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NASB | Ezekiel 28:13 "You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 28:13 "You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and your sockets, Was in you. They were prepared On the day that you were created. [Gen 3:14, 15; Is 14:12-15; Matt 16:23] |
Bible Question:
Where in the Bible does it make a connection between Satan and the serpent of Genesis? The only mention of Satan in the Old Testament is in the book of Job, where Satan approaches God with other of his sons. God asks Satan what he has been doing to which he replies that he has been wandering the earth. God then sends Satan to torment the faithful Job. The feel of the story is that Satan is God’s servant or even son, not his enemy. He may be the favored son because none of His other sons are even mentioned by name. There is no implication of Satan being a rebel or a tempter, that does not come until the New Testament authors add their two-cents worth. In fact there is no real evidence of Satan doing anything evil in the Bible, just warnings and temptations. God on the other hand has been responsible for a. Genocide (Noah’s flood) b. Murder of 42 little children (2 Kings 2:23-24) c. Murder of Midianite children (Numbers 31:1-18) d. Murdering a person for saving the Ark of the Covenant (1 Chron 13:7-11) e. Mass murder of men for being in interfaith relationships (Numbers 25:5-6) These all seem like pretty evil deeds to me. Do you think murdering children is evil? I sure hope that you do and I would like to know how we can justify these deeds of God. While we are on the subject of Satan, I have a few additional thoughts. Now supposedly, Satan was second in heaven, and thus possessed of superhuman insight, yet his pride led him to rebel against God. So if he was so smart, he should have come up with the conclusion that God would have a plan to cope with his rebellion. It has been laid open in the Scripture where man and demon alike can read it. Satan then, should be well aware that to the extent he encourages people to act in the fashion already described in the prophecies, he will in fact be helping God carry out his divine plan. Some rebel! It would be far more rebellious for him to do nothing. For a superhuman power, second only to God in intelligence, to so conveniently and willingly play the role that God requires of him, while remaining his implacable foe, seems absurd. This is especially the case when God continually rubs it in by publishing all over the world what Satan will do before he does it. Do you not think that Satan has read the Bible? If Satan were truly God’s enemy, then he would have let Jesus die of old age. Had Jesus died naturally, our standard theology would suggest that we could not now be saved, for according to most views it took his death as some sort of sacrifice to make God’s forgiveness of our sins possible. What greater blow could Satan give to God and humanity were he truly the evil one he is made out to be? Lastly, if Satan were God’s true enemy, then why doesn’t God just destroy him? God had no trouble wiping out the whole population of the Earth with His flood. He had no qualm about destroying the Tower of Babel or sending a she-bear after the little children who made fun of Isaiah’s bald head, so what could it hurt Him to destroy the one opponent that poses the greatest threat to his people? Someone answered once that God allows Satan to “weed out” all of the corruptible souls. He likes to see who retains faith in Him despite all of the temptations that Satan whispers. Putting that into perspective, that is like George Bush allowing Saddam Hussein to openly travel the U.S. and encourage Americans to move to Iraq. George just wants to see who retains faith in America and who leaves with Saddam. That type of thinking just doesn’t make sense. How can we solve these dilemmas in Christian doctrine? |
Bible Answer: richpick.....I pray these verses help you. Have you read the book of Job? Would you like to be forgiven for everything you have ever done wrong? We are saved from all our sins by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. No one understands all of what God has done but there is one thing we can understand and that is God loves us and has made a way for us to come to Him through His Son Jesus Christ. Here are some answers to your questions and welcome to Bible Study Forum. KJV Ezekiel 28: 13. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the Beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. Isaiah 14:12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. KJV Romans 9:20-21 20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? Job 38:2. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3. Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Serving God is not an easy way it is a straight and narrow way. God didn't even spare His own Son Jesus from pain and suffering. How much more should we not endure for all He has done. God Bless |