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God’s question, “Where are you?”
(v.
9), can carry several shades of meaning.
It is certainly not a request for information; God knows where you are, and you know that you cannot really hide from God.
He answers immediately, and he answers the question that is really being asked: “Why are you hiding?”
He admits his fear of his Creator.
Why fear?
Because he expects the death penalty to be inflicted?
He does not say that; he is afraid because he is naked, defenseless, and feeling the need for defense.
God has not changed, but the human has, and from his position of independence God now looks different, threatening.
The question, “Where are you?” is heard as an accusation.
But from God’s side the question may have another overtone, and that is grief.
For “Where are you?” can be a grieving question.
If the story is to have its proper effect on us, we ought to see ourselves there among the trees.
That is, we ought to recognize our own pitiful defenses thrown up to attempt to justify ourselves against a God of whom we are not quite sure, and then perhaps also be presented with a revelation.
On the other side, the relationship has not been broken off completely, for it is maintained by a sorrowing God.
Sin affects every level of human existence, including the sinner’s relationship with God, with other human beings and with the environment.
Gowan, D. E. (1988).
From Eden to Babel: a commentary on the book of (p.
56).
Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
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The effects of sin on individuals
Lack of peace of mind
Bondage to a continuing habit of sin
Physical death
Separation from God
God’s second question, “Who told you that you were naked?” (v.
11), is also not a request for information.
There was only one possible way to produce the man’s present condition, and that was not by anyone telling him anything.
It could only have happened as a result of violating the one limit that God had placed on human freedom.
So God does not wait for an impossible answer but moves directly to the point.
The conversation is getting more forceful now, for in Hebrew “Did you eat?” comes at the very end of the sentence, for emphasis.
In the man’s answer we learn (or are reminded) that the effort to become independent produces not only insecurity but also an inability to bear responsibility for its negative results
In Conclusion:
Where Are You?
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