Lets get back to Genesis 3
Verse 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Verse 5.For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Satan is saying you are not going to die. God is just trying to keep you from having your eyes opened so that you will not become like us gods. Knowing good from evil.
Verse 6. 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.
7 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.
Why is it that they realized they were naked? Because they had been touched and wholly seduced
Verse 8. 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.
9. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where
art thou?
They herd Gods voice calling them as He walked through the garden. God was in the garden with Adam and Eve. He calls out “where are you” Do you really thank God did not know where they were and what had happened? Yes He know He was giving them a chance to come forward and face Him and confess to what they had done; He would have forgiven them.
Verse 10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself.
11 . And he said, Who told thee that thou
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
I was afraid: That was something new for Adam because before there was nothing to be afraid of because he was perfect before God. Because I was naked I hid myself. Sexual sin had entered in; sexual immorality. God asks “Who told you you were naked?” God already know but He wanted to see what Adam would say. Have you eaten from the tree I told you to stay away from. I can here God just like a father “I asked you not do one thing and that is what you went and did.”
Verse 12. And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest
to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
What does Adam do? Blame God, and the woman that You gave me. I was not my fault she made me do it.
Verse 13. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What
is this
that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
God turned to the woman; What have you done! Eve turns to the third party and blames the serpent. The serpent beguiled me. There is that word again that Paul used in 2 Corinthians beguiled to holy seduce. Lets see what it means in the Hebrew. (beguiled as used in Genesis 3:13), is shown here as 5377 nasha', naw-shaw'; a prim. Root; to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce:-beguile, deceive., X greatly, x utterly. Here again we have to stay with sexual immorality and sexual sin.
Verse 14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
God put the serpent (snake) on his belly making him the lowest of the animals he would have to eat dust and dirt the rest of his life.
Verse 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
And I god will put enmity
Strong's Greek: 2189. ἔχθρα (echthra) -- enmity, hostility between thy seed (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance seed, offspring From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting) -- issue, seed.) The woman's seed is going to kill you but your seed is only going to bruise his (male) head. This is the first prophecy in the bible and it is about Jesus's crucifixion and the final destruction of Satan at the end of the millennium.
We are going to move on to chapter 4
Verse 1. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Verse 2.And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
biblehub.com › hebrew › 3254Strong's Hebrew: 3254. יָסַף (yasaph) -- to add - Bible Hub A primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) -- add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get. With a little common sense we can figure out that Eve continued in labor and gave birth to Able.
Verse 3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell 6. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7.If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Verse 3&4 tells us that this is their first offering “And in the process of time it came to pass” why is this important Cain and Abel are half brothers. Before you say that is impossible ask your family doctor about it. In closing I will give you biblical proof. Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering. He did not bring the first fruits which is the best and should be offered to God. Able brought the first born of the flocks the best he had to offer to God. “And the Lord had respect unto Able and to his offering” Verse 5. As for Cain's offering God had no respect and this just sets Cain off he is mad, frustrated, and disappointed. Verse 6. And the Lord stop and thank about that The Lord spoke to Cain why are you this way? You have no reason for it. We should all pay attention to verse 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. There it is in black and white.
Chapter 5:
1. This
is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2. Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat
a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
What about Abel? He was killed before he could have any children so he is not included. What about Cain He was not the son of Adam. Lets go to John chapter
8.42.Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43. Why do ye not understand my speech?
Even because ye cannot hear my word. 44. Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45. And because I tell
you the truth, ye believe me not. 46. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 46. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of God.
The Pharisees can not understand what He is saying because they do not have eye to see. Ye are of your father the Devil. They must have come from the line of Cain. He was a murderer from the beginning, Who was the first murderer Cain. Jesus makes it very clear here that Cain was the offspring of Satan. If you don't thank that Satan or angles are incapable of having children read Genesis 6, and the little book of Jude they will back up what I just said.
There you have it the answer to did Eve eat an apple. NO
Look forward to hearing from you. Ken
