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Speaker 1: Creatures and animals that God did not create, but Sin created.
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The last one will surprise you first Nephelim. Before the flood,
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an abomination occurred. A creature was born that embodied the
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entire plan of evil forces. It was a mixture of
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two beings that should never have united. Genesis chapter six,
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verses one through four captivates many Bible readers because of
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the mysterious identity of the sons of God and the Nephelim.
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There was a problem with unrighteous marriages between the sons
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of God and the daughters of men during those days
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of rapid population growth, largely due to the long lifespan
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in the pre flood world. We can deduce why Satan
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sent his angels to marry human women directly or indirectly.
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Satan attempted to corrupt the genetic pool of humanity with
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Satanic corruption, planting something akin to a genetic pathogen to
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make the human race unfit to carry the seed of
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the woman. The Messiah promised in Genesis chapter three, verse
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fifteen the Savior could not be born from a demon
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possessed mother, So if Satan could infect the entire race,
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the deliverer could not come and Satan almost succeeded. People
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became so polluted that God decided to start over with
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Noah and his sons and imprison the demons who had
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corrupted the race, so that they could never do it again.
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Now it came to pass when men began to multiply
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on the face of the earth, and daughters were born
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to them. The sons of God saw that the daughters
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of men were beautiful and desirable, and they took for
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themselves wives whomever they chose and desired. Then the Lord said,
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my spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever,
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for he is indeed flesh, sinful, corrupt, given over to
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sensual appetites. Yet his days shall be one hundred and
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twenty years. There were nephelim, men of great stature, notorious
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men of the earth in those days, and also afterward,
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when the sons of God lived with the daughters of
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men and they bore children to them. These were the
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mighty men of old, men of renown, great reputation and fame.
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The Lord saw that the wickedness and depravity of man
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were great on the earth, and that every imagination or
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intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil.
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Continually Genesis chapter six, verses one through seven. God did
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not intend for the human race to remain in this
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state of rebellion indefinitely. This means that our rejection of
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God reached a point of no return. God will not
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draw us indefinitely. There will come a time when he
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says enough, Yet his days shall be one hundred and
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twenty years. This is interesting because the flood also happened
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one hundred and twenty years after this announcement. We then
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read about giants on the earth. In those days, both
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pre Christian Judaism and the Early Church believed that the
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sons of God were spiritual beings or angels who took
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human wives and father giants known as nephelim. This view
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has become less prevalent today due to our modern aversion
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to the supernatural. While the average Christian may reluctantly accept
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the Bible's teaching on the virgin birth and Christ's resurrection,
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the idea of giants born of humans and spirits is
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simply too far fetched. But why did men suddenly become
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so violent? Was it because the godly line mixed with
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the ungodly line? Or was it at least in part
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because humanity mixed with spiritual beings. I would like to
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argue in favor of the latter option. The three main
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perspectives on the identity of the sons of God are
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as follows. First, they were fallen angels, Second they were
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powerful human rulers, or third they were godly descendants of
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Seth who married the ungodly descendants of Cain. The arguments
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in favor of the traditional view that the sons of
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God were spiritual beings who united with human women and
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produced the Nephelim are As follows. The fact that the
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phrase sons of God always refers to angels in the
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Old Testament supports this idea. In Job chapter one, verse six,
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it says, now there was a day when the sons
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of God angels came to present themselves before the Lord,
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and Satan, the adversary the accuser, came also among them.
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In all cases, the sons of God are spiritual angelic beings,
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including Satan. The use of the phrase in Job suggests
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that Genesis chapter six is referring to spirits angels. Genesis
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chapter six, verses one and two contrasts the sons of
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God with men, implying that these are non human beings.
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Genesis chapter six, verse one says that men began to
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multiply and daughters were born to them. The Hebrew word
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for man is the generic term for humanity, as used
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in Genesis chapter five, verses one and two. The sons
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of God are contrasted with men, and thus the sons
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of God must be non human beings of some sort.
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Another theory about the parents of the nephalim the context
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implies that the nephelim were the offspring resulting from spiritual
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and human beings. The Nephelim or fallen ones mentioned in
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Genesis chapter six, verse four are mysterious personalities, the mighty
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men of old, men of renown. The text does not
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explain how the nephelim came to be. It simply says
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that there were nephelim on the earth in those days
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and also afterward when the sons of God went to
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the daughters of men and had children by them. But
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why are the nephelim mentioned in Genesis six alongside the
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marriage between the sons of God and the daughters of men.
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It is unclear how these mighty men of renown came about,
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if not as a result of unions between spiritual and
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human beings. There is a theory about the parents of
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the Nephilim. Jude probably understands Genesis chapter six, verses one
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through four as a reference to the marriage between spiritual
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beings and humans. Verse six of Jude mentions angels who
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did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their
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proper dwelling. Unless Jude is referring to an unknown event,
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it seems to refer to the angels who left Heaven
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to live on Earth in Genesis chapter six, verses one
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through four. These arguments support the traditional view that the
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sons of God united with human women and gave birth
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to the Nephelim. While this may sound strange to modern ears,
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the same can be said of the entire Bible. Truth
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is stranger than fiction, and the world God created is
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far from what we commonly believe the sons of God
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saw the daughters of men. It is more accurate to
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see the sons of God as demons, angels in rebellion
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against God, or men possessed by demons, and the daughters
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of Men as human women. Jude verse six mentions that
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the angels who did not keep their own designated place
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of power, but abandoned their proper dwelling. These he has
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kept in everlasting chains under thick darkness for the judgment
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of the great day. This verse also explains what God
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did with these evil angels. First Peter chapter three, verses
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nineteen through twenty informs us that Jesus proclaimed his victory
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on the cross over them. While God ordered that the
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entire earth be purified from this pollution. He found one
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man with whom to start over, Noah. Noah was a
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righteous man, perfect in his generations. However, the next being
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was worse. Second, Lucifer becomes said and from glory to curse,
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a personality referred to as Lucifer in Isaiah chapter fourteen.
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The Latin root of Lucifer means the one who brings light,
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while the Hebrew translation is mourning star. Lucifer was described
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as a radiant, brilliant, and majestic being in any language.
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He was a high ranking angel. Lucifer was one of
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God's chief angels, alongside Michael, Gabriel, and God's heavenly hosts. However,
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at some point Lucifer made a grave mistake. He challenged God.
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Luke chapter ten, verse eighteen says, and he said to them,
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I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. During one
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of his teachings to the disciples, Jesus shared a vivid
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description of a scene he had personally witnessed in heaven.
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This event took place before he was born as the
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son of Mary. He used this encounter to warn his
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followers about the dangers of allowing pride to control their
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actions and decisions. The scene he described was God's judgment
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on a created angel named Lucifer. Lucifer held a unique
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position of honor in heaven. Son of Man, take up
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a lamentation for the King of Tire and say to him,
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Thus says the Lord God. You were the seal of perfection,
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full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden,
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the Garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering,
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the ruby, topaz and diamond, beryl, onyx and jasper, sapphire, lapis, lazuli,
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turquoise and emerald and gold. The workmanship of your settings
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and sockets was prepared for you on the day you
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were created. You were the anointed cherub who covers, and
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I placed you there. You were on the holy Mountain
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of God. You walked among the fiery stones, the shining
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precious stones. You were blameless in your ways from the
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day you were created until unrighteousness was found in you. Ezekiel,
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chapter twenty eight, verses twelve to fifteen. Lucifer is described
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as the anointed cherub who covers. The Cherubim stretched out
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their wings above, covering the mercy seat. With their wings,
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they faced one another. The faces of the Cherubim were
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toward the mercy seat. Lucifer was exemplary and beauty. Pride
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led him to challenge God and seek a place of
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equality with him. Apparently, Lucifer had authority over a group
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of angels and managed to alienate some of them from
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their loyalty to God. He led them to join him
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in his rebellion against God. In response, God cast Lucifer
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and his partners in rebellion out of his presence. To
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describe Lucifer's activities and how he led some angels to
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turn against God through his persistent scheme, Ezekiel chapter twenty eight,
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verses six to nineteen says, by the abundance of your trade,
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you were internally filled with wickedness and violence, and you sinned. Therefore,
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I have cast you as profane and im pure from
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the mountain of God, and I have destroyed you, oh
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covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones. Your
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heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted
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your wisdom, because of your splendor. I cast you to
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the ground. I laid you before kings, that they may
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gaze at you. You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude
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of your iniquities, by the unrighteousness of your trade. Therefore
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I have brought forth a fire from your midst. It
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has consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes
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upon the earth. In the sight of all who beheld you,
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all who knew you among the peoples are appalled at you.
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You have come to a dreadful end, and shall be
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no more forever. In some Bible versions, we see the
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word trade applied to someone acting as a gossip or slanderer.
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In other words, it can describe someone who trades both
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goods and rumors. In several other Bibles, for example, in Leviticus, Proverbs,
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and Jeremiah, this word is translated as slanderer or gossip.
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For example, in Proverbs chapter twenty, verse nineteen, he who
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goes about as a gossip reveals secrets. Therefore, do not
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associate with one who flatters with his lips this kind
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of practice. Being a slanderer is closely tied to someone
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who boasts with their lips, and we are warned against
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both types of people. Apparently, this illustrates exactly what Lucifer did.
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He walked among the created angelic beings and promoted an
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organized rebellion against God, promising higher positions in the governance
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of the universe. The devil never had to change his tactics,
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whether in heaven or on earth, for one simple reason,
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they still work. All this did not happen suddenly, nor
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in a few days. We have no way of measuring
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the time Lucifer took to promote his rebellion, but it
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was long enough for him to organize a carefully planned
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revolt against God and convince approximately a third of the
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angels to join him. This estimate is based on a
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statement about Satan in the Bible in Revelation chapter twelve,
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verse four. His tale swept a third of the stars
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out of the sky and flung them to the earth.
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The dragons stood in front of the woman who was
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about to give birth, so that he might devour her
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child the moment it was born. This passage interprets the
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stars of heaven as referring to the totality of the angels.
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The revolutionary acts that were produced originated in heaven, not
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on earth. As the master of slander and defamation, he
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continues to seek to undermine various forms of authority that
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God has established, both in the Church and the world.
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When Lucifer was cast out of heaven, he did not
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stop his rebellion, but continued establishing his own kingdom in
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opposition to the kingdom of God. Pride, the original sin.
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Your heart became proud because of your beauty, corrupted your
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wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to
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the earth. I made a spectacle of you before kings. Ezekiel,
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Chapter twenty eight, verse seventeen. Lucifer's heart was filled with
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pride because of his beauty, and that was the reason
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why he was cast out from the mountain of God.
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What was Lucifer's initial motivation? What was the original sin? Pride?
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The original sin was committed in heaven, not on earth.
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It wasn't drunkenness, adultery, or even lying. It was a
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matter of pride. Pride remains the most deadly of all sins.
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Many churches would never dream of committing adultery or getting drunk,
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but they are easily seduced by pride without realizing how
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damaging it can be. Lucifer was so beautiful that he
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became proud of himself. His pride completed the transformation of
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Lucifer into Satan. I believe it is vital for all
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of us to realize that the first sin in the
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universe was not murder nor adultery, but pride. It was
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pride that produced the rebellion. Moreover, it was pride that
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arose from the blessings that God himself had bestowed. God
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gave Lucifer his power, authority, beauty, and wisdom. All these
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were gifts from God, but Lucifer's wrong attitude turned them
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into instruments of his own destruction. I am shocked to
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realize that men and women called and equipped by God
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still to day commit the same tragic error that Lucifer did.
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In Isaiah chapter fourteen, verses twelve to fifteen, the prophet
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analyzes the motive behind Lucifer's rebellion. It was an ambition
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to be equal to God. Lucifer made five successive declarations,
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each preceded by the phrase I will. He said, I
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will ascend to heaven. I will exalt my throne. I
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will sit on the mount of the assembly. I will
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ascend above the heights of the clouds. Finally comes the climax,
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I will be like or equal to the most High,
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like God himself. Lucifer's ambition for self promotion was the
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cause of his fall. Scripture confronts us with a deliberate
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contrast between Lucifer and Jesus. Lucifer was not in the
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form of God. He was a created being. He had
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no right to be equal to God, but he tried
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to attain that equality, and in trying to rise, he fell.
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On the other hand, Jesus was divine by eternal nature
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and enjoyed equality with God. Therefore God exalted him to
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the highest place and gave him the name that is
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above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every
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knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under
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the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
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Lord to the glory of God, the Father. God exalted
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him greatly. God gave him a name that is above
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every name, at the name of Jesus. Every knee will bow.
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Those in heaven meaning all the created hosts who serve
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God in his heaven, those honor, meaning that ultimately every
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creature on earth will submit to Christ's authority, and those
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under the earth referring to Satan's realm in Hades, including death, hell,
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the grave, and also the unrighteous dead who previously rejected
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God's mercy, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
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There is only one path to promotion, self humiliation. This
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is an absolutely unchanging principle. There are no exceptions. The
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way up is down. This is the great secret. As
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Proverbs chapter eighteen, verse twelve declares, before destruction the heart
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of man is haughty, and before honor is humility. Referring
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again to Philippians, we see a wonderful truth revealed. Therefore,
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God also has highly exalted him and given him the
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name which is above every name. Self humiliation is a
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matter of will, not emotions. It is a decision each
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of us has to make for ourselves. Lord, I choose
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to humble myself before you. I renounce pride, arrogance, and
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personal ambition before you and my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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Your pomp and splendor have been brought down to Sheol,
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along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread
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beneath you as a bed, and worms are your covering.
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Babylonian rulers, how you have fallen from Heaven, O morning star,
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bringer of light, sun of the dawn. You have been
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cast down to the ground, you who weakened the nations,
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King of Babylon. But you said in your heart, I
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will ascend to Heaven. I will exalt my throne above
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the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the
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mount of the Assembly, on the utmost heights of the North.
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I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I
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will make myself like the most high. But in fact
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you will be brought down to Shiel, to the far
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recesses of the pit, the realm of the Dead Isaiah,
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Chapter fourteen, verses eleven to fifteen. Lucifer's desire was to
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be on the sea level as God. He imagined himself
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so intelligent, beautiful, and majestic that he allegedly thought to himself,
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I could be God. According to scripture, Lucifer undermined the
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loyalty of a third of God's angels and drew them
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into his rebellion and downfall. Biblical scholars generally agree that
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Lucifer was in charge of orchestrating worship in heaven. He
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was a musical master who continues to use music to
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captivate people to this day. Lucifer was in charge of
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God's sanctuary in heaven. He was responsible for religious services.
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He was the cherub who guarded the place where God's
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presence manifested. He was in charge of music. He was
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an artist who was very successful. Then he rebelled and
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fell pride. The battle lines were drawn. He was cast
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out of God's presence. After becoming proud of his wisdom
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and beauty, and after planning his rebellion against God, his
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treacherous angels were cast out out with him. Lucifer was
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perhaps the wisest and most beautiful of all God's creatures,
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but Scripture says that his heart became proud. The fall
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of Lucifer Satan began from within before it led to
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his actual fall. After growing in pride because of his
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wisdom and beauty, and after scheming his planned rebellion against God,
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he was cast out of God's presence, and his treacherous
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angels were cast out with him. We should consider this
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in our own lives. God created Adam as unique among
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all creatures. There was something special in the way Adam
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was created that was designed in the mind of the
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Creator to combat pride. Adam came from a different source
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than any other created being we know, from the lowest point,
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the most humble, and yet God made him capable of
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becoming the highest. God combined in Adam both the lowest
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and the highest. Here is the description of Adam's creation
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in jail and the Lord God formed Man or Adam
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from the dust of the ground and breathed into his
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nostrils the breath of life, and Man became a living
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being or soul. Unlike Lucifer. We can remember this and
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remain grounded and humble. Satan's counter attack Satan, the already
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fallen angel, enemy of God and Man, retaliated. He had
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a particular enmity against Man for two reasons. First, he
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could attack the image of God in man. Man visibly
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represented God to the rest of creation. Satan could not
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touch God directly, but he could wage war against the
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very image of God within Man. His pleasure was to
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stain that image, destroy it, and humiliate it. And to
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that end he worked tirelessly. When someone stops worshiping, they
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start seeking to be worshiped. Heaven is too small for
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two objects of worship, and it is written in Jude
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verse one that the angels who did not keep their
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proper domain were cast down. The lesson from Lucifer's fall
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is clear. First, when you refuse to worship, you descend.
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If you want to be a declining Christian, be too
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proud to worship. Second, pride is a fast descent. The
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devil was once the bright morning Star, a beautiful angelic being,
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who fell from the heavens when he rebelled against God,
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becoming Satan, the adversary of God. What you don't turn
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into praise becomes pride, and we were never created for that.
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The higher we rise, the more we must give glory
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to God, honor to God. The more God blesses you.
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You must not become arrogant, thinking, look at me, I
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don't need to worship like those humble people. You were
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nothing before, but God lifted you up and blessed you.
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According to the Bible, let everything that has breath praised
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the Lord. In the book of Genesis, God breathed into humanity.
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Be a worshiper. If you have the life of God
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in you, then praise the Lord. That is the command
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of Scripture. We have been justified to glorify, freed to
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love Him, redeemed to rejoice, liberated to dance, freed to sing,
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be humble and praise God. Praise is a serious topic
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in the Bible. However, there are those who mock it
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even within the Church. The only thing that can keep
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you in a spiritual environment, and I emphasize this is
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praising and worshiping God. The day you decide not to
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worship God, you will leave his presence. A fish cannot
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survive without water, the human body cannot survive without oxygen,
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and a Christian cannot survive without praising and worshiping God.
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You will have to thank God sooner or later. You
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will have to learn to clap your hands and say Hallelujah.
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Sooner or later, praise God, Thank you Lord, Jesus, I
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worship You Lord. Praise be to God in any case,
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sooner or later. If you don't do it, you will
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know longer be in God's presence and will perish if
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you don't spend time in his presence, the final form
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of the serpent, imagine a place more beautiful than any
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park or garden you've ever seen. Remember that the Garden
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of Eden was more than any common park or garden
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you can imagine. The Garden of Eden was a perfect
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paradise created by God. It had every kind of tree
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that was good for food and pleasing to the eyes.
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God placed Adam and Eve in this garden, providing them
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with everything they needed to be happy and healthy. Adam
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had an important job in the Garden of Eden. God
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saw that it was not good for Adam to be alone,
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so he decided to create a companion for him. Adam
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and Eve lived in perfect harmony with God and nature.
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God gave Adam and Eve one rule to follow. They
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were not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge
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of Good and Evil. This was a special tree placed
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in the middle of the garden, and eating from it
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would bring terrible consequences. God wanted to protect them from
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those consequences, so he clearly instructed them not to eat
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its fruit. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,
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you may freely, unconditionally eat the fruit of every tree
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of the garden, but only from the tree of the
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knowledge of good and evil. You must not eat otherwise,
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on the day you eat from it, you will certainly
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die because of your disobedience. Genesis, chapter two, verses sixteen
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and seventeen. In the garden of Eden, there was a
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very clever snake. This snake was different from the others.
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It could speak and had a cunning idea to deceive
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Adam and Eve. Now the serpent was more cunning, subtle,
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and skilled in deceit than any other animal of the
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field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent
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Satan said to the woman, did God really say you
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shall not eat from any tree of the garden? Genesis
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chapter three, verse one. The Bible tells us that the
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serpent was more cunning than any other animal of the
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field which the Lord God had made. The serpent began
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speaking to Eve, asking a deceptive question to make her
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doubt God's command. It asked if God really said they
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couldn't eat from any tree in the garden. The serpent
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was trying to confuse Eve and make her think that
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God's rules were irrational. Eve responded to the serpent, explaining
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that they could eat from the trees in the garden,
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except for the one in the middle. She also added
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that they were not to touch it, or they would die.
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The serpent then told Eve a blatant lie, directly contradicting
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what God had said. It claimed they wouldn't die if
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they ate the fruit. Instead, it said their eyes would
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be opened and they would be like God, knowing good
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and evil. Genesis chapter three, verses four and five. This
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lie made Eve doubt God's goodness and his warning. Eve
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began to look at the fruit of the forbidden tree differently.
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She saw that it was good for food, pleasing to
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the eye, and desirable for gaining wisdom. The serpent's words
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made her think that eating the fruit might be a
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good idea after all. This shows that Eve was tempted
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in three ways, through her physical appetite, her visual attraction,
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and her desire for wisdom. These are common ways people
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are tempted even today. Have you ever been tempted to
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do something because it looked good or seemed like a
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smart choice, even though you knew it was wrong. Eve
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made the fateful decision to eat the fruit. She took
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some and ate it, then gave some to Adam, who
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was with her, and he also ate. This act of
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disobedience was the first sin and changed everything for Adam,
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Eve and all of humanity. And when the woman saw
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that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes,
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and desirable for gaining understanding, she took some of its
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fruit and ate it. And she also gave some to
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her husband, and he ate it Genesis chapter three, verse six.
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After they ate the fruit, their eyes were opened and
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they realized they were naked for the first time. They
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felt shame and guilt and tried to cover themselves with
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fig leaves. This was a huge change from their innocence
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before the fall. This story shows how the serpent, who
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was Satan in disguise, uses deception and lies to lead
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people away from God. It reminds us to be careful
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about whom we listened to and to trust in God's word.
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Have you ever felt deceived by something that seemed good
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at first but later turned out to be harmful. Adam
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and Eve's disobedience brought not only physical consequences, but also
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spiritual consequences. They were separated from God in a way
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they had never experienced before. This separation is called spiritual death.
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They no longer had the perfect and close relationship with
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God that they once enjoyed. For the wages of sin
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is death, but the free gift of God, which is
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his extraordinary and abundant grace to believers, is eternal life
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in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans, chapter six, verse twenty three.
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The punishment of the serpent. After Adam and Eve realized
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they had disobeyed God, he began to announce the consequences,
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starting with the serpent. The serpent, used by Satan to
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deceive Eve, was cursed above all other animals. It would
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crawl on its belly and eat dust for the rest
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of its life. This curse marked the serpent as a
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symbol of deceit and evil. So the Lord God said
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to the serpent, because you have done this, you are
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cursed more than all live stock, and more than all
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wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat
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dust all the days of your life. Genesis, chapter three,
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verse fourteen. This curse showed that there would always be
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a struggle between good and evil. God said there would
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be strong enmity between the serpent and the woman, and
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also between their offspring. This prediction meant that one day
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good would triumph over evil, and I will put enmity
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open hostility between you and the woman, and between your
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offspring and hers. He will fatally crush your head, and
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you will strike his heel. Genesis, chapter three, verse fifteen.
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The judgments on Adam, Eve, and the serpent reveal several
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important truths about sin and its consequences. First, sin disrupts
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our relationship with God and with one another. Adam and
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Eve's actions brought separation from God and introduced conflict into
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their relationship. Therefore, just as through one man, sin entered
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the world and death through sin, and thus death spread
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to all men because all sinned Romans, chapter five, verse twelve. Second,
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these judgments highlight both God's justice and mercy. While he
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punished Adam and Eve, he also provided away for their redemption.
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The message about the offspring of the woman who would
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crush the serpent's head points to Jesus Christ, who would
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defeat sin and death. Therefore, as through one man's offense,
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judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so
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through one man's righteous act, the free gift came to
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all men, resulting in justification of life. Romans, chapter five,
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verse eighteen. God's actions show that he is just and
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must punish sin, but he is also loving and merciful,
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providing a way for humanity to be restored to him.
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