Title: The Fall
Reference: Genesis 3:1-24
Speaker: Jacob Nannie, JacobN@cckc.church

– Temptation & Fall

Ilúvatar sat and hearkened, and for a great while it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws. But as the theme progressed, it came into the heart of Melkor to interweave matters of his own imagining that were not in accord with the theme of Ilúvatar; for he sought therein to increase the power and glory of the part assigned to himself…Straightway discord arose about him, and many that sang nigh him grew despondent, and their thought was disturbed and their music faltered; but some began to attune their music to his rather than to the thought which they had at first. Then the discord of Melkor spread ever wider. - J.R.R. Tolkien

The snake implied by his questions that God was keeping this goodness from the man and the woman, while the story in the first two chapters has been that God was keeping this goodness for the man and the woman. The temptation is not presented as a rebellion from God’s authority. Rather, it is portrayed as a quest for wisdom and “the good” apart from God’s provision.- John Sailhamer

– Consequences

– Provision & Pursuit