Why the Serpent is Satan.

Why the Serpent in Genesis chapter 3 is Satan

I. The serpent will be crushed under a man’s foot
A. Verse 15 says And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
1. The women’s offspring will eventually entail Jesus’ birth. And Jesus will defeat Satan.
2. Romans 16:20 says “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.” This shows that God will crush Satan’s head under Eve’s offspring’s feet.
I. Orginial Liar
a. John 8:44 says “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
i. The Serpent is the original liar, The original liar is Satan. Satan is the serpent.

II. The Book of Revelation
a. Revelation 12:9 “The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
b. Revelation 20:2 “He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

III. Satan has only directly tempted God’s “sons” or the sinless
a. It is a fact that Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus was perfect/sinless and God’s creation and had an obligation to fill, ordered by God. So Satan tried to destroy all that.
b. Who else was God’s creation? Who else was perfect/sinless? Who else had an obligation to God? And who was tempted in order to destroy all of that? Adam!
IV. Parallels between the beginning and end of chapters in Genesis.
a. Genesis 1
i. Beginning = starting creation
ii. End = finishing creation
b. Genesis 2
i. Beginning = Heaven AND earth were finished
ii. End = Man AND wife come together to become one (finished)
c. Genesis 4
i. Eve gave birth to Cain, and praised to Lord
ii. Seth gave birth to Enosh, and praised the Lord
d. Genesis 5
i. Self explanatory, it’s a list of Adam’s descendents
e. Genesis 6
i. Beginning = People began to multiply; Fulfilling what God commanded them to do
ii. End = “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him”
f. Back to Genesis 3
i. Beginning = “Now the serpent was more craft than any other wild animal”
ii. End =Cherubim (4 faces, 3 being animals) and flaming sword
iii. This leads us to believe that there was something mystical/other-worldly characteristics of this serpent; which would point to Satan.
V. Dust
a. “and dust you shall eat all the days of your life” [serpent]
b. “you are dust and to dust you shall return” [man]
c. Satan feeds off of sinful people/actions. When the sinful man dies, he is together with Satan.
VI. How the stories go
a. Who is the Bad guy in this story? [serpent]
b. Who is the bad guy in the Bible? [Satan]
c. Serpent = Satan