Literary Criticism "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden"

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him (Gen 2:18). But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 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 then closed up the place with flesh. The LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man” (2:21-22). It is clear from the scripture that the man came first, not the woman. God also made the serpent that tempted Eve, “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden” (3:1)? The devil is a master manipulator. He goes to Eve in the garden and puts a question in her mind. “And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die” (3:2). Then he lies to her, “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die” (3:4). The ultimate deception is when he entices her with what would happen if she did eat of it, that [he knew] but neither Adam or Eve did. “For God doth know that in the day ye eat of it thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil (3:5).God doesn’t tell this to Adam, he tells him only that he will “surely die.” God doesn’t give Adam all of the information. Perhaps he’s testing Adam’s faithfulness. But the devil knows the plan and he is sure to try and thwart it cause the devil doesn’t go to Adam he goes to Eve though God had commanded Adam her husband who should be leading his wife. “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat” (3:6). Eve shouldn’t have looked at it. How many times do we entice ourselves with things we shouldn’t even look at? Then she not only sins but entices her husband to sin. Eve listened to the devil when he told her that the apple would make her wise, then she entertained that thought and took it a step further and gazed at it and when she did she saw that it was good for food. He had her over a barrel. Then she ate of it. She did what she knew was wrong. She allowed herself to be tempted. "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons" (3:7). They now know that they are naked so they cover themselves up, literally and figuratively, because they tried to cover themselves with fig leaves and they tried to cover up their sin. “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden” (3:8). Adam and Eve heard God but didn’t see God in the “cool of the day” which would be dawn or dusk. He says, “Where art thou,” (3:9) even though God already knows where they were; he created them and put them in the garden. God always knows where we are. “And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? God had not told them that they were naked. “Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shoudnest not eat?” (3:10-11). Then God says, “What is this that though hast done. (3:13). Eve blamed the snake and in turn Adam blamed Eve. No one took responsibility for their part. The snake was cursed by God because he tricked Eve. “Your descendants and his descendants will be enemies” (3:15). Adam was not a good husband and Eve was not a good wife. God already knew about the goings on and so God puts clothes on them after the fall. It was a perfect world until sin entered it. We are born sinners because of what Adam and Eve did. Adam faltered when spoken to by God. God had not clothed them so Adam was caught red handed in his sin. God knew that Adam could see in order to know he was naked. People try to outsmart God but He is our Creator and he knows all things. We must always revere Him and we must always obey Him.
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And because of their sin we are born sinners and we need a Savior. His name is Jesus Christ. He paid the “sin debt” by dying on a cross for all sinners and was resurrected from the grave on the third day. All part of God’s divine plan for mankind. This is the Easter message. There is hope because of what Jesus did for us. No one is beyond His mercy and grace. Won’t you place your trust in Him today? Bow the knee and pray to Jesus. He is alive. And you can have a new life in Him. He will give you the living water that wells up to eternal life. And His well never runs dry.