1 ADAM+EVE 17

{The First Book of Adam and Eve 17}



THEME:

THE CHAPTER OF THE SERPENT


№ *1· THEN Adam and Eve came out at the mouth of the cave, and went towards the garden.



№ *2· But as they drew near to it, before the western gate, from which Satan came when he deceived Adam and Eve, they found the serpent that became Satan coming at the gate, and sorrowfully licking the dust, and wriggling on its breast on the ground, by reason of the curse that fell upon it from God.


№ *3· And whereas aforetime the serpent was the most exalted of all beasts, now it was changed and become slippery, and the meanest of them all, and it crept on its breast and went on its belly.


№ *4· And whereas it was the fairest of all beasts, it had been changed, and was become the ugliest of them all. Instead of feeding on the best food, now it turned to eat the dust. Instead of dwelling, as before, in the best places, now it lived in the dust.


№ *5· And, whereas it had been the most beautiful of all beasts, all of which stood dumb at its beauty, it was now abhorred of them.


№ *6· And, again, whereas it dwelt in one beautiful abode, to which all other animals came from elsewhere; and where it drank, they drank also of the same; now, after it had become venomous, by reason of God's curse, all beasts fled from its abode, and would not drink of the water it drank; but fled from it.


GENESIS 1:24


"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so." [AKJV]


Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so.” [NKJV]

In the Bible verse above, the Word of God began to work with and through the earth in bringing forth, discovering and sustaining, all kinds of living creatures that could only be discovered and manifested through the earth as the sole source of access to them.


This Word of God also empowered the earth to become a Founder, an Author, an Initiator or a Begetter, of those new living things or living innovations they brought forth. As the waters (seas) were, so was the earth also the founder, author, beggeter, of those living creatures God created to have life and movements on and through the earth. For the earth brought them forth to manifestation out of invisibility or obscurity, and established them into being according to their kinds without compromising their uniqueness, differences, varieties, and abundance.

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Bible Teacher:

When God said this Word, it became so: for the earth indeed brought forth the living creatures according to their various kinds under three groups/Categories:


1. Group of Cattle - [Living Creatures whose mouth or teeth were not meant for fighting or killing: Hence, Behemah]



2. Group of Beasts - [Living Creatures whose mouth, teeth, tongues/spittle, Stings or Claws, were meant for fighting or killing]


3. Group of Creepers/Crawlers - [Special Living Creatures both among Cattle and Beasts that crawls or creeps when traveling because they must always keep both their heads and stomach very close to the ground while moving, and if they sleep they must lie down on their stomach side to the ground/wall bearing them — mostly showing the world their back sides while hiding/protecting their stomach side]


However, this Word of God did not make the earth bring forth "Mankind;" for no living creature took after mankind as its kind. Mankind was not a "Kind" or "Category" known to the earth by then, and so no living creature came into being in the kindness or likeness of a man, though some apes came closest in resemblance to Mankind.


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