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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: Was the serpent satan or just a serpent? |
Bible Note: Greetings Mommapbs! Sorry about my great delay in writing.. I appreciate your perspective, since I have never looked at the scene in the Garden of Eden in quite the same introspective way that you have. I don't believe that Satan's possible possession of the serpent in the Garden was in any way an attempt at creation itself, but possibly, coercion would be a much better term to describe the relation between the serpent and Satan, if indeed this occurrence in history was much more literal than figuratively speaking. I don't believe that any being, outside of God, could be able to "create" anything, in the truest sense.. I believe that to create a specific thing would be to make a new thing out of simply nothing, or to create a brand new thing out of something that could not have possibly been derived out of the thing that it was before, except for divine design being added to the thing to make it something totally new. I do not believe that Satan himself, or anyone else, has the power to create, but to corrupt and make useless or ineffective that which God had originally intended for a productive purpose. In that way, I believe that Satan is not able to create anything, but he is able to corrupt what was created by God for his evil purposes. Blessings to you, Makarios |