Recently I received a request to post my ideas on why Adam chose to sin when he was not deceived. The writer went on to ask:<\/p>\n
\u201cCould it have been intentional (prophetically typical of Christ), and as sacrificially paying the cost to be with his beloved. Paul also then confirming that the redemption from that sacrificial love would ultimately come from progeny through their union? What were Adam’s choices? Would God have cast her out, and taken another of Adam’s ribs for Eve number 2? Would that have been the end to humanity?
\nAlso—if Adam (even the first Adam) is a type of Christ, that puts Eve as the type of the Church, which is both male and female.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are a lot of questions here that deserve to be answered in a thoughtful and biblical way. I have heard pastors preach that Adam ate the fruit because he was acting in a sacrificial way to be with his wife. She had already sinned by eating first and so it is said that he lovingly stands by her side and chooses to die with her.<\/p>\n
While this view of the events is very romantic and sounds good as a story, it has a problem in matching up with the actual facts recorded for our benefit. (1 Corinthians 10:11) Let\u2019s start with what we know for sure and move to what we can rightly surmise from the events.<\/p>\n
1. We know that Adam was with<\/strong> Eve while she was being deceived. (Genesis 3:6)<\/p>\n2. We know that Adam was not deceived<\/strong>. (1 Timothy 2:14)<\/p>\n3. We know that Adam did not take the blame for his wife or try to shield her<\/strong> from God\u2019s charge. Instead of fighting for Eve, he blamed<\/strong> Eve for his own sin (Genesis 3:12)<\/p>\n4. God charges Adam with dealing treacherously with him and thus deliberately transgressing the covenant with God. (Hosea 6:7)<\/p>\n
So here are the questions that we need to ask – if Adam ate the fruit because of his great love for his wife…<\/p>\n
1. how come Adam waited until after <\/strong>she ate the fruit before he \u201cgave himself up\u201d for her?<\/p>\n2. how come Adam didn\u2019t try to protect her from God\u2019s anger and judgment?<\/p>\n
3. how come Adam wasn\u2019t showing his loving protection of her when he answered God by passing the blame on to Eve?<\/p>\n
What the facts show is that Adam failed to show his love for his wife while she was being tempted. The facts also show that Adam was not deceived so he ate the fruit with his eyes wide open. Adam sinned without being deceived so his sin was deliberately disobeying God. Not only did Adam deliberately disobey God, but he did not give himself to save his wife before she ate the fruit. Unfortunately the facts show that Adam ate the fruit for reasons other than his sacrificial love for his wife. Adam\u2019s sacrificial love would have been shown if he would have sacrificially saved Eve by bringing her out of her deception. That did not happen.<\/p>\n
Is Adam considered a prophetic symbol of Christ, dying for his bride? No, not at all. Adam did not warn his bride about sin. Christ not only warned his bride but he died to save her from her sin. Only Jesus Christ sacrificed himself as a true godly husband. Where Adam failed his bride, Jesus did not. This next question brings up one of the most important truths of our Christian faith:<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul also then confirming that the redemption from that sacrificial love would ultimately come from progeny through their union?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The truth is that the progeny that saved mankind did not come from the man or his union with the woman. The Messiah was promised to come through the woman alone. The Messiah was not to be tainted by the inherited sin of rebellion and God accomplished through the woman’s seed the destruction of the destroyer himself.<\/p>\n
The Messiah is the only picture of the perfect husband. His sacrificial love for us was the true love story and Adam does not qualify to be a foreshadowing of Christ. The first Adam lost it all. The last Adam bought it all back. Adam was not a type of Christ, but Christ is a type of Adam. Christ became the \u201clast\u201d Adam, the one who lived a completely sinless life and was the one who did not abandon his wife but sacrificed for his own bride.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat were Adam’s choices? Would God have cast her out\u2026?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
God did not cast Eve out when Adam sinned with her. God knew that Eve was deceived and so he extended mercy to her. God judges the intentions of our heart and Eve was not in rebellion when she sinned. Eve fell into sin through deception (1 Timothy 2:14). Being kicked out of the garden was not the original punishment for sin. The punishment was death not removing their garden home. The reason that Adam was kicked out was his rebellion. He had already sinned once by disobeying God\u2019s commandment with his eyes wide open. Would he refuse to listen again when God now withholds the tree of life from them? The fact that God kicks Adam out of the garden shows that God knew what was in Adam’s heart.<\/p>\n
The next question is an interesting question.<\/p>\n
\u201cWould God have cast her out, and taken another of Adam’s ribs for Eve number 2? Would that have been the end to humanity?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Adam and Eve both needed a Savior. God promised the Messiah through the woman. Eve did not have to leave the garden with Adam for the Savior to come. After all did Mary need to have a man to become pregnant with the Messiah? No. The promise of the Messiah was through a woman alone. If Eve had stayed in the garden, the Messiah could have come through her without the aid of any man. Eve left the garden not because she needed Adam to have the promised Messiah. She left because she wanted to be with her husband. There was no need for another Eve to be created. God knew that Eve would leave the garden with her husband because he prophesied that her desire (or turning) would be to her husband. He also prophesied that the man would rule over her. I believe that it is fairly clear that Eve left the garden because she wanted to be with her husband and he took his sinful rule over her by demanding that she come with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso—if Adam (even the first Adam) is a type of Christ, that puts Eve as the type of the Church, which is both male and female.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yes, men and women are all part of the “bride” of Christ. Men need to learn how to be part of that \u201cbride\u201d just as women need to learn how to be \u201csons\u201d of God. All of us can learn from each other. Men need to learn how to submit as well and women also need to learn how to be “warriors” of the faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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