September 2, 2009 - The Fall Of Man

Meditation on Genesis 3

Man and woman were created to have transparent, good fellowship with God and with each other. But the disobedience of Adam and Eve caused mankind to loose that kind of intimate fellowship.

Since Eve was deceived by the cunning Satan and ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and gave also to her husband to eat, curse came upon them and their descendants. Immediately, they were afraid of God and hid from the presence of God. (v. 8) Their fellowship with God was broken. Then, Adam instead of acknowledging his wrong, he blamed God and his wife for his disobedience by saying, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree and I ate." (v. 12 NASB) From then on, man and woman would always blame each other for their problems.

Of course we see a lot more tragic consequences because of this original sin of disobedience before God in this chapter. Especially, sin and death came upon all men. (Romans 5:12)

However, we thank God for His provision for man's fall. Verse 21 says, "The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them." God was the first Taylor for mankind. He made it from skin of the animal. That indicated that blood had to be shed. It was a prophetic sign that the blood of the Lamb of God would take away the sins of the whole world!

God Himself had provided garments to cover up our sins and shame.