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.


[1 ADAM+EVE 17:1] - THEN Adam and Eve came out at the mouth of the cave, and went towards the garden.

It was at coming outside the cave's mouth that their direction towards the garden became very clear. Hardly would it be clear they were headed toward the garden when they were still within the cave's mouth. The enclosure was obscuring their destination.

Like Adam and Eve here, we have to come out of the mouth of some things first before we are clear to the direction we are headed. And may our coming out of the mouth of the cave, or mouth of the bondage that imprisoned us in the past night, be to our direction towards the Gates of the Garden and Kingdom of God. Amen.

[1 Adam and Eve 17:2] — But as they went near 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 wiggling on its breast on the ground, by reason of the curse that fell on it from God.

Adam and Eve had spent one day and night without Satan in the world outside the Garden of Eden. And behold, they had spent that day and night in sorrows, pains, and weeping, even though the Serpent was not yet out to add to their sorrows by then. Behold, in this verse was the Serpent called Satan out from the Garden to them in woes and sorrows.

[Revelation 12:12] — "Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time."

All the inhabitants of the earth by then saw Satan the devil coming out of the Garden in great sorrow, pain and anger, for those things he had but lost because of the curse that fell upon him from God. He was both a wounded and furious Serpent, the first of the living creatures of the earth to be thus. Surely, the Curse of God upon the Serpent did not add to his dominion, but took away much from him. Are you among those saying the Serpent or Satan collected the Dominion from Mankind after they sinned? Do not say that anymore. The only thing the Serpent collected was the Curse and Enmity for what the Serpent had done to the Woman and Mankind. As it is written,

[Genesis 3:14‭-‬15 NKJV] — So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

Now notice what you never noticed before in this Bible Reference of "Genesis 3:14:" — The Serpent was cursed above two out of three categories/groups of earthly living creatures. There were three categories: "Cattle, Beasts, and Creeping Things." But the Serpent was cursed above the Cattle, reducing the Serpent into Beast. And again the Serpent was cursed above every Beast, reducing the Serpent into Creeping Things. But at the levels of Creeping Things, the Serpent was not cursed above them but reduced to the levels of Creeping Things but having no legs or moving on its belly/breast. That was the lowest in the humiliation.

A Sheep that's among Cattle is ranking higher than a wolf that's among Beast, though a wolf would tear a sheep in battle. Thus, Satan or the Serpent had no Dominion, but Humiliation and curse.


[1 Adam and Eve 17:3] — And whereas before 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.

Before, the Serpent was no only among the Beasts but was also the most exalted among all Beasts of the earth. No Beast was as great or as high as the Serpent, which had legs and endowments of being the most exalted among the Beasts God made on earth.

But now, the Serpent was reduced to a creeping thing that has no traction or friction because it's slippery and became the meanest of them all.

Remember, talking about this Serpent is talking about Satan or the Devil himself. The Serpent was what Satan the Devil became when he entered the Garden of Eden, or rather the Serpent became Satan the Devil. He was first the Serpent before he was ever called "Satan or Devil." Then lastly he became the "Dragon."


[1 Adam and Eve 17:4] — 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 living, as before, in the best places, now it lived in the dust.

Before, the Serpent was not only the wisest among the Beasts of the earth, but was also the fairest among among, having a higher class above the rest of the Beast both in terms of the kinds of food it fed on and its dwelling in the best places above the beasts.

But there was a "Negative Transfiguration" or "Disfigurement" that came upon him under divine curse, which also altered his fairness into ugliness, altered his nutrition into feeding and living in dust. The Serpent was restructured by the curse, and it became disgusting and repulsive to the beasts.

Remember, there shall be "Transfiguration," like you saw Jesus Christ experience on the mountain, for Saints who shall be altered from their present figure into a more beautiful and glorious figure with brightness or light in their bodies. While the Sinners that shall be cursed to be with Devil and his angels in the lake of fire shall also be disfigured or lose their beautiful figures.


[1 Adam and Eve 17:5] — 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.

Before, the Serpent was in the Garden and his beauty was a wonder and marvelous to behold because the Serpent was not just made of the dust, but made of precious stones. As it is written,

[Ezekiel 28:13] — "You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created."

Behold, the Serpent lost his beauty, attraction, and charms, over all the beasts of the earth. They now abhor the cursed Serpent.

[1 Adam and Eve 17:6] — And, again, whereas it lived in one beautiful home, 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 home, and would not drink of the water it drank; but fled from it.

Every other animal came from the ground into the Garden when God made them and brought them to Adam. But the Serpent was not from the earth or ground, but from another heavenly home where it had dwelt as Lucifer. The Serpent was among the angels in heaven, not earthy creature like the rest of the animals God made and brought to Adam in the Garden for naming ceremony.

Is it not when God's Spirit garnish the heavens that God's Hand formed the Crooked Serpent? As it is written,

[Job 26:13] — "By His Spirit He has garnished the heavens; His Hand has formed the crooked serpent."

Therefore, behold this Old Serpent called Satan or Devil became a Dragon again, which became a wonder in heaven and with its tail pull down a third of the stars of heaven. As it is written,

[Revelation 12:9] — "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

[Isaiah 27:1] — "In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea."

[Revelation 20:2-3] — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.