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NASB | Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, "Can it really be that God has said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" [Rev 12:9-11] |
Subject: Enter the Dragon! |
Bible Note: Dear Lionstrong...Thanks for your reply. Oh please, I do not subsribe to the Gap Theory. My goodness!!! How did you get that. I am sorry for not being more clear. No, I do not deny Ex 20:11. My goodness again!!! Satan was outside time when he fell. Spirits are not shackled in our time. The spiritual battle rages on for "ages" but the ages are ours. The spiritual battle is, ...timeless. "Nice try, Jensen", you wrote. But I was not trying anything, really. But do you believe that God created evil? Do you not believe that it was the choice of Satan to "fall." A result of his free will. (Did Adam, then, have free will?) I did re-read my post and I am not sure of where we disagree when one considers that I do not deny your interpretation of the Sciptures you offered. My point was simply that our perception of "time" is not the same as how God views time, which is just a small part of His creation in the final analysis. God created time and put us in it. Like a painter is not a part of his painting yet he leaves a little of himself on the canvas, God has left His image, on us. But He is not the picture, He is not in time or concerned with time, at least like we are. He already knows how things will come to pass. He already knows my future and what choices I will make, and the "times" He will pick me up:) The spirit world is outside of time. Mat17:3 "Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus." A long amount of time had passed from the death of Moses to the life of Jesus. But time is not important here. Time is relative. Elijah and Moses were not so old as to be unrecognizable by the apostle. Time had no effect on them the way we would think it should. They were not in their owntime, but "transported" to the time of Jesus. Time is our possession, and not necessarily that of the heavens. Satan could have taken a thousand years to fall if his time was measured by how we understand time. In our time, he fell quickly. But again, so did Adam. Science has demonstrated the effect of gravity on time, God has demonstrated in the above verse that time is relative. As for your main question; You may believe God created evil while I may believe God did not. But that would be our only point of disagreement. Or do we have a disagreement at all :) God Bless....Jensen |