The Purpose of Mankind Through the Christ: Pt. V - Paradise Lost II

Adam & Eve with the Serpent

Paradise Lost: II

Think about the things that torment us. The enemy never directly affects the spirit of man. He always goes through the flesh. Sickness and infirmity? The flesh. Poverty and lack? The flesh. Mental illness and stress/anxiety? That’s right, the flesh again. Satan has to work through the physical to weaken the faith and resolve of the individual, so the spirit is weakened by our own devices; not his. That is why we have to remember the “room” from an earlier work[1] and “look up” for redemption from the trial; the higher level. Trust in this; when the enemy is fighting you the hardest, God is preparing you to reach a higher level in Him.

Now, we move on to the next, and most revealing, part of the curse on the serpent, his seed. God continued speaking to this beast and said, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed.”[2] Now listen closely. There was no sin until Adam and Eve disobeyed God. Sin sprang into being as the seed of their disobedience. Just so, Satan was the seed of the serpent and evil was the seed of cunning. Both sprang into being when, combined together, they caused the first sin. It was the seed of the serpent’s actions that was defeated by the Christ; the seed of the woman. Satan was the seed of the serpent’s cunning, not the serpent itself.

This understanding is paramount to what we are going to discuss next. Jesus said that Satan was a liar and a murderer “from the beginning.”[3] The serpent was never said to be a liar, simply cunning. So, Satan was not in the garden, as he had not yet sprung into existence. This brings us to a doctrinal conundrum. Who, then, was being referred to in the famous passage of Ezekiel 28?[4] It obviously was not Satan, as he was not in Eden.[5] The answer has been blaring out at us for centuries, but due to the blind acceptance of classical doctrine, has never been questioned.

Consider the balance of verse 13. Do those precious stones seem familiar? They should. These are many of the same jewels found on the breastplate of the high priest.[6] What did they represent? The twelve tribes of Israel, descendents of Adam! Yes, this passage does not allude to Satan, but to Adam. Now, let me make this perfectly clear lest someone take this wrong. Adam is not, repeat, not the Devil. I am, in no way, inferring anything of the sort. I am saying though, it is not the Devil referred to in this passage. Need more evidence? Look to Revelation where the same stones, lost to Adam in the garden and portrayed as the covering in Ezekiel, are restored to the Bride.[7]

Let us return to Ezekiel and examine the passage more closely. Adam was “full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.” [8] Adam was in Eden; the stones having been explained.[9] Adam was the anointed cherub (k`ruwb, here used as “guardian of Eden”).[10] He was also the one who was perfect until iniquity, or sin, was found in him,[11] and the one that was “sold a bill of goods” (merchandise, r`kullah) by the serpent, sinned, and was cast out.[12] Can this be any clearer?

This removes the various contradictions that arise from attributing this passage, and the passage of Isaiah 14, to Satan. We will turn to Isaiah now for further collaboration. This passage is the only place in the entire Bible where the name “Lucifer” (which means “light bearer) is found.[13] It is a long stretch to attribute it to Satan, as we will see. The comparisons to the passage in Ezekiel are astonishing, but not, again, able to describe anyone but Adam. Let me reiterate, Adam is not the devil or Satan, but neither is Satan, Lucifer. Adam is the “light bearer.” Adam was the one that had “fallen from heaven” (access to the spiritual plane) and was “cast down to the ground” (relegated to the physical plane). Did this weaken the nations? I would think so! Adam’s sin introduced death to humankind. That will “weaken” just about anybody.

Who said in his heart “I will be like the Most High?” Return to Genesis for a moment. “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods.” [14] Man was not forbidden the fruit of the Tree of Life until after they had eaten of the other fruit .[15] God even remarked that man had become like Him , knowing good and evil. Adam gave up eternal life for knowledge, not realizing until too late he already had the ability to be like God, but lost it. Look further at the passage in Isaiah; “is this the man, thy land, thy people.” [16] How can this be the Devil? He is not a man, nor is humankind his people. This can only be in reference to Adam and his seed.

Yes, this also negates the ability of Satan to have been a fallen angel, but as we showed earlier, Jesus called him a liar and murderer from the beginning . How could he have been perfect until sin was found in him without contradicting the very words of the Christ? Yet these passages are where we arrive at the basis for classical church doctrine; that Satan “fell” because he coveted God’s throne. Lucifer and the King of Tyre; both were exemplary of Adam, not the devil/Satan.

It was Adam whose disobedience brought down creation and allowed the entrance corruption. To whom else could the passages of Ezekiel and Isaiah refer?

[1] Seek Ye First: In Pursuit of the Kingdom, chap. 10

[2] Ibid. 3:15, emphasis added

[3] John 8:44

[4] Ezekiel 28:11-17

[5] Ibid. vs. 13

[6] Exodus 28:18-20

[7] Revelation 21:19-21

[8] Ezekiel 28:12

[9] Ibid. 13

[10] Ibid. 14

[11] Ibid. 15

[12] Ibid 16