The fruit that brought the mess we are in (Training 4 of 39) - The KOG Entrepreneur Show - Ep. 11

"4. Impact of the Fall (Gen. 3:16-24). Through disobedience to the terms of his rule, man “falls,” thus experiencing the loss of his “dominion” (vv. 22-23). Everything of his delegated realm (earth) comes under a curse as his relationship with God, the fountainhead of his power to rule, is severed (vv. 17-18). Thus man loses the “life” power essential to ruling in God’s kingdom (vv. 19, 22). Beyond the tragedy of man’s loss, two other facts unfold. First, through his disobedience to God and submission to the Serpent’s suggestions, man’s rule has been forfeited to the Serpent. Revelation 12:9 verifies that the spirit employing the snake’s form was Satan himself. The domain originally delegated to man now falls to Satan, who becomes administrator of this now-cursed realm. The Serpent’s “seed” and “head” indicate a continual line (seed) of evil offspring extending Satan’s rule (head) (v. 15). However, a second fact offers hope. Amid the tragedy of this sequence of events, God begins to move redemptively, and a plan for recovering man’s lost estate is promised (v. 15) and set in motion with the first sacrifice (v. 21)."

Hayford, Jack W. ; Thomas Nelson Publishers: Hayford's Bible Handbook. Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995