed through her that would crush the head of the serpent. And so Eve named Cain, I have got him, or I've gotten a man, thinking that I've got the seed, the seed has come. Instead, Cain turned out to be the seed of the serpent.
Then we also have Abel, and Abel means vapor. And the picture is that the vapor, it is gone quickly. It is there and then it's gone. The vapor does not stick around, the vapor does not last along. It goes away quickly, very similar to Abel's life.
So Cain and Abel says: In the course of time, Cain brought to the Lord an offering and Abel also brought an offering. So they bring an offering to the Lord. Now, where are they bringing their offerings? The Old Testament, typically we think of people bringing their offerings to the temple or the tabernacle. There is no temple or tabernacle at this point.
So where are they bringing their offerings? It's possible that they're actually bringing their offerings to the door of Eden. And the reason is because in the previous chapter, at the end of chapter 3, there is a cherubim guarding the way to Eden. And when we see cherubim, the cherubim are always guarding the presence of God. We see that in the Ark of the Covenant where the mercy seat is surrounded by cherubim.
We see in Ezekiel 10 in verse four it says: And the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of God, and the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
And so we see it in several other places, these cherubim that are guarding the presence of God. So what that implies is that this cherubim that is guarding Eden means that God is still in Eden. Just because man has left Eden does not mean that God did. God is still there. And so Eden now becomes like a temple. And in reality, that is what the temples and the tabernacle and the temples in the Old Testament, that is what they are modeled after. And we'll see that as we continue to go through.
Another reason why they could have been bringing their offering to the gates of Eden is because God warned Cain that sin is crouching at the door. What door is he talking about? Many people will spiritualize this and say that sin is crouching at the door of Cain's heart. But there's no indication that that's what God is talking about. There's no reason to assume that this is anything but literal. Sin is literally crouching at the door that Cain has brought his offering to. Anger and hatred and a murderous spirit is right there waiting for him at that door where he is standing making his offering to God.
So then we see that God did not, in the words of the author, God did not have regard for Cain's offering. It says the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering, he had no regard. Why did God not have regard for Cain's offering? The Bible doesn't tell us. At least not in this chapter.
The book of Hebrews does imply a few things about Abel's offering. Hebrews 11:4 says that by faith, Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice. So the reason we find out later is because of Abel's faith. It was his heart attitude. It was not what he offered. It was not the time of day. It was not anything other than his heart attitude.
But Cain didn't know that at the time. In fact, Cain was probably thinking, "God, I brought some of my crops to offer to you. Why would you have regard for Abel's offering and not for mine? What is so wrong about what I did? What did I do wrong here? Tell me, God."
And God doesn't tell him what he did wrong. God only asks Cain, "Why are you angry?"
He doesn't say what is wrong with Cain's offering. He doesn't tell him. And so that should lead us to ask, how do we react when we don't understand what God is doing? Have you ever been in a situation where God is doing something, God is preferring somebody else, or it seems that God is preferring somebody else over you? How have you reacted in that situation? So that's what this text is asking us. How do we react in that? Do we react with anger?
And in verse six, the Lord says, "'Why are you angry and why has your face fallen?"
We see that there is a connection between anger and murder. Now in Matthew chapter five, verse 21 and 22, Jesus says he makes the connection between anger and murder. He states the commandment, "You shall not murder," but then he says, "Everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment."
So he makes this connection that anger is equal to murder. This is where Jesus is getting this. He's getting it from the story of Cain where the Lord warns Cain about anger because of what it will turn into.
Cain ignores the warning and then murders his brother. So then the Lord continues to question Cain. Just like he questioned Adam. He says, "Why are you angry? Why is your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted?"
God knew the answer to these questions. God knew why Cain was angry. Just like God questioned Adam to find out, to get Adam to see and understand his sin and confess, he was doing the same thing here with Cain. And just like Adam responded by blaming Eve, Cain responded to God with disrespect.
So moving on to verse nine, after Cain murders Abel, now we see that the Lord questions Cain. He says, "Where is Abel your brother?"
Obviously the Lord knew where Abel was. The Lord knew that Cain had murdered Abel already, but he's questioning Cain just like he questioned Adam. Just like he said, "Adam, where are you?" He says to Cain, "Cain, where is Abel?"
And where Adam responded to God by blaming Eve, Cain responds to God with disrespect. He says, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
He blatantly disrespects God. And again, this should get us to ask, when God confronts us regarding our sin, how are we gonna respond? In these two chapters, where God questions Adam and God questions Cain, when God questions us, how are we gonna respond? Are we gonna respond by blaming somebody else? Are we gonna respond with disrespect or are we gonna respond with humility?
The Lord says, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground."
Blood has a voice that God hears. And this is something that we see throughout the Bible, and this is something that should be a sobering thought for us today. Innocent blood cries out for justice. We're going to see that a lot as we go through the Bible. Innocent blood cries out for justice, and God hears that cry. And he doesn't stay idle.
Now Jesus' blood cries out something different. Jesus' blood speaks of restoration to the Father. Hebrews 12:24 says: And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Abel's blood spoke of justice. Jesus' blood fulfilled that justice and spoke of restoration. Abel's blood cried out for justice. Jesus' blood brought justice and cries out for restoration.
After the Lord is done questioning Cain, now he gives Cain his punishment. And Cain's punishment we see amplifies Adam's punishment.
In the previous chapter we see that Adam had to work the ground in pain. But now the ground will not yield any crops at all for Cain. Cain was a farmer. That's what he did. Whereas Adam had difficulty and pain, Cain, it didn't matter what he would do now. The ground would not yield any crops.
Adam was driven from Eden, and he went east. Adam was exiled from Eden. Now Cain would wander the earth forever. So it amplifies Adam's curse.
Cain responds that his punishment is greater than he can bear. He is terrified that somebody will kill him. And so God places a mark on Cain. Cain is the first one to be marked in the Bible. And there's many people, many times we're going to see that people are marked in the Bible. We'll see it in Song of Solomon. We'll see it in Ezekiel. And of course we'll see it in the book of Revelation.
This mark signifies protection, belonging. God is saying, "Cain belongs to me. No one can harm him. He is under my protection."
So Cain goes east to the land of Nod. Again, he is going east, which means he is exiled again. In this state, being away from the presence of God, he knew his wife, meaning he had sex with his wife, which resulted in a son named Enoch. That word Enoch means to dedicate, and then he built a city dedicated to his son. And so this continues Cain's pattern of selfish disregard for God. He does all of this away from the presence of God. He does this all for himself. He builds a city, he names it after his own son.
So Enoch has children, his children have children, his children have children, so on and so on until we get to Lamech. The name Lamech could mean conqueror, it's unclear what this word means, but it tells us how he saw himself. He boasted about murdering a man, and he boasted his vengeance is greater than God's vengeance. It says that "If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is 77 fold."
Meaning, if Cain is murdered and God takes vengeance on that person seven times over, then Lamech will take revenge on a person 77 times over. He's saying that he is greater than God. So Lamech is very, very arrogant, but his line comes to an end and is never heard from again.
Instead, Adam and Eve have a son named Seth, and his name means appointed. So in context of people devolving into wickedness, now another son is born who is appointed to bear the seed. Eve thought Cain was the one who would bear the seed. Cain ended up being the seed of the serpent, and so now another is born who's appointed to bear the seed.
So how does this chapter point to Jesus?
First, Abel sacrificed the firstborn of his flock of sheep. Jesus would become the sacrificial lamb for the world. He was the firstborn lamb sacrificed for the world.
And then also, as we just mentioned, Seth is appointed to carry forth the seed line. That line doesn't come through the one who Adam and Eve thought it would come which would be the firstborn line of Cain. Instead it came through the thirdborn line of Seth. So, in a sense, it's saying man's wisdom, because this has been conventional wisdom throughout history, and not so much these days, but in the past, it is often the firstborn that inherits the throne, in the context of a kingdom, right? Like the firstborn son just gets the throne because he's the firstborn. And for whatever reason, humans have decided that the firstborn is the one who receives the inheritance of ruling a nation, just because of when they were born.
So what this is showing us is that man's wisdom is foolishness compared to God's wisdom, because the thirdborn line is the line that man would reject, humans reject, the younger son as not being worthy of inheriting the throne. In 1 Peter 2:4 it says: As you come to him (speaking of Jesus) a living stone rejected by men, but in the sight of God, chosen and precious.
Jesus was a living stone, a cornerstone, but the cornerstone was rejected by men, but God saw him as chosen and precious. And so this is what this points to. This idea of Jesus being rejected by men but chosen by God is what this chapter points to. Seth's line was rejected by men. Cain was the one who was chosen by Adam and Eve, but God chose Seth instead of Cain.
So some questions for reflection.
First, how has man's relationship with God changed from before the fall to what we see in chapter four?
Next, we talked about this a little bit earlier. Have you ever been rejected and didn't know why? How did you respond?
And what can we learn from God's warning to Cain? Again, we mentioned this a little bit earlier, but what does the author of Hebrews tell us about Abel's offering in Hebrews 11:4?
Did God reject Cain or did he only reject his sacrifice?
And what was God's solution for Cain's desire for acceptance? What did God present to Cain as a solution?
Have you ever been faced with a solution to a problem you didn't like and how did you respond?
How can we avoid Cain's response of flippant disrespect when God confronts us with our sin?
Here's an interesting question. Are we our brother's keepers? What responsibility do we have toward our families and our neighbors?
What is Cain's response to God's judgment? What would a true repentant response look like?
And then how does God show himself merciful to Cain even after his sin and disrespect? And what does this reveal about God?
Alright, that's all I have for you on this episode of Beyond the Basics. That was Genesis chapter 4. Thank you for joining me. I look forward to the next episode going through chapter five, which is going to be a list of names. I'm gonna try and make it interesting for you. Thanks for listening.
Sources:
Guzik, David. “Study Guide For Genesis 4.” Blue Letter Bible, 2018, https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-4.cfm. 
“1892. Hebel.” Strong's Hebrew: 1892. הָ֫בֶל (Hebel) -- Vapor, Breath, Bible Hub, 2004, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1892.htm. 
Armstrong, Stephen. “Genesis 2011 - Lesson 4B.” Verse By Verse Ministry International, 18 Apr. 2011, https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_4b. 
“2596. Chanak.” Strong's Hebrew: 2596. חָנַך (Chanak) -- to Train up, Dedicate, Bible Hub, 2004, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2596.htm. 
“5710b. Adah.” Strong's Hebrew: 5710B. Adah -- to Ornament or Deck Oneself, Bible Hub, 2004, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5710b.htm. 
“6751. Tsalal.” Strong's Hebrew: 6751. צָלַל (Tsalal) -- to Be or Grow Dark, Bible Hub, 2004, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6751.htm. 
“5276. Naem.” Strong's Hebrew: 5276. נָעֵם (NAEM) -- to Be Pleasant, Delightful, or Lovely, Bible Hub, 2004, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5276.htm. 
Armstrong, Stephen. “Genesis 2011 - Lesson 4C.” Verse By Verse Ministry International, 2 May 2011, https://versebyverseministry.org/lessons/genesis_2011_lesson_4c. 

Genesis 3: The Fall

The Serpent's deception of Eve is discussed. Does the Bible place the blame on Adam or on Eve for the fall of man? God's judgments on the serpent, the man, and the woman are broken down in detail.
Transcription:
Welcome to the Beyond the Basics Bible Study Podcast. My name is Dan Snyder and I am your host. Thank you so much for joining me for this episode on Genesis 3.
As many of you know, Genesis 3 is about the fall of man, the introduction of evil into the world, and the curse that is brought onto the planet because of Adam's sin. So we'll go through an overview here of the chapter. First of all, we see the serpent introduced. The serpent deceives Eve by convincing her to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then Eve gives the fruit to Adam, and Adam eats of the fruit. And they both notice they're naked. So they sew fig leaves together to cover themselves, and then they hide from God as they hear him walking through the garden. At this point, God finds Adam and Eve. He interrogates them. He finds out what happened, as if God didn't know already. He then curses the serpent. He curses the woman. He curses the man. And then God removes them from the garden and places an angel with a flaming sword to guard the entrance.
So getting into the chapter.
First, some observations about this chapter. I don't know about you, but I seem to notice that there seems to be less separation between the physical and the spiritual world at this time. That is, in the Garden of Eden pre-fall of man. Of course we have a talking serpent, we have God walking through the garden as if God is a man, God personally makes clothes for Adam and Eve, and then we see a cherubim with a flaming sword guarding that entrance to the garden. That Sherebim is clearly seen by people.
And I think what we notice is, and what we're gonna see as we go through the rest of the Bible, is this is a picture of the New Jerusalem. This is a picture of one day when God is going to dwell with humans once again. There's gonna be no separation between the physical and the spiritual realm. Right now we see a very distinct separation between the physical and the spiritual realm, or at least it appears that way to our Western mindset.
Now, you ask somebody in the Eastern hemisphere, if that's the case, and they may not quite agree with that. But here, here in the Western world, where we have been influenced by Greek thought over the last several thousand years, there is a separation between the physical world and the spiritual world, but it was not always that way and will not always be that way. One day there will be a merging of the physical and spiritual world just like there was in Eden.
So who is the serpent? That is the question. The serpent, as we know throughout the rest of the scripture, reveals to us that the serpent is Satan. If this is your first time reading through the Bible, that's not so clear. Revelation 12:9 says: And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, he was thrown down to the earth and his angels were thrown down with him.
So the question is, how did the serpent talk? And the answer is, I have no idea. Nobody knows. We do know that later on in the book of Numbers there is a donkey that talks. And off the top of my head, that's about the only two examples that I can think of of animals talking in the Bible. So clearly this isn't just any animal. We know that Jesus at one point cast demons into a herd of pigs. And so we know that demons can inhabit animal bodies. So this serpent could have been inhabited by Satan himself, which animated the serpent and gave it a voice. But we have no idea.
So let's move on to the deception of the serpent. First of all, he twists God's words. He said, "Did God actually say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?"
Now, Eve did not know God's word. Eve says to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden.'"
The tree that is in the midst of the garden actually describes the tree of life. If you go back to chapter 2 verse 9 it says the tree of life was in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So it was the tree of life that was in the midst of the garden. So Eve didn't know God's word. Then she says, "Neither shall you touch it."
There's another problem here, God didn't actually say this. God didn't say you shall not touch the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So the problem here is that Adam was the one who heard God's word. God spoke this to Adam. It was Adam's responsibility to explain this to Eve, because God told this to Adam before Eve was created. So Adam had to explain this and pass God's word on to Eve, and he didn't do it properly. Adam did not properly relay God's word to Eve. So as a result, Eve does not know God's word.
Then the serpent plants doubt in her mind. He says, "You will surely not die."
So he makes God sound like a liar. He makes her feel like she's missing out. He says, "You will be like God."
In other words, or in a more literal translation, this word translated God is actually Elohim, which again is plural. So the serpent could be saying, "You will be like gods, you will be like gods, you will be like us, you will be like spiritual beings."
This could refer to the divine council that we talked about in a previous episode. The serpent could be tempting her with the idea that she could be like the gods. She could be on the divine council. She could be a ruler, a spiritual ruler. This would be very tempting for a person, and especially because now it sounds like God is holding out on her. God is withholding something from her. God has more authority that he could give her, and he's holding back.
Here's the problem. This is the first time that humans are tempted to be like gods, or like God. And this is a theme that we're gonna see play out over and over and over and over and over throughout the Bible where man attempts to elevate himself to God status, but God himself came in the form of the man, Jesus, to be a servant. That is God's nature.
God lowered himself to be a servant. Matthew 20:28 says, "...Even as the son of man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."
And in Philippians 2:5-7 it says: Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
This is what is important to God, lowering himself to man status and becoming a servant. And so if anyone thinks that God is holding out, we should see God's actions.
So in verse six, it says that Eve saw three things. First, she sees that the tree was good for food, which refers to her physical appetite. She sees that it was a delight to her eyes, which is her sensual appetite. And then she sees that it was to be desired to make one wise, which fills her prideful appetite.
Again, we see this theme present throughout the Bible. We'll identify it as we go through. We'll see all through the Bible, how these three things, the physical appetite, the sensual appetite, and the prideful appetite, lead to man's downfall over and over again.
So then Eve gives the fruit to her husband, to Adam.
Now why did Adam eat? One reason is because one partner going astray can bring the entire partnership down. It's very common among Christians that we see one Christian dating or marrying a non-Christian thinking that, "I can change that person, I can bring the gospel to that person, I can change that person's mind."
But the reality is that far more often than not, one person going astray is actually gonna bring the other person astray. It's gonna destroy the entire relationship.
The other issue is that Adam was not actually deceived. Now, Eve was deceived, but Adam was not deceived. Adam knew the word of God. This was open rebellion on Adam's part. 1 Timothy 2:14 says: Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
This is why Adam is responsible for the fall and not Eve. The Bible places responsibility for the fall on Adam and not Eve. It's because Adam was rebellious. Eve was deceived. There's a difference. And there seems to be, clearly because of the stance the Bible takes, there seems to be a difference in God's eyes between how serious deception is and how serious rebellion is.
Now that's not to say that deception isn't serious. Deception is very serious. But it's a different kind of serious.
Moving on to verse 7, it says they were naked. Naked refers to and has the connotation of their shamefulness being exposed. This is something that, especially when we get to the books of the law, it's going to refer to the nakedness of a person. It refers to their shame. We're even going to see that in the story of Noah, the story of Lot.
Now it's possible that Adam and Eve were clothed in light before the fall. It's a possibility. That's why they didn't notice their nakedness until they ate the fruit. We'll never know. We have no idea. The Bible isn't clear about that. But it's possible.
So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths. Now fig leaves are prickly and itchy. Probably not very comfortable as loincloths. And it's funny because the serpent had just told them that this fruit would make them wise. The very first thing they did was really foolish. They sewed together prickly leaves and used them as loincloths. Really dumb thing to do. This fruit was supposed to make them wise.
So after they sewed fig leaves together, they heard God walking through the garden, and so they hid. This right here is the worst consequence of sin. Sin fills us with shame and causes us to separate ourselves from God. It causes us to hide from God. That is the true cost of sin.
So God comes to Adam, asks Adam, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
Now Adam blames everyone else but himself for his sin. He blames Eve for giving him the fruit. He blames God for giving him Eve. How many of us have done this? Many, many times we've blamed everybody else for our own sin, for our own problems. We've blamed God for giving us the people that drive us crazy and cause us to get angry. So Adam blames everybody else.
So then God starts pronouncing a curse and he starts with the serpent. So he judges the serpent, he curses the serpent and says, "On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life."
So the question is, why is the serpent being punished for being used by Satan? That's not the serpent's fault. The issue here is now we have a symbol of sin. We have a symbol of the fall. And so that symbol needs a symbolic punishment to show us the defeat of sin. The idea of eating dust refers to humble defeat. We even use that phrase today, eat dust or bite the dust. It's a humiliating defeat. That's what that phrase is referring to.
And so the serpent now having to bite the dust refers to the humiliating defeat that Satan is going to suffer at the cross. It's both prophetic, it's for us to look forward to, it was for ancient Israel to look forward to the prophetic defeat of Satan one day. It was also to recognize that even though Satan was victorious that day, God still had all authority over Satan and over sin.
The next judgment on the serpent was that there would be hatred between the serpent and the woman, but there was a redemptive promise, and that was that the woman's seed will crush the head of the serpent.
And then God's judgment on the woman, that there would be toil in childbearing. In fact, it says, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing."
I find that phrase interesting because to multiply something you have to start with something. You can't start with zero and multiply zero by fifty and get something. You still have zero, right? You have to have at least something there in order to multiply it. And we think of pre-fall or Garden of Eden conditions as being without pain. And this phrase right here implies that there may have been pain, just not very much. But now it's being multiplied.
And then the next judgment on the woman is that there will be tension and conflict between men and women. Now that's not always easy to see depending on what translation you are reading. If you're reading the ESV it says: "Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you."
I think that's a much more accurate translation than some others that imply that the woman would be seeking after the affections of her husband in some sense. The phrase here more accurately describes the tension between husband and wife.
Then comes God's judgment on the man. We see that the ground is now cursed, that there will be toil in work. Again, there was still work before the fall, but it was enjoyable work. It was fulfilling work. There was struggle in work, but it was fruitful. Now there will be toil.
Remember Adam is a gardener, and now instead of growing plants, trees, and fruit, and vegetables, now he's growing thorns and thistles, and he's going to have to contend with thorns and thistles.
And then of course, there's physical death. "For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
In verse 21, God made skins, garments of skins, and clothed Adam and Eve. This is the first animal sacrifice, and it covers their shame. This is something we wanna keep in mind as we read about sacrifice throughout the rest of the Bible. The blood of animals covers shame. And this is of course contrasted with Adam and Eve's lame attempt with the fig leaves.
In verse 23 we see that the God sends Adam out from the Garden of Eden. Now this sounds like a punishment but it's actually a great mercy because the tree of life, keep in mind, the tree of life was still in the garden, and if Adam had eaten of the tree of life, he would live forever. Imagine if we had to endure all this hardship, pain, suffering for eternity. Think about the struggle that you go through in life. Think about the things that you have struggled with, the pain, the loss, the hardship. Imagine if you had to go through that for all eternity. Imagine if you could never die. And you had to deal with that pain forever. It would drive you insane. So this isn't a punishment, this is mercy. This is God's mercy.
In verse 24, it tells us that God sent the man east of the Garden of Eden. Now, east is something that should cause our ears or our eyes to perk up. East signifies exile. The reason East signifies exile is, as we will get to much later in the Bible, the Israelites after the siege of Babylon are exiled east to Babylon. And because much, in fact most, if not all, of the Old Testament was either written or compiled during the Second Temple Period, after the exile to Babylon, the word East is used to show a concept, to show us a concept, to show us an idea that that man was now exiled from God, that we now live in exile. That's the point here.
So all of this makes us ask the question, was it God's plan for Adam to fall? Did God set up Adam to fail? I think it's very hard to conceive of God setting somebody up to fail or wanting somebody to fail. However, God's desire is for us to know Him. And if Adam had never eaten the fruit, if man had never fallen, and humanity had stayed innocent, God would have never been able to show His mercy. He never would have been able to show His mercy through the ages, and He never would have been able to show His compassion, and His love, and His mercy on the cross.
Whereas through redeemed humans, there's so much more that we can know about God. So many aspects of God that we can understand, that we can experience, that we never would be able to experience if we had never fallen in the first place. God's glory is revealed in our fallen state. If we had never fallen, we would not experience God's glory in this way. We'd be like the angels. The angels experience God's glory and his character in a few ways. But we get to experience that character in a very personal way. In a way that the angels don't get to experience.
So was it God's plan for Adam to fall? I think it was. I don't think it was in a twisted way. I think God created the earth, presented to Adam with a choice, knowing that man was weak enough because nobody could be perfectly weak forever unless he was God. There's only one man who did that. Nobody else was strong enough to resist sin forever.
So how does all this point to Jesus?
First, we see that we know that Jesus is the seed of the woman who will crush the head of the serpent. Obviously, we know that Satan would bruise his heel on the cross, but Romans 16:20 says: The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
Jesus crushed Satan under his feet at the cross and he will crush Satan once and for all when he returns. Jesus broke the curse that is laid out in Genesis 3. Jesus broke it. Jesus took that curse on himself and destroyed the power of it over us. We can now live free of that curse.
It also points to the virgin birth in the detail that Jesus is the seed of the woman, not the seed of the man. It is the woman, Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, not Joseph.
So now I have some questions for reflection for you. Go over these questions on your own. If you want to go over these and have them written down for you, answer them at a later date so you can have some time to think about them. You can purchase the study guide on my website www.beyondthebasics.blog and there will be, of course, additional questions for further study that I will not go over on the podcast. You can purchase each individual study guide or you can subscribe per month and receive every study guide that I release as the podcast is published. Go ahead to the website, subscribe.
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So here's some questions for reflection. First, what causes you to be tempted to doubt or question God and his word?
Next, how can we maintain a humble spirit to prevent our pride from causing us to stumble? Take a look at Proverbs 16:18 while you're answering that question.
Next, why do you think the serpent tried to deceive Eve first instead of Adam?
Then are there any areas in your life in which you know the command of God, yet you intentionally disobey? And what has been the result of this rebellion in your life?
What are the consequences of misquoting or misunderstanding God's commands? Take a look at Proverbs chapter 30 verses 5 through 6 and Matthew chapter 15 verse 9 as you're answering that question.
Why do you think Adam went along with and participated in Eve's sin?
And then what is the difference between deception and rebellion? Why is each one dangerous?
What was the purpose in God questioning Adam and Eve? Why did God need to ask Adam and Eve what they did? If He's God, didn't God already know?
What does God's approach to dealing with Adam and Eve's sin reveal about God's character in regards to our own sin? What can we learn about God here?
And then finally, how can we still give glory to God in our sin? Check out Joshua chapter 7 verses 19 through 20 when you ask that question.
Well thank you so much for listening. Again, check out my website www.beyondthebasics.blog. You can get the study guides there. You can read my blog posts there. You can stream the podcast directly from the website. Check it out. Leave me a comment. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear from you. Thanks for listening.
Sources:
Guzik, David. “Study Guide For Genesis 3.” Blue Letter Bible, 2018, https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/genesis/genesis-3.cfm.