Provisions of the Adamic Covenant

A summary of Lesson 16 on March 20, 2011
(as always take any lesson and confirm/validate it yourself through your own study of the Bible)

Adamic Covenant

• Universal Covenant because the entire race is present in Adam
• Unconditional Covenant

Provisions of the Adamic Covenant

Addressed the serpent, Satan, Eve, and Adam

The Serpent: (Verse 14)

• All animals Cursed but the serpent most of all
• Crawl on belly
• Eat dust (Refer to Isaiah 65:17-25, especially verse 25, and then Isaiah 11:8-9), also Micah 7:16-17

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Satan (verse 15)

• Enmity between the woman and Satan (Satan already hated the woman) and between Satan's seed and her seed
• Promise of the Redeemer-The Seed of a Woman (Refer to Isaiah 7:14 and Galatians 4:4-5)
• Bruise heel (Crucifixion)
• Crush Head (Resurrection and ultimate victory)
• Hebrews 2:14-1
• Romans 16:20
• Rev 20:10

Eve (verse 16)

• Pain in childbirth multiplied
• Subject to husband yet desire to dominate

Adam (verse 17-19) 

Who did God tell to not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? (Refer to Gen 2:16 and 17)

• Earth is cursed
• Vegetarian diet
• Work is hard
• Physical death introduced (Refer to Romans 5:12-21)

Other points from lesson:

Genesis 3:20 Salvation through Faith-Adam professing faith in promises of God by naming his wife Eve
Genesis 3:21 Salvation through God's Provision (compare to Genesis 3:7)

Read: Source of 4 points below

• Man needs a covering for sin
• Man's attempt at covering himself are inadequate
• Only God can provide the covering we need for sin
• The covering God provided required the death of an innocent substitute