The origin of the Snake in the Garden of Eden
WHO WAS THE SNAKE IN THE GARDEN AND WAS THE SERPENT AN ACTUAL SNAKE OR AN UPRIGHT CREATURE??
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Genesis 3:14
So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
1. Arguments for a snake:
A. The word serpent is almost used every time when describing a snake and its characteristics (adder, cobra, slithering, coiling)
Job 26:13
By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
Psalm 91:13
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
Psalm 140:3
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Isaiah 14:29
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
Isaiah 27:1
[ Deliverance of Israel ] In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
Jeremiah 46:22
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.
2. Arguments that it was an upright creature
A. will crawl on its belly implying that it was upright before the curse
B. Will eat dusts all its days. Snakes today do not eat dust
C. The serpent could be used interchangeably for the word dragon and sea monster (Isaiah 27:1)
D. Is intelligent, cunning, could talk unlike any other snake
If God was speaking metaphorically that “crawling on its belly and eating dust” meant being disgustingly low on Earth, then how is a snake today suffering the consequence? Snakes are not looked down upon more than any other creature like a scorpion, crocodile, and spider. Also, to this day, is there enmity between snakes and humans as being archenemies? Not at all. Do snakes have seeds? No they don’t. So if seeds are metaphorical then so should the rest of the verse.
NOW HERE IS SOME MORE REVEALING CLUES ABOUT THIS SERPANT
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Now according to Isaiah’s new Heaven and Earth yet to come, serpents will then eat dust (as opposed to not eating dust at all) But is there a contradiction since God cursed the serpent to eat dust, remember? How does this all make sense? Let’s find out more.
Ezekiel 28:11-19 “`You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. [13] You were in Eden, the garden of God;
In reference to The King of Tyre, how could this King be in the Garden of Eden when no other human were there but Adam and Eve and humans were banished from it? That’s only possible if this King was in another form such as a serpent. We know that angels could disguise themselves as men so good that we wouldn’t even realize it with our own senses.
Hebrews 13:2 Stop neglecting to show hospitality to strangers, for by showing hospitality some have had angels as their guests without being aware of it.
Matthew 28:3. “I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of the finest gold around his waist. His body was like Chrysolite, his face like lightening, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of multitude”
Genesis 19:1 speaks of angels that visited Lot and were thought to be men among the city’s people.
If that is possible, then why couldn’t angels and demons take form of animals?
Revelation 12:9-10 The great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
This is indicating that this ancient serpent was in fact the Devil/Satan who was cunning, the same person as King Tyre!
Numbers 22:28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!” 30 So the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?” And he said, “No.”
2 Peter 2:16 a donkey was once made to speak and reason with a man (Balaam): 6But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—who spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
We know that animals could talk and reason when they have a spiritual influence. Satan can definitely have influence over us.
Matthew 8:3:
The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.
Based on this, we know that demons could enter animals as well as possibly take form of them. If demons could enter humans and used them as a vehicle for speech, behavior, and reasoning, then it may be possible demons to control animals to function the same way. This concludes that Satan was using that serpent as an instrument for his own agenda. We know that the serpent was in fact a snake. Either Satan took form as a snake or entered a snake. When God cursed the snake, he was actually cursing Satan and metaphorically speaking about Satan’s lowliness.
Satan’s deceit for man most likely happened after he was casted out to Earth from God’s heavenly domain because of his Pride. Jesus states that he saw Satan fall from Heaven like a flash of lightning (Luke 10:18) so he probably ended up on Earth. Spiritual things such as Demons/angels materialize when entering Earth’s dimension. So Satan transformed as a snake or entered a snake in revenge to God for the purpose of trying to ruin His plans for humanity by deceiving us into sin. Satan’s seeds, the people that become part of Satan’s family through evil, will be against God’s seeds, believers in Christ so we must prepare by putting on the armor of Christ!
Ephesians 6:10-17
10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
