9. Citing a Text
Genesis 3:15 is often referred to as
the protoevangelion, a word that simply means
"
fi
rst gospel."
10. Citing Text
Genesis 3:15 is often referred to as
the protoevangelion, a word that simply means
"
fi
rst gospel” (Di
ff
ey, 2021, “Protoevangelion”).
14. Part 1 — Essay, not presented in class
1. What did Genesis 1-2 say about human nature?
2. What did Genesis 3 say are the consequences of The Fall?
3. What does Genesis 1-2 say about human value, purpose, &
fl
ourishing?
4. How can an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good God allow su
ff
ering?
15. Part 1 — Essay, not presented in class
Cite 2 academic sources
16. Part 2 — Presentation on Consequences
1. Pick a topic, about human su
ff
ering from sign-up genius
2. De
fi
ne the su
ff
ering you picked (given an o
ffi
cial de
fi
nition)
3. Describe the extent of the su
ff
ering (charts, graphs, or maps)
4. Describe the personal experience of those who su
ff
er
5. Explain how that su
ff
ering diminishes human value, purpose,
fl
ourishing
6. Explain how THE FALL led to this su
ff
ering.
17. Part 3 — Report on an Organization
Report on a ministry that seeks to alleviate human
su
ff
ering from a Christian Worldview Perspective
18. Presentation
+ 10 points — Present on Wednesday
+ 5 points — Present on Friday
All the rest — Submit slides by Sun. Oct. 16 @ 11:59
23. Definition of the Fall
The second act of the biblical story in which Adam and Eve
did not believe God and sinned when tempted by the devil.
Di
ff
ey, Dan. (2020). Departure from Wisdom in The Beginning of Wisdom. “The Fall”
25. You were in Eden, the garden of God…You were an
anointed guardian cherub…You were on the holy mountain
of God; in the midst of the stones of
fi
re you walked. You
were blameless in your ways from the day you were
created, till unrighteousness was found in you…And you
sinned; so I cast you…from the mountain of God, and I
destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the
stones of
fi
re.
(Ezek 28:13–16 ESV)
28. The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You
may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely
die.”
(Gen 2:16–17 ESV)
29. Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast
of the
fi
eld that the LORD God had made. He said to
the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of
any tree in the garden’?”
(Gen 3:1 ESV)
30. And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of
the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You
shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst
of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely
die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes
will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing
good and evil.”
(Gen 3:2–5 ESV)
31. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that
the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took
of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he ate.
(Gen 3:6 ESV)
32. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew
that they were naked. And they sewed
fi
g leaves
together and made themselves loincloths. And they
heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his
wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD
God among the trees of the garden.
(Gen 3:7–8 ESV)
33. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him,
“Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of
you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was
naked, and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that
you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I
commanded you not to eat?”
(Gen 3:9–11 ESV)
34. The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with
me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” Then the
LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you
have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived
me, and I ate.”
(Gen 3:12–13 ESV)
35. The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you
have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and
above all beasts of the
fi
eld; on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put
enmity between you and the woman, and between
your o
ff
spring and her o
ff
spring; he shall bruise your
head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
(Gen 3:14–15 ESV)
36. To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain
in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he
shall rule over you.”
(Gen 3:16 ESV)
37. To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the
voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I
commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the
ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all
the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring
forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the
fi
eld.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you
return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for
you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
(Gen 3:17–19 ESV)
38. The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she
was the mother of all living. And the LORD God made
for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and
clothed them. Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the
man has become like one of us in knowing good and
evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of
the tree of life and eat, and live forever
(Gen 3:20–22 ESV)
39. The LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden
to work the ground from which he was taken. He
drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of
Eden he placed the cherubim and a
fl
aming sword
that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of
life.
(Gen 3:23–24 ESV)
44. How was Adam & Eve Tempted?
1. Doubting God — “Did God say?”
2. Prouder than God — “You will be like God”
3. Appeal to desire — “good food…delight to eyes”
45. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after
fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And
the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son
of God, command these stones to become loaves of
bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of God.’”
46. Then the devil took him to the holy city and set
him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down,
for it is written, “‘He will command his angels
concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will
bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a
stone.’” Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You
shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
47. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall
down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone,
Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your
God and him only shall you serve.’” Then the devil left him,
and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
(Matt 4:1–11 ESV)
48. How was Jesus tempted (Matthew 4)?
1. Doubting God — “Jump o
ff
a building! ”
2. Prouder than God — “Worship me & you will reign”
3. Appeal to desire — “Turn these stones into bread”
49. How was Jesus tempted (Matthew 4)?
1. Adam & Eve failed temptation becoming sinful
2. Jesus overcame temptation proving his sinlessness
50. God’s Response
1. The Curse: The Consequence of sin
2. The Atonement: The killing of an animal to cover their sin
3. The Promise: The promise God will redeem all humanity
53. Consequences of the Fall
1. Expelled from Paradise
2. Earth became corrupted
3. Con
fl
ict entered the world
4. Men & women became sinful
5. Men & women became alienated from God
6. Spiritual & Physical death came into the world
55. Definition of Sin
Any failure to conform to the moral law of
God in act, attitude, or nature.
Grudem, W. (2020). Systematic Theology 2nd Ed. Zondervan. p. 1524.
80. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
6. Human Suffering
7. Earth Suffering
8. Slaves to Sin
9. Final punishment for Sin
86. Definition of Corruption
The sinful nature, or the tendency to sin, which all people
inherit because of Adam’s sin
Grudem, W. (2020). Systematic Theology 2nd Ed. Zondervan: 1512.
87. Effects of Corruption
• Corruption is Extensive — Every part of us is at least a little bit corrupted.
• Corruption is NOT Intensive — The worst person still retains the image of God
Grudem, W. (2020). Systematic Theology 2nd Ed. Zondervan. Chapter 24 C2
88. Group:
List 3 human abilities that reflect God’s image and
were corrupted by sin. Give example of how they
should function, and how they now function
89. Consequences of Sin
Create —> Destroy
Care for others —> hurt or kill others
Create beauty —> Create horror
Care for the earth —> Abuse the planet
96. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
97. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
98. Definition of Spiritual Death
Spiritual death describes man’s natural alienation from God,
his lack of responsiveness to God, or his hostility to God,
because of sin
Harris, M. J. (1988). Death in New Dictionary of Theology. Intervarsity Press. 188
99. Just as sin came into the world through one man, and
death through sin, and so death spread to all men
because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world
before the law was given, but sin is not counted where
there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to
Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like
the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one
who was to come.
(Rom 5:12–14 ESV)
100. Spiritual Death leads to Eternal Death
• We are sentenced to spiritual death because of our sins
101. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
6. Human Su
ff
ering
102. To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in
childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your
desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule
over you.” And to Adam he said…cursed is the ground
because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of
your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and
you shall eat the plants of the
fi
eld. By the sweat of your
face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for
out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you
shall return.”
(Gen 3:16–19 ESV)
103. All suffering is corruption of something good
Eve gift to Adam —> Man abuses woman
Children gift to Eve —> Childbearing brings pain
Work is gift to Adam —> Work brings su
ff
ering
Earth is gift to humans —> Earth unproductive
Life is gift to humanity —> Life ends in death
105. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
6. Human Suffering
7. Creation Su
ff
ering
106. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly,
but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the
creation itself will be set free from its bondage to
corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the
children of God. For we know that the whole creation
has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth
until now.
(Rom 8:20–23 ESV)
110. Anthropocene
The [geological] period of time during which human
activities have had an environmental impact on the
Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological
age
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anthropocene
111. Anthropocene
Most scientists agree that humans have had a hand in
warming Earth's climate since the industrial revolution—
some even argue that we are living in a new geological
epoch, dubbed the Anthropocene.
Mason, B. (2004). The hot hand of history. Nature 427, 582–583. https://doi.org/10.1038/427582a
113. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
6. Human Suffering
7. Creation Suffering
8. Slavery to Sin
116. Consequences of Sin
1. Separated from God
2. Corrupted Lives
3. Corrupted thinking
4. Physical Death
5. Spiritual Death
6. Human Suffering
7. Creation Suffering
8. Slavery to Sin
9. Punishment for Sin
117. 1. Is there a Hell?
2. Why would a good God send people to Hell?
118. 1. Is God truly Just (Fair)?
2. If God is Just, then what happens to evil people?
119. Hitler Bin Laden Stalin
Tony Soprano Vladimir Putin Harvey Weinstein
Thanos
120. Hitler Bin Laden Stalin
Tony Soprano Charles Manson Harvey Weinstein
Thanos
Must be Justice!!
123. If really Evil people face justice on
the other side, then will we also
face justice for our sins?
124. If really evil people face justice,
Then what happens to us?
125. There is no distinction…all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God
(Romans 3:22-23)
Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities
have made a separation between you and your God, and your
sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
(Isaiah 59:1–2 ESV)
127. I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your o
ff
spring and
her o
ff
spring; he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
(Genesis 3:15 ESV)
128. The Protoevangelion
The
fi
rst gospel, or message of good news, which
appears in Genesis 3:15
Di
ff
ey, Dan. (2020). Departure of Wisdom in The Beginning of Wisdom. “Protoevangelion”.
129. Promise Covenants
1. Promise to Human Race
2. Noahic Covenant
3. Abrahamic Covenant
4. Mosaic Covenant
5. David Covenant
6. New Covenant
