“1. His habitation is cursed. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man’s sin. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake.
2. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man’s sentence, which idleness daringly defies. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. Man’s food shall become unpleasant to him. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field.
3. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died.
He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents!
Did travailing pains come with sin?
We read of the travail of Christ’s soul, Isaiah 53:11; and the pains of death he was held by, are so called, Acts 2:24.
Did subjection came in with sin?
Christ was made under the law, Galatians 4:4.
Did the curse come in with sin?
Christ was made a curse for us, he died a cursed death, Galatians 3:13.
Did thorns come in with sin?
He was crowned with thorns for us.
Did sweat come in with sin?
He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood.
Did sorrow come in with sin?
He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful.
Did death come in with sin?
He became obedient unto death. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound.
Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ.” #
#Taken From Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary.
