Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Genesis 3:6-13 (NIV)
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. 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." 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."
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Eventually, man and woman fall into the disguised temptations of Satan and eat the forbidden fruit. It's interesting to denote how verse 7 mentions that the "eyes of both of them were opened and they realized they were naked," as soon as they sinned. I assume it means that their eyes were now open and vulnerable to see dangers and lusts of this world, as a consequence of not obeying to God....It's quite sad to see how cowardly the man blames the woman, and the woman the serpent for their wrongdoings. But I guess this is the same for all of us, since we also have some excuses and blame external conditions and others for our sins.
Reading through this again, I realize again how powerful and terrible sin really is. As soon as Adam and Eve takes the fruit and disobeys God, sin enters the world. Their action is immediately blaming each other for their wrong-doing. This kind of action is completely new in the realm of God.
I'm sure if they sincerely apologized, God would've forgiven them.
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