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Bible Verse: Genesis 2:15

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There are three additional illustrations to go along with this week's 'Work and Genesis' illustration: Genesis 2:15; Genesis 3:17; Genesis 3:19. Click here to see an animation of coming illustrations that build on the 'Work and Genesis' illustration.

This diagram illustrates the point that the doctrine of work has its foundation in Genesis. By the way, there was a doctrine of work before the Fall, but the nature of man's work changed after the Fall. Originally, man was to work in the Garden to look after it for the Lord. But after Adam sinned, instead of God providing the food in the Garden, man would now have to work hard to till the ground in order to obtain food. Thus, one could say that there was no agriculture in the sense of tilling ground for crops before the Fall.

This is also alluded to in Genesis 2:5. This is a description of what things were like before Adam sinned. As Genesis 2:5-24 is a detailed description of the sixth day of Creation, Genesis 2:5 is part of the 'setting of the scene'-explaining what the world was like before sin. That is, before the Fall, man didn't have to till the ground.

The point is, the doctrine of work, like all other Biblical doctrines, has its foundation in the first eleven chapters of the Bible. This correlates with Paul's teaching in 2 Thessalonians 3:10: 'For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.'