Bible & Gospel & Jesus & Jesus in Genesis ali | 22 Feb 2008 10:34 pm
Jesus in Genesis 3.
You search the Scriptures…it is they that bear witness about me… (John 5:39)
The account of the Fall has an incredible amount of types of Jesus - mostly anti-types. Some are well known, some I haven’t heard so often.
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The serpent (Satan - Revelation 20:2) tempted Eve (Genesis 3:1) - Satan tempted Jesus (Matthew 4:1, Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2).
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the woman was a human who wanted to be like God (Genesis 3:5,6) - Jesus was God who was content to be human (Matthew 4:3-4).
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the woman doubted God would look out for her best interests and so acted (Genesis 3:5) - Jesus believed God looked out for his best interests and so did not need to act (Matthew 4:5-7).
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the woman followed Satan’s path to gain in the short-term but death in the long-term (Genesis 3:3-5, 19) - Jesus followed God’s path to death in the short-term but gain in the long-term (Matthew 4:8-10, Philippians 2:6-11).
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the woman took fruit from the tree to become wise like God (Genesis 3:6) - Jesus died on a tree in the “foolishness of God” (1 Corinthians 1:22-23).
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Adam followed his bride, not God, and ate from the tree (Genesis 3:6) - Jesus followed God, not his bride, and died on the tree (John 19:30, 1 Corinthians 15:3).
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Adam and his wife were naked, then covered themselves (Genesis 3:7) - Jesus was clothed, then stripped naked (Mark 15:20, 24).
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Adam and Eve hid from God and God called out to them (Genesis 3:9) - God hid from Jesus and Jesus called out to him (Matthew 27:46).
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Adam and Eve passed on the blame that belonged to them (Genesis 3:12-13) - Jesus accepted the blame that belonged to others (1 Corinthians 15:3).
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God clothed Adam and his bride in animal skins (Genesis 3:21) - God clothed Jesus and will clothe his bride in a resurrected body (2 Corinthians 5:1-5 - refers specifically to believers, but also applies to Jesus).
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God drove Adam and his bride out of paradise in case they ate from the tree of life and lived forever (Genesis 3:22-24) - God welcomed Jesus into heaven (Hebrews 9:24) and we his bride will be gathered to him and live forever (2 Thessalonians 2:1).
The curses themselves also have Jesus in them.
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Jesus is the offspring of the woman who crushes Satan’s head and who’s heel is bruised (dies) (Genesis 3:15).
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As non-Christians (and too often as Christians) we desire to take our Jesus’s place as our husband, and his rule seems harsh to us (Genesis 3:16).
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Jesus works to bring good out of his cursed creation and we produce thistle’s and thorns (Genesis 3:17-18).
Please alert me to any more you are aware of.
on 29 Feb 2008 at 1:29 am 1.Jevlir Caravansary » Christian Carnival #213: Bookstore Edition said …
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on 26 Mar 2008 at 10:35 am 2.Genesis said …
[Note from Ali: I have no idea what this says, but there seems to be a real blog linked to. Anyone who can translate, please let me know what it says!]
Hay un problema estructural con el personaje histórico de Jesús: por un lado debía cumplir la ley y los profetas, pero de otro lado debia conciliar las contradicciones internas de la redacción del libro de Genesis…Uno no puede mirar tan solo lo que le conviene…En últimas…”escrudriñadlo todo y retened lo bueno”.
on 31 Mar 2008 at 1:57 pm 3.Glenn said …
Courtesy of Google Translate:
“There is a structural problem with the historic character of Jesus: on the one hand should abide by the law and the prophets, but on the other hand debia reconcile the internal contradictions of writing the book of Genesis… One can not look only what suits him… In recent… “escrudriñadlo everything and retened good.”
on 31 Mar 2008 at 2:03 pm 4.ali said …
Thanks Glenn. Didn’t think of using Google Translate. The comment seems to be sort of in line with the topic, though a little Liberal in its interpretation of Genesis.