Serpent (Atlanta, GA)

Serpent

What or who is the serpent in the Garden of Eden Genesis 3 4 And the serpent said unto the woman Ye shall not surely die [Can serpents talk or is this meant to be symbolic only] 2 Corinthians 11 3 But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. [Please research the definition of the word beguiled in the above verse. A good place to start is a Strong s Exhaustive Concordance. Ezekiel chapter 28 is about Satan it says in verse 13 that he was in Eden the garden of God. Wow] Revelation 12 9 And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him. [That old serpent called the Devil and Satan. What does he do Deceives the whole world. Wow] Revelation 20 2 And he laid hold on the dragon that old serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years [God is doing the binding here. Would He bind something that is only symbolic] I have included some of the other pertinent verses Job 1 7 and 12 Job 2 2 Mark 1 13. [Did God and Jesus converse with a symbolic entity] Food for thought Some view Satan the serpent and the Devil as just a symbol principle or quality of evil that exists inside us. However the Bible records a conversation between God and Satan. God is perfect so he could not have been talking to an evil part of himself. (Deuteronomy 32 4) Likewise Satan tempted Jesus who is God in the flesh and free of sin. (Matthew 4 8-10 1 John 3 5) Thus the Bible shows that the Devil is real and not merely a personification of evil.I try to let scripture explain scripture. Keep studying the entire Bible my friends.