Charles Spurgeon said; “It is idle to call the narrative of the Fall a mere allegory; one had better say at once that he does not believe the Book… There was a real serpent, as there was a real paradise; there was a real Adam and Eve, who stood at the head of our race, and they really sinned, and our race is really fallen. Believe this.”
- Vs. 1: The Serpent Begins His Temptation
Revelation 12:9: And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Isaiah 14:12-15: “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.
Ezekiel 28:13-15: You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. You were an anointed guardian cherub. (Not like Michael….) I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
Numbers 21:8-9: And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
John 3:14-15: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
nâchâsh (naw-khawsh’) – word derives from the noun copper and bronze. (shiny; glistening)
The verb form means “to divine” sorcery, witchcraft, divination
2 Corinthians 11:3: But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14;….. “for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”
Spurgeon said; “Man has, perhaps, far more cunning than any mere creature… but Satan has more of cunning within him than any other creature that the Lord God hath made, man included.”
1 Timothy 2:13-14 says: For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
*Satan distorts the Word of God to deceive the people of God to disobey the will of God!
- Vss. 2-3: Eve’s Reply to the Serpent.
Matthew 15:9: in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
- Vss. 4-5: Satan’s Direct Challenge to God’s Word.
*Are your eyes open to the darkness of our day and the deception that surrounds us?
Ephesians 4:27: and give no opportunity to the devil.
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