"It's All Empty in the Garden"

The Lord God says three things to the serpent.

  1. You will be more cursed than all the other animals and crawl on your belly all your days.

  2. I will put hostility between you and the woman- between her seed and yours.

  3. Her seed will put an end to you forever; your seed will wound her seed greatly.

The Lord God says three things to the woman.

  1. I will multiply the pain you experience in giving birth.

  2. You will have a sinful desire to control your husband.

  3. Your husband will have a sinful desire to run and not lovingly lead, protect, and provide.

The Lord God said three things to the man.

  1. You’ve listened to your wife and not me so now I’ve cursed the ground because of you.

  2. I will multiply the pain you experience in providing for your family.

  3. There will be no relief from this as long as you live.

The Lord God made three final decisions.

  1. The Lord God provided garments to cover Adam and Eve’s shame.

  2. The Lord God sent them out of His good garden and their good home.

  3. The Lord God guarded the tree of life so they would not live forever.