Have you ever just sat and pondered things you have read? I’m telling you, out of all the Bible stories I have read, the on that intrigues me most, is the story of Adam and Eve and the serpent. Ask yourself this question, why didn’t Eve run and why did she engage in a conversation with a snake? What was it about this snake that caused her to turn from God’s word? What deception was used to manipulate her into the decision of disobedience? The bigger question, can we fall victim to then same illusion? Was there really a snake, or did God paint a picture to show how easy it is to be influenced. “Why a snake.”
Let me paint the picture of the serpent and how I think it was real. All they knew was God and were obedient to his will. What was strong enough to make these two spiritual beings fall into the temptation of becoming flesh? Why did Adam eat knowing he didn’t have too? Was Adam now under the influence that deceived Eve?
Here’s the possibilities. We have to look at the character of the snake (serpent) to understand the spirit that deceived Eve. R. Kelly wrote the song, “Move your Snake.” Did we miss something? Consider why John the Baptist lost his head behind a subjective dance.
Mark 6 Chapter; Example of a subduction dance
“22. And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
From the free Internet Press News; “From the Detroit Free Press. Graham Peck, a well-known authority on snakes, was asked his opinion regarding a snake’s hypnotic powers. His reply was as follows: “There Is a certain power to fascinate in a snake’s eyes and movements. I saw only the other day a typical illustration of the power of a snake to fascinate. “Over in the pine woods I saw a ground squirrel fascinated by a black gopher snake. The forked tongue darted out of the snake’s mouth almost as regularly and rapidly as the needle of a sewing machine rises and falls. The squirrel seemed to watch it spellbound. The snake crept slowly nearer. When the gopher snake was within two or three inches of the squirrel it gave a leap and threw three colls about the squirrel. Instantly the spell was gone. The fascination or charm there had been over the little animal was no doubt broken the very moment the serpent’s coils were about the squirrel, for the animal gave three convulsive, terrified chirps and realized that its death moment had come. “I believe implicitly that all snakes have a certain degree of power to fascinate their victims to death. Black snakes, gopher snakes and racers have the power to a large degree. Rattlesnakes have the most fascinating power among all the poisonous serpents In the southwest. The indications of charming among poisonous snakes are deceiving sometimes. Poisonous snakes fang their prey once only. The poison does not kill at once. The victim flutters to a branch, it may be, or runs a short distance and stops. The snake watches it. The poison does its deadly work and the bird falls. Any one who comes up, not having seen the attack, might be readily deceived Into Imagining that it was the glance of the snake and not the poison that caused the victim to fall.” https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19040829.2.110
I’m in no way saying this is what happened in the garden of Eden. In the areas of perversion there is some type of movement involved, that cases one to be distracted and at times fall. Wow Could Eve had presented something that Adam had never witnessed before. Just my observation.
In closing, anyway way look at it we must be careful of the spirit we entertain. the Bible says in 1 Peter 5:8-9
8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Robert Johnson
