The Serpent and the Siren by Silvio Bernadini

Secondly, Satan is called a serpent, not once but three times in the book of Revelation ( Revelation 12:9, 12:15, 20:2). Many scholars believe, based on Job 38:7, that all the angels, including Lucifer, were created on Day 1 or no later than before the separating of the dry land from the waters at the beginning of Day 3 of creation week, only five days (or three days if the latter position is held) before the creation of Adam and Eve. Since Satan was a created being, and since Eden was guarded by cherubim after the Fall, he must have been in Eden between his creation and the Fall of man. If this passage is talking about Satan, as I argued in that previous article, then there is a clear reference to Satan being in the Garden of Eden. Having said that, however, we can ascertain who this serpent was (or rather who was controlling and speaking through this serpent) from other passages of Scripture, and from the context of Genesis 3 itself.Īs mentioned in the feedback article, Lucifer and Sin, Ezekiel 28:13 states that the being addressed was listed as being in Eden, the Garden of God.

You are correct when you say that the book of Genesis does not mention the name or title “Satan,” nor does it specifically state that Lucifer or any demonic being controlled the serpent in the Garden of Eden. When God found out what had happened he did not punish Satan or Lucifer. A talking animal would have to be regarded as somehow involved with the supernatural but nowhere in Genesis does it say that Satan or Lucifer disguised themselves as a serpent or took the form of a snake to trick Eve. There was a serpent but except for the fact that it talked there is nothing in a plain reading of Genesis to indicate that this serpent was anything but a snake that was clever and could speak. In your feedback you wrote 'according to the scriptural record only God, Adam, Eve, Satan, and the two Cherubim placed there to guard it were ever in Eden.' I have read Genesis and it does not say anything about Satan or a being known as Lucifer being in the Garden of Eden. Keep up the GREAT WORK !!! You have my support. I'm encouraged to 'Speak boldly for the Lord' as Paul encouraged. I visited the Museum this summer in July and was THRILLED with what I saw and experienced there.

I have tried to support the museum since the very beginning and love hearing all about it.

The Serpent and the Siren by Silvio Bernadini