Wasn't satan created BEFORE THE FALL? Sin was found in Lucifer prior to the garden scenario.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Don't you think that PRIOR to that tree, God KNEW Satan would usurp His authority? Yes, that's taught in scripture, that Christ's crucifixion was preordained from the foundations of the earth - BEFORE God even created anything, HE KNEW evil would come thru Satan.
So He can't set a tree of that knowledge of the 2?
THAT DOESN'T TEACH THAT HE CREATED THE EVIL, does it?? SIN IS NOT CREATED, IT'S THE ABSENCE OF WHAT IS GOOD.
Sin is no more a created, tangible thing than a wound on an arm. Without the HOST (arm), the wound doesn't exist.
Until you have an arm, the cut or bruise doesn't exist. It is a result of something, not created tangibly.
God is NOT the author of evil - if He were, then God is ALSO the author of confusion (which the bible emphatically claims is not so).
Hi Nadiine ,,
sorry for the delay , i was so busy yesterday with company , i was not able to be on the computer
but wanted to answer your posts and not be rude ...
my apologies for the delay
satan the
subtil beast was created on the 6th day with man
Gen 1:25And God made the
beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
Gen 1:26¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Gen 3:1 Now the
serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
subtil ...
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible
a) crafty
b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
its the way its worded here , out of the ground , just as adam was formed out of the ground ,
the dust as the first Adam is returning the curse , and its the serpents food ... dust ,
Gen 2:19 And out
of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was]
the name thereof.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
dust shalt
thou eat all the days of thy life:
Mic 7:17 They shall
lick the dust like
a serpent, they shall
move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be
afraid of the LORD our God, and shall
fear because of thee.
this is what i believe , as its written
satan the dragon , serpent of old , was here created from the begining ... being earthly at first and rising into heaven
with the sons of God ... in job i , only to be cast back down to the earth for accusing the brethern
to me its the carnal mind [ beastly ] as Paul describes as the emnity [enemy ] warring against the Spirit ...
Rom 8:7 Because the
carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it
is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
carnal ....
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this is why we need and desire the
mind of Christ , as paul explains so the Law of God this new mind , & heart willing to be under His submission and authority
Hbr 5:5¶So also
Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him,
Thou art my Son,
to day have I begotten thee.As he saith also
in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hbr 5:7 Who in the
days of his flesh, when he had
offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Though he
were a Son, yet **
learned he** obedience by the
things which he suffered; And being
made perfect, he became the
author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;Called of God an
high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
we are given also a chance to by Him interceeding for us before God , when we are yet sinners , His love for us , because of our guilt and shame we could not approach the Holy GOD without being destroyed
His Holy Mountain , no beast[ carnal mind ] could approach GOD HOLY PLACE without being stoned ... and the Lord Himself tore down the middle wall of seperation with His own flesh , making away into heaven for us ,,,
this is what i believe , i dont know if you believe the same as me , but thats ok , because what God gives us to beilieve we have our faith before HIM ,, and not any man can be accountable for us ... its the Lord Jesus Christ that came in the form of a man that dwelt with man and now Does by the Power of Gods Holy Spirit and Word of truth
peace and GOD BLESS...... C ..