Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Genesis 3 The Seduction of Eve Part 2



Serpent-
In continuation with this study from Genesis 3 the next word I want to bring to light is the word serpent. Serpent is a word that must be understood from its point of origin to correctly interpret this passage of the bible. The word serpent comes from the word “Nachash” #5175, 5172 which means to “hiss, whisper, a bold magic spell, prognosticate.” Also it is worth mentioning in Greek the word serpent comes from the word “Ophis” meaning “a snake, an artful malicious person, especially Satan-serpent.”

Quite literally the word serpent means magician or enchanter. This enchanter is none other than Satan himself in a bodily form that took on a physical appearance to seduce or to spellbound Eve into committing mortal sin.
Interesting enough another animal term that describes Satan is the word “dragon” that is used in Revelation 20:2  and in Revelation 12:3,4. The word “dragon” is used to show the ferocity and frightening character of Satan just as the word serpent means to show deceitfulness, charm, and fascination.



Everyone knows that an actual snake does not have the ability to speak to anyone nor to enchant Eve into committing this sin.
The word serpent in this particular text is a person with low character that is capable of doing anything, or a low scoundrel. This word serpent no more means an actual serpent than when Moses called Dan a serpent in Genesis 49:17 "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward."

Other examples of people being called animals in the bible can be found in; 2Tim. 4:17 when Nero is called a lion, Luke 13:32 when Herod is called a fox, and in Gen. 49:9 when Judah is called a lions whelp.

Praise the Lord for his word!



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