The Serpent\u2019s extreme intelligence and ability to speak can really only be explained by it being human.\u00a0 The Lilith legend provides the only plausible origin for this human.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Could the Serpent have been an ordinary animal that was somehow supernaturally given the power of speech?\u00a0 The evidence says no.\u00a0 The literal Hebrew of Ge 3:1 states that the Serpent itself is intelligent and crafty among all the mammals.\u00a0 It is not an indwelling demonic spirit that imparts the Serpent with these abilities.\u00a0 Intelligence and craftiness are innate in the creature.\u00a0 Indeed, the general tenor of Genesis implies that the Serpent\u2019s intelligence and ability to speak is not supernatural or unexpected, but rather the natural created state of the being.\u00a0 It certainly did not surprise Adam or Eve to see the Serpent talking.\u00a0 Eve held a long discussion with the Serpent and was deceived by it.\u00a0 It is inconceivable that she would express no surprise or inquire over seeing an animal speaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is only one instance in the Bible of an animal speaking through some type of supernatural intervention, and in that case, the feat was meant to astonish the witnesses.\u00a0 The event comes in Nu 22:28-30.\u00a0 There Jehovah opens the mouth of Balaam\u2019s ass to rebuke its rider.\u00a0 Jehovah is using the ass to demonstrate the spiritual blindness which had come over Balaam, whose ways had become perverse to God.\u00a0 The ass was able to see an armed angel blocking the way, but Balaam was not.\u00a0 God supernaturally gave the ass speech as a rebuke to Balaam.\u00a0 The absurdity of a talking ass wiser than its rider was meant to impress upon Balaam how perverse he had become. \u00a0While it is certainly conceivable that the Lucifer could manifest similar power and cause the Serpent to speak, Adam and Eve\u2019s shock at the site should have certainly matched Balaam\u2019s.\u00a0 Neither Eve nor Adam expressed any astonishment at seeing the Serpent speak.\u00a0 The Serpent must have been human.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Serpent\u2019s extreme intelligence and ability to speak can really only be explained by it being human.\u00a0 The Lilith legend provides the only plausible origin for this human.\u00a0 Could the Serpent have been an ordinary animal that was somehow supernaturally given the power of speech?\u00a0 The evidence says no.\u00a0 The literal Hebrew of Ge 3:1 … Continue reading “3.12 The Serpent’s Extreme Intelligence and Ability to Speak”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/196"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}