The Snake and Transgressing the Boundaries
This week we turn our attention to Genesis 3:1—7 where we meet “the pious Snake” (Bonhoeffer). He’s pious because he seems to be interested in God and God’s word. In fact, he even knows something behind God’s word.
I asked everyone to unhook our usual identification of the Snake with Satan just for the class because Genesis makes no such identification. It is true that the prophets/Revelation later make these types of identification, so to make the connection between the Snake and Satan is a scriptural way of speaking. But, as I tried to show, I think a hasty identification of Satan can blind…
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