In what way was the ground cursed after Adam & Eve sinned, and for how long ?

Question

Genesis 3:17-18

Answer 1

It was cursed in the way that it would not easily produce vegetation. Adam and Eve would have to work very hard for their food, whereas in the paradise garden of Eden it was readily available.

"And to Adam he said: “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and took to eating from the tree concerning which I gave you this command, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground on your account. In pain you will eat its produce all the days of your life.  And thorns and thistles it will grow for you, and you must eat the vegetation of the field.  In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken." -Genesis 3:17-19

This curse was lifted after the flook in Noah's day, when all evil mankind had been destroyed.

"And La′mech lived on for a hundred and eighty-two years. Then he became father to a son.  And he proceeded to call his name Noah, saying: “This one will bring us comfort from our work and from the pain of our hands resulting from the ground which Jehovah has cursed.” -Genesis 5:28, 29

When we look around today, it is evident that the curse was, in fact, lifted. There are many beautiful places on earth. True, there are deserts and thistles and weeds in some areas as well. That is not due to the curse, but rather to nature. In the future, God will put his blessing on the earth so much that even the waterless regions will blossom. -Isaiah 35:1

Answer 2

In verse #17 it states that, "in toil you shall eat of it, all the days of your life." Meaning that this will be made difficult by sin. The penalty for sin outside of death in this case is labour, hard work, whereas the ground before was so furtile that it took absolutely nothing basically for a harvest of any sort. Now thorns and thistles are the resistance that we come against, (our trails and tribulations, our struggles) almost as though it's a stumbling block. A constant reminder of a stronghold that needs to be broken. The ground is cursed according to vs. 19 until the day you die. But I'm inclined to believe that because everything that happens in the natural happens in the spiritual, so therefore the death that needs to be experinced is not as much a natural death as it is a death to self. Self being our flesh which in Gen 2:7 is explained as dust from the ground. Now don't get me wrong... Our struggle will always be until the day we return to the dust from which we came BUT the harvest of our lives can be so much smoother if we allow the rains from heaven to make our labour not as much of a burden (Matt. 11:28-30) as it can be without the Lord as our guide and groundskeeper. I hope that this makes sense to you as I've put it. God Bless You

Answer 3

The curse pronounced on the ground meant that cultivating it would now become very hard. The effects of the cursed ground, with its thorns and thistles, were so keenly felt by Adam’s descendants that Noah’s father, Lamech, spoke of ‘the pain of their hands resulting from the ground which Jehovah had cursed.’—Genesis 3:17-19; 5:29.

The curse was lifted after the flood.

Answer 4

The ground was cursed in that all sorts of things that would be hostile would flourish (thistles, noxious weeds, etc.) along with the good. Also, keep in mind that up to that time, there were no "tillers of the soil" (farmers) because it wasn't necessary - anyone could get anything good they wanted to eat with little or no effort at all (Genesis 1:29-31). God provided all of that - all sorts of green plants for man and animals to consume.

That all changed and man had to labor long and hard to bring in a harvest of food to eat. It will remain this way until God comes again, and His Kingdom in Heaven reigns supreme.

Answer 5

The entire earth is under a curse even now, that curse will not be lifted until Jesus' return. People can receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior at which time they can walk in God's promises under His protection. Part of the curse is listed in the last 2/3's of Deuteronomy 28. Divorce and abortion are a few things that are under the curse.

Answer 6

It was cursed in that Adam and his posterity would have to till the earth in order to cultivate crops. It was also cursed to bring forth briers and noxious weeds.

This will remain in effect until the earth is made whole at the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Answer 7

Mankind was perfect the earth was perfect
Mankind sinned and the earth was cursed
Mankind still sins and the earth is still cursed.

When mankind is brought back to perfection the earth will be perfected also.
After Armaggedon

Answer 8

Grace (not law) unto you, and peace (not division),
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus -> Christ.

Pst: it's now only AD--> of such law <--BC | AD--> grace.
Pst: "curse of the law"; So no law = no curse of the law.

Ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Christ is the end of the law: Romans 10:4
Christ abolished the law(enmity): Eph 2:15.
So flush the law and you flush cursed with it.

The grace(only) of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 9

http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Gen/Gen003.html

Verses 18 and 19:
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

It started than but continues to the end of time. We have to work the soil, in the sweat of thy face, dealing with thorns and thistles.

Diane

Answer 10

Till the time of the restoration of all things. Do you still have to pull weeds? Are there thistles? Then the ground is cursed.

The whole creation groans for the restoration of all things. That will happen when Yahshua establishes the Kingdom of God.