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I believe Satan along with the other fallen angels were well aware of all the knowledge they were providing mankind. Check out the book of Enoch, where Satan and his cohorts (with varying names, also referred to as watchers), provide mankind with the knowledge of metallurgies, and root cuttings (GMO's), and various other technologies, which ultimately results in global genocide.
You refer to the tree of knowledge as free will, which the Lord already gave them the free will choice to take, but warned them of the consequences were they to choose it. An original definition for sin was where someone who aimed at a target and missed the target, it was classified as a sin. I therefore believe the free will choice to taste from the tree of material knowledge missed the spiritual target.
You refer to the tree of knowledge as free will, which the Lord already gave them the free will choice to take, but warned them of the consequences were they to choose it. An original definition for sin was where someone who aimed at a target and missed the target, it was classified as a sin. I therefore believe the free will choice to taste from the tree of material knowledge missed the spiritual target.
The oldest book of the bible is the book of Job, which predates Judaism. In it Satan is described.
Lucifer aspires to be equal to God (Isaiah 14:12-14) upon his vesting the beast with his power, but knows his time will be short without God and His spiritual light (Revelation 12:12).
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Lucifer aspires to be equal to God (Isaiah 14:12-14) upon his vesting the beast with his power, but knows his time will be short without God and His spiritual light (Revelation 12:12).
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Genesis describes numerous humans being around prior to Adam and Eve. These pre Adam and Eve humans, however, were not made in Gods spiritual image. They therefore were carnal like the animals, but with greater intellect. Though nut much greater intellect, as homo sapiens having been around for nearly 200,000 years, hadn't invented the wheel, writing, metallurgy, until the tree of knowledge was accessed.
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Christ's sacrifice of Himself frees us from having to see things only in the carnal ways of the tempter. Prior to Christ's sacrifice we were all servants to sin (the carnal reality). With Christ's sacrifice, we now are afforded the choice to see things the way they were in the garden prior to when seeing things with a carnal perspective.
Not yet anyway. But there is supposed to come a time when everyone will see Christ returning. The children of God will then be greatly illumined, while the rest of the carnal world will be in greater darkness (Isaiah 60:1-2).
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Not until judgment day. For the enlightened this filtration terminates upon a rebirth, when the devil is cast down to the earth where he is afforded one last go at making his carnal world work.
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. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Is the devil talking about the authority we gave him?
Luke 4:5–7
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Luke 4:5–7
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
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Did the first Adam represent natural mankind souls?
If the last Adam is Jesus, was He the first soul to have a spirit?
1 Corinthians 15:45-48
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
If the last Adam is Jesus, was He the first soul to have a spirit?
1 Corinthians 15:45-48
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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