“From now on we are enemies, You and I. Because You choose for Your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation. Because You are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block You, I swear it. I will hinder and harm Your creature on earth…
And Jesus said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” – Luke 10:18 According to the Bible, there is a supernatural, malevolent, spiritual being called Satan. He is presented as the one who opposes the plan of God. He is the adversary of the human race; conducting spiritual warfare, actively opposing us…
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist” – Verbal Kint, “The Usual Suspects” The seed plot of the entire Bible centers around a war between those who support God’s plan, (and the redemption of man from the effects of Original Sin), and those who oppose it. The Bible…
Toward the end of our look at the First Dispensation, I mentioned that the curse God pronounced on the serpent in Eden was the seed plot of the entire Biblical narrative. “…And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you…
The last few posts have dealt with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and why eating the fruit of that tree led to death. This week, we will look at the wider implications of Adam and Eve eating the fruit, as well as the “what”, “why”, and “how” of the curses God…