Apopis

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 3:1 NIV Serpent – Some years ago I shared a lecture session with Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm: Recovering…

Who Are You?

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 NASB Serpent – “No language is used in 3:1 to suggest that the snake is…

Involuntary Sin

 And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’”  Genesis 3:1  NASB Has God said – It’s time to re-read the serpent’s statement.  In Hebrew it begins with af ki-amar Elohim.  As David Fohrman points out, this is not a question, in spite of…

The Great Seduction

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field Genesis 3:1 Crafty – Adam and his wife thought they would be like God.  Instead, they just discovered they were naked.  It was the greatest seduction the world has ever known.  If we could just peer into the Hebrew in this verse, we…