Genesis
Ch.3 4. Compare to Proverb 9:10; the desire to be wise outside of the Lord is a desire for self, which - like all desires outside of the Lord - leads to death 7-9 Proverbs 1:7 There is no knowledge that ever came without their first being fear of the Lord; the question remaining: What will humanity do with that fear? Compare Adam and Eve’s unwise actions here to the instructions of John in 1John 1:5-10 15 Referring to the crushing defeat that Jesus Christ (the Lord become flesh) will inflict upon the serpent, on our behalf) “Her offspring”? At that moment the Lord stakes his claim upon his creation. (This is verified through the name Adam gives her in verse 20) Her offspring: John 3:3-8, 16; 1Thessalonians 5:5-8 16 She desired to acquire “wisdom” for herself, rather than acquiring of the Lord, and lusted after her own pleasure, rather than being content in the Lord’s pleasure: Therefore, instead of her desire being for the Lord, she will now lust for her husband...