Genesis3_17-19

Genesis 3:17-19

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

From this judgment of God Elohim upon Adam, it indicated that the woman was more attractive than God Jehovah. Because he obeyed the woman and ate of the tree, perhaps he understood the consequences of hearkening to his wife. Since Adam was made of dust, the ground is cursed for his sake. Therefore, humans have to toil in sorrow all their lives and eat of something growing from the ground. From now on, it is obvious that God Elohim treated Adam and the ground as one. Both of them suffered the judgment together. In another way, God Elohim always appeared to speak to one, but in fact spoke to the group that the one belongs to.

Thorns and thistles represent that the life of humans becomes difficult and filled with torment. Compared with our life, this is true of our life. Emptiness, toil, and sorrow follow us all our lifetime. Hence, humans had to eat the herb of the field instead of from the tree of life in the garden of Eden. What a pitiful consequence!

That humans eat bread in the sweat of their face continues to happen again and again until our death. And we still labor for food from the ground. Therefore, humans return to dust after death. It means our body is going to return to its original source. If Adam had eaten of the tree of life, humans would have become precious stones from dust. It means that humans could have obtained the eternal life of God Elohim.