THE DAY GOD …

Genesis 3

Hope of the Nations

THE DAY OF THE CURSE & THE DAY OF THE CURE

Hope of the Nations

Class Notes:

Homework

1. Write an essay on how the cross changed the practice of the Sabbath for followers of Jesus. Support your viewpoint with scripture.
2. Can miracles happen today? According to scripture and the First Law of Thermodynamics, what is needed for a miracle to happen?

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:8-9

⁸ Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man He had formed. ⁹ And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:10-14

¹⁰ A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. ¹¹ The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) ¹³ The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:15-17

¹⁵ The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; ¹⁷ but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”

Eden

Eden – delightful, plain

Havilah

Asshur

& Tigris R.

EuphratesR.

Cush

Eden

2 Special Trees in Eden

Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil – Only mentioned in Genesis 2

Tree of Life –Genesis 2 & 3; Proverbs; Revelation 2:7 & 22:2

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:18-20

¹⁸ The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

¹⁹ Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:20-22

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ²¹ So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man.

Day 6

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:23-24

²³ The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones �and flesh of my flesh; �she shall be called ‘woman,’ �for she was taken out of man.”

²⁴ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:23-24

²³ The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones �and flesh of my flesh; �she shall be called ‘woman,’ �for she was taken out of man.”

²⁴ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

איש ' iysh

אשה ' ishshah

אדם ' adam

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:25

²⁵ The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Total transparency, no sin, and, therefore, no guilt.

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.
3. When God is misquoted

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.
3. When God is misquoted
4. When you talk back to the snake

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.
3. When God is misquoted
4. When you talk back to the snake.
5. When God is contradicted.

Genesis 3

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.
3. When God is misquoted
4. When you talk back to the snake.
5. When God is contradicted.
6. When God’s intentions are questioned.

Genesis 3

Satan has not strayed far from his original tactics. It still works today:

1. When is the last time you heard that inner voice hiss a seed of doubt?
2. “Does the Bible really say you can’t do that?”
3. “That is not what God meant!”
4. How do you answer that voice, with scripture or reasoning?
5. “God doesn’t say it is wrong!”
6. “God didn’t mean to include this particular circumstance.”

Have any snakes slithered into your thinking?

1. When a snake talks to you.
2. Questioning what God has said.
3. When God is misquoted
4. When you talk back to the snake.
5. When God is contradicted.
6. When God’s intentions are questioned.

Genesis 3

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Why did Eve do it?

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Was she hungry?

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Wasn’t the garden filled with beauty?

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Didn’t she walk and talk with God himself?

Genesis 3

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

1 John 2:16

¹⁶ For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

Genesis 3

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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The woman was deceived.

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Adam was not deceived, he willfully disobeyed & rebelled against God’s command.

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The results for deception and rebellion are the same.

Genesis 3

⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

¹⁰ He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

¹¹ And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

¹² The man said, “The woman You put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Fear

Shame

Blame

Genesis 3

⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

¹⁰ He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

¹¹ And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

¹² The man said, “The woman You put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Fear

Shame

Blame

A Satanic Cycle

Genesis 3

¹³ Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

¹⁴ So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

Genesis 3

“Cursed are you above all the livestock �and all the wild animals! �You will crawl on your belly �and you will eat dust �all the days of your life. �¹⁵ And I will put enmity �between you and the woman, �and between your offspring and hers; �he will crush your head, �and you will strike his heel.”

Genesis 3

¹⁶ To the woman He said,

“I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; �with pain you will give birth to children. �

Genesis 3

¹⁶ To the woman He said,

“I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; �with pain you will give birth to children. �Your desire will be for your husband, �and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 3

¹⁶ To the woman he said,

“I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; �with pain you will give birth to children. �Your desire will be for your husband, �and he will rule over you.”

תשוקה tĕshuwqah

desire, longing, craving a) of man for woman, or

b) of woman for man

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Genesis 3

¹⁷ To Adam He said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’

“Cursed is the ground because of you; �through painful toil you will eat of it �all the days of your life. �

עצבון ` itstsabown

I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing

Genesis 3

¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles for you, �and you will eat the plants of the field. �¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow �you will eat your food �until you return to the ground, �since from it you were taken; �for dust you are �and to dust you will return.” �

The Fall

¹⁹The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. ²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

 ²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:19-22

The Second Law of

Thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics is an expression of the universal principle of increasing entropy, stating that the entropy of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics

en·tro·py

Pronunciation:\ˈen-trə-pē\

Function:noun

2 a: the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity b: a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

Entropy

¹⁹The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. ²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

 ²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:19-22

Take aging for example ….

• We are a part of creation that is under “the bondage of decay.”
• People either try to stop it, reverse it, or just make the best of it.
• But it is a direct result of the curse … which is entropy.

Biblical Environmentalism

Stewardship of God’s Gift

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Is the Bible relevant to even today’s problems?

What does God’s Word say about Climate Change?

Is the Bible relevant to even topics like this?

Five key concepts for being a Biblical Environmentalist

Genesis 1:1 

 ¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Biblical Env. Concept #1: God made the heavens and the earth.

Biblical Env. Concept #2: God’s creation had both design and purpose.

In the beginning there was design, purpose and perfection. It was good.

Nature Reveals …

God's Power

God's Presence

God's Protection

God's Provision

God's Wisdom

www.icr.org/attributes-of-God/

God established the ecological system. A system that would be self-producing (sustainable). “Let the land produce vegetation: seed bearing plants and trees … that bear fruit with seed in it (vs. 11), … be fruitful and increase in number … fill the water in the seas and let the birds increase (vs. 22), … let the land produce living creatures (vs. 24) … God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” (vs. 28)”

• The ecological system was designed with a purpose … to sustain life (vs. 29 & 30)
• God blessed His creation and declared it good. (vs. 9, 12, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28, & 31)
• Man was a part of the created ecological system (vs. 26) … but he was given very distinct roles.

The Fall

• Biblical Env. Concept #3: Creation was subjected by God to a bondage of decay.
• Genesis 3
• The curse / entropy
• Romans 8:19-22

¹⁹The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. ²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

 ²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:19-22

Time

Quality of the Ecosystem

Biblical Env. Concept #4: Mankind has an active role assigned to him by God in the ecosystem.

Man’s God-given Responsibilities

…according to Genesis

1. Be fruitful and increase in number (vs. 1:28)
2. Fill the earth and subdue it (vs. 1:28)
3. Rule over (have dominion) over creation (vs. 1:28)
4. To work the earth (2:5 & 2:15)
5. To take care of it (2:15)

Man’s God-given Responsibilities

…according to Genesis

Climate Change

From a Biblical Perspective

Newton’s 3^rd Law of Motion

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Before the Flood

• Don’t know how warm
• But Adam and Eve were naked … probably not cold
• Don’t know anything about sea levels
• Polar caps? Maybe not.

During & Immediately After the Flood

• All land masses were covered with water for a while
• Computer models suggest sea water around the world would have been 80 - 85°F after the flood
• No polar caps

After the Flood

Ice Age

• Started with warm oceans
• Inland cooling first
• Polar caps formed and ice extended into Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
• Ocean levels dropped dramatically
• Oceans cooled

After the Flood

Equilibrium Age

• Oceans are warming
• Ice is melting
• Sea levels are rising
• Where is the equilibrium point? No one knows, but we are probably not there yet.

Why do secular scientists not “see” this?

1. They don’t believe in a global flood.
2. They believe in many ice ages.
3. They don’t believe that the last ice age was only approximately 3,800 years ago.

Tell you how to interpret the data

So, what is the problem with “global warming”?

The problem is not that it might be happening,

the problem is in what is being done about it.

And why.

What was the problem with the Tower of Babel?

Could environmentalism be a modern Tower of Babel?

Romans 1:20-25 

²⁰For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

 ²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

… ²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

A Crisis of

Hope

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

The Day God …

Provided a Cure.

A New Hope

²³Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:23-25

A rock, or …

The Rock.

What is your hope in?

But hope that is seen is no hope at all.

A New Hope

From the old earth to a …

to a new one.

Christ Offers

A New Hope

From the old life to a …

to a new one.

Christ Offers

A New Hope

A new creation.

Christ Offers

2 Corinthians 5:17 

¹⁷Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Would you like new hope?

�Admit you're a sinner. Everyone has done things that displease a Holy God.  No one can live up to His standards.  He says no sin can enter heaven.  Something must be done to get rid of your sin.��Romans 3:23 “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”��Revelation 21:27 “There shall by no means enter it (heaven) anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”

ABC’s of Salvation

�Believe Jesus died on the cross for you. God loves you and wants you to become His child. He loves you so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to shed His blood to save you from your sins. He took your place on the cross, and suffered the punishment you deserve. Believe that He died for you, was buried, and rose again on the third day.

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1 Peter 2:24 “Who Himself (Jesus) bore our sins in His own body on the tree (cross), that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness.”

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Colossians 1:14 “In whom (Jesus) we have redemption (salvation) through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”

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Acts 16:31 “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.”

ABC’s of Salvation

�Confess your sinfulness to God, and turn from it. Call upon Jesus to save you-trust in Him as your Savior from sin. This may be a simple but sincere cry from your heart, or it may be expressed out loud.

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Luke 18:13 “God be merciful to me a sinner.”

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Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

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Romans 10:13 “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

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ABC’s of Salvation

�Would you like new Hope? If so, pray this prayer …

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Lord Jesus,

I know that I am a sinner. Lord, the sinful life that I lived separated me from You. Please forgive me of my sins. I know I owe a sin debt that I cannot pay. Lord, I believe that You died on the cross and rose on the third day to pay my sin debt. I'm sorry for my sins. From this day forward, I will put all my trust in You. Please show me how to live a life pleasing to You.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Welcome to the Family of God. You now have a new hope, a new life, and a new future!

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Homework & Quiz

1. Tell someone about the cure God provided for the curse of sin.
2. Testify about the hope that you have found in Jesus Christ.
3. Study for the final exam.

THE DAY GOD …

Hope of the Nations