SATAN WAS THE FIRST USED CAR SALESMAN
(The woman bought, accepted, believed his
projected thoughts)
04-21-13
(Gen 3:1-5) Now the serpent
[Heb: snake] was more [a clear comparison in degree
to other beasts] subtle [Heb: cunning (usually in a bad
sense):--crafty] than any beast of the field [Heb: wild]
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? And the
woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees
of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,
lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
1.
(Eccl 3:18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons
of men, that God might manifest [make apparent to] them, and that
they might see that they themselves are beasts.
2.
Commentary:
“And he said unto the woman” = How did the serpent, who was
possessed by Satan, say? He “said” by mental telepathy, by the same mental
communication mode that Noah effected in Genesis chapters 6-8 which resulted
in the calm orderly procession of thousands of animals who marched
two by two, into the ark.
a.
(Gen 7:8,9) Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and
of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in
two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God
had commanded Noah [so likewise Noah commanded the animals – by
mental telepathy].
b.
telepathy = Dict: communication of one mind with another by some
means beyond what is ordinary or normal.
3.
Commentary:
How does God speak to us? What is prayer? How will we all soon
have the same mind (thoughts), the mind of Christ? How shall we then
communicate? Please note that the serpent/snake (indwelt by Satan - a
spirit), without having as part of its anatomy the correct and necessary
vocal cords, “said,” i.e., twice spoke interactively and
communicated his ideas, his thoughts into the woman (Gen
3:1,4); however, the serpent/snake had not the physical ability to actually
articulate words. Please also note the like example of Balaam’s ass (indwelt
by the Holy Spirit - a spirit) that interactively “said,” and twice
spoke with Balaam (Num 22:28,30). In both cases, how did these two very
different opposing “spirits” convey their own thoughts, thoughts that
are presently portrayed, or displayed in the Bible, like a picture painted
for our understanding, in printed word-format, which is yet another
code? They employed mental telepathy.
4.
Commentary:
Incidentally, prior to the flood, the animals then ate no flesh for they
were all herbivores until Genesis 9:1-3, when some of the animals,
including man who was created on the same sixth day with animals,
became carnivores. Man, who became an omnivore actually, was rather
allowed more than commanded to eat flesh, alongside those other
animals who were more urgently “constrained” (Mat 14:22) to eat flesh; those
animals in particular to whom the serpent/snake was compared who themselves
leaned, but to a lesser degree than the serpent/snake, toward being “more
subtle” – which initself seems a restrained commentary on the state of man.
a.
(Isa 11:6,7) [Prophecy in Scripture: during the coming thousand
year Millennial reign of Christ Jesus on earth, it shall be as it was
– before Noah, before Eve – a great peace] The wolf also shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall
lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed [Heb: to associate
with (as a friend): companion, keep company with]; their young ones
shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw
[Heb: stalks of grain] like the ox [i.e., all animals and
man shall once again be herbivores; they shall eat no flesh].
b.
Commentary:
Also, may we interestingly add, the serpent/snake and the ass were two very
different animals. The serpent/snake in whom the spirit of Satan
dwelt “was more subtle than any beast of the field;” he (or she) was an
undomesticated wild beast, cunning and crafty leaning toward deceit;
whereas the ass [Heb: a female ass (from its docility)] in
whom the Holy Spirit dwelt, was a domesticated tamed loyal loving honest
servant (Num 22:21-33).
THOUGHTS ARE
good angels sent by God, and fallen angels (demons,
unclean spirits, devils) sent by Satan
Commentary:
“knowing good and evil” = Satan was the first car salesman. He sold or
“beguiled” (Gen 3:13) (Heb: led astray, deluded, morally seduced:
deceived) the woman into accepting the idea, into accepting the
thoughts (“My name is Legion: for we are many” Mark 5:9), into
accepting the “lying spirit” (ref: 1 Kings 22:22,23; 2 Chr
18:21,22) that he inserted, that he introduced into her mind of being
“as gods” by his willful act of not speaking the full pertinent truth,
i.e., by not telling her all the relevant facts. Satan did not
mention that the fruit of the tree standing before her of the knowledge
of both good and evil, which are two very different
opposing things derived from two very different opposing entities, was
a single mingled and therefore an impure
corrupted fruit. This circumstance was sort of like
selling (convincing to own; ultimately, convincing to believe) an
ignorant innocent alien from the planet Mars into purchasing an attractive
beautiful automobile without telling him all the pertinent but negative
facts: that he will need a key to turn it on, and thereafter, repeated
fill-ups of gasoline to operate it, and a knowledgeable mechanic might come
in handy.
(2 Cor 10:4-6) (For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal [Gk: fleshly] [“are not weapons of the
world” NIV], but mighty through God to the pulling down
[Gk: demolition; fig. extinction] of strong holds
[Gk: castles; fig. arguments] [composed of thoughts] [“On the contrary,
they (God’s thoughts) have divine power to demolish strongholds” NIV];)
Casting down imaginations [Gk: thoughts], and every high
[prideful] thing [“and every pretension” NIV] that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience [Gk: attentive hearkening, i.e.
(by impl.) compliance or submission: obeying] of Christ [“and
we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” NIV];
And having in a readiness to revenge [Gk: punish] all
disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled [“once your obedience
is complete” NIV].
Amen
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