Adamic Covenant, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

The Adamic Covenant conditions the life of fallen man--conditions which must remain till, in the kingdom age, “the creation also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God” Romans 8:21. The elements of the Adamic Covenant are:

(1) The serpent, Satan’s tool, is cursed (Genesis 3:14), and becomes God’s illustration in nature of the effects of sin--from the most beautiful and subtle of creatures to a loathsome reptile! The deepest mystery of the atonement is intimated here. Christ, “made sin for us,” in bearing our judgment, is typified by the brazen serpent ; Numbers 21:5-9; John 3:14; 2 Corinthians 5:21. Brass speaks of judgment--in the brazen altar, of God’s judgment, and in the laver, of self-judgment.

(2) The first promise of a Redeemer (Genesis 3:15). Here begins the “Highway of the Seed,” Abel, Seth, Noah Genesis 6:8-10, Shem Genesis 9:26,27, Abraham Genesis 12:1-4, Isaac Genesis 17:19-21 Jacob Genesis 28:10-14, Judah Genesis 49:10, David 2 Samuel 7:5-17 Immanuel-Christ ; Isaiah 7:9-14; Matthew 1:1,20-23; 1 John 3:8; John 12:31.

(3) The changed state of the woman (Genesis 3:16). In three particulars:

(a) Multiplied conception; (b) motherhood linked with sorrow; (c) the headship of the man (cf) Genesis 1:26,27 The entrance of sin, which is disorder, makes necessary a headship, and it is vested in man ; 1 Timothy 2:11-14; Ephesians 5:22-25; 1 Corinthians 11:7-9.

(4) The earth cursed (Genesis 3:17) for man’s sake. It is better for fallen man to battle with a reluctant earth than to live without toil.

(5) The inevitable sorrow of life (Genesis 3:17).

(6) The light occupation of Eden Genesis 2:15 changed to burdensome labour Genesis 3:18,19.

(7) Physical death Genesis 3:19; Romans 5:12-21, See “Death (spiritual)” Genesis 2:17. (See Scofield "Ephesians 2:5") .

Genesis 3:14-16

14 And the LORD God said unto the , Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy and thy ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Romans 8:21

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the of the children of God.

Numbers 21:5-9

5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our loatheth this light bread.

6 And the LORD sent fiery among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have , for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he upon it, shall live.

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

John 3:14

And as Moses the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

2 Corinthians 5:21

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the of God in him.

Genesis 6:8-10

8 But Noah found in the eyes of the LORD.

9 These are the of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfecta in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:26-27

26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his .

27 God shall enlargec Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 12:1-4

1 Now the LORD had said unto , Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 17:19-21

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an , and with his seed after him.

20 And as for , I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Genesis 28:10-14

10 And Jacob went out from , and went toward Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God on it.

13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

14 And thy seed shall be as the , and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 49:10

The shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

2 Samuel 7:5-17

5 Go and tell my servant , Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a .

7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an ?

8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over , over Israel:

9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a , like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

10 Moreover I will a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the afflict them any more, as beforetime,

11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

12 And when thy days be , and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the of his kingdom for ever.

14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

15 But my shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

16 And thine and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

17 According to all these words, and according to all this , so did Nathan speak unto David.

Isaiah 7:9-14

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not , surely ye shall not be established.

10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask thee a of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I the LORD.

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name .

Matthew 1:1, 20-23

1 The book of the generation of , the son of David, the son of Abraham.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is in her is of the Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people .

22 Now all this was done, that it might be which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

1 John 3:8

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the .

John 12:31

Now is the of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Genesis 1:26-27

26 And God said, Let us make man in , after our likeness: and let them have over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; created he them.

1 Timothy 2:11-14

11 Let the woman learn in with all subjection.

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp over the man, but to be in silence.

13 For Adam was first , then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the .

Ephesians 5:22-25

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as .

23 For the is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, , even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

1 Corinthians 11:7-9

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

9 Neither was the man for the woman; but the woman for the man.

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 3:18-19

18 Thorns also and shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat , till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Romans 5:12-21

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless death reigned from , even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

15 But not as the offence, so also is the . For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which isby one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto .

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto .

19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the of one shall many be made righteous.

20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where abounded, grace did much more abound:

21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Adamic Covenant, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)

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