🐍 Genesis 3 — The Voice in the Garden

Two Witnesses Bible Study — Episode 3

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — Genesis 3:1 (KJV)

After the peace of Eden comes the whisper that changes everything. Genesis 3 moves from creation to corruption — the moment the Kingdom of God is challenged by the kingdom of Satan.

In Genesis 1 and 2, God spoke life into being. Now, another voice speaks — one that twists, questions, and redefines. The serpent’s deception is not about a fruit, but about authority. It’s the first attempt to replace God’s Word with human desire.

🌿 The Two Kingdoms Revealed

The Tree of Life represented God’s eternal rule and spiritual obedience. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represented Satan’s counterfeit kingdom — the temptation to define truth without God. By choosing the serpent’s counsel, Adam and Eve stepped out of divine order and into self-rule, birthing death into creation.

This is the moment the spiritual divide began — two seeds, two lineages, two kingdoms now at war: the seed of the woman (Christ) and the seed of the serpent (rebellion).

⚡ In This Video Study: We go verse by verse through the fall, the deception, and God’s redemptive response.

Verses 1–5: The serpent’s question — “Did God really say?”

Verses 6–7: The bite — the knowledge that destroys innocence.

Verses 8–13: The hiding—guilt born where glory once lived.

Verses 14–19: The curse — consequences, but also prophecy.

Verses 20–24: The covering — mercy woven into judgment.

🕊️ Watch With the Holy Spirit: Ask the Holy Spirit to show you not only what happened, but why it still happens. The same voice that deceived Eve still whispers today — through doubt, pride, and half-truths. But the same God who walked in the garden still calls,

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? — Genesis 3:9 (KJV) — not to condemn, but to restore.

✝ Final Reflection: Genesis 3 is not just the fall of man — it’s the revelation of God’s plan to redeem. Even in judgment, He promised victory:

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. — Genesis 3:15 (KJV)

From the moment sin entered, grace followed. God clothed them before sending them out — a picture of the covering that Christ would bring to all creation. Eden closed its gate, but the promise opened the path to the Cross.

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