(September 12, 2024 at 7:36 am)Angrboda Wrote:(September 12, 2024 at 7:05 am)h311inac311 Wrote: The serpent is a bit more mysterious, we believe that he is a fallen angel but that isn't something that I can support with a chapter and verse reference. What we do know is that the serpent had one simple objective, ruin God's perfect plan by leading men into sin. What we know for sure about the serpent is this, it knew what God's commandment was and it wanted to see if it could find a way to make God's people choose to dis-obey him.
The bible is like bad fiction that way. Characters show up at the right time to move the plot along in a certain direction, and then are dispensed with, never to be heard from again. This happens all throughout the bible.
So, The Serpent is like a biblical Tom Bombadil.
Boru
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