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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: "What we have here," Jensen, "is a failure to communicate!" .......... ¶ Since Satan, devils and demons are part of “the rulers, ... the powers, ...the world forces of this darkness, ... the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places" (Eph 6:12), they are part of those beings whose realm is one more of the heavens. These heavens and everything in them were created sometime between the first and the sixth day. (Ex 20:11) ............. ¶ So I don't know what you mean by saying these creatures where created in some other time or some other kind of time. Or are you saying that they were created in THIS time but live in ANOTHER kind of time? Either way, I don’t understand it. The only being that I understand to be outside of time, i.e., eternal, is the eternal God. I do not see how a creature can be outside of time. (Sometimes you said "outside of time," and then you said a time different than ours.) ......... ¶ And in the case of Moses and Elijah, why do you think that “to be absent from the body and present with the Lord” necessarily means that the passage of time changes? It sounds like you think our spirits might show signs of aging while we wait for the resurrection of our bodies! That, also, I do not see. .......... But I enjoy our exchange! ............ ¶ Peace, Lionstrong |