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Art depicts the Devil as a slimy-scorched-bright-red angry-looking creature with horns. The 1995 movie “The Usual Suspects” borrows this memorable line: “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Maybe. But the Devil is a narcissist, a Red Supremacist. He wants to displace God with himself, and he also wants us to do the same.
The angels are pure spirits created with free will. Led by Lucifer, some angels rebelled and rejected God’s supremacy. St. Michael the Archangel—of lesser dignity—led his junior varsity of angels to cast the rebellious varsity angels into hell. Michael’s name is a taunt: “Who is like God?” Indeed.
Burning with envy, the Devil continues his dirty work with Adam and Eve. God created man—male and female—to live in Paradise according to man’s nature as embodied spirits. The tree of life sustains their bliss in Paradise. God presents the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The tree is His first covenant, honoring man’s freedom.
In the perfect glory of Paradise, Adam and Eve’s obsession with knowing evil displaced their obedience and worship of God. The Devil won another round, at least for a time. Violating the first covenant brings self-destructive knowledge of evil and slavery to sin: shame, blame, suffering, and death.
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The angels are pure spirits created with free will. Led by Lucifer, some angels rebelled and rejected God’s supremacy. St. Michael the Archangel—of lesser dignity—led his junior varsity of angels to cast the rebellious varsity angels into hell. Michael’s name is a taunt: “Who is like God?” Indeed.
Burning with envy, the Devil continues his dirty work with Adam and Eve. God created man—male and female—to live in Paradise according to man’s nature as embodied spirits. The tree of life sustains their bliss in Paradise. God presents the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The tree is His first covenant, honoring man’s freedom.
In the perfect glory of Paradise, Adam and Eve’s obsession with knowing evil displaced their obedience and worship of God. The Devil won another round, at least for a time. Violating the first covenant brings self-destructive knowledge of evil and slavery to sin: shame, blame, suffering, and death.
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