What stands between the human soul and God? Our flesh. Our flesh is the problem, and the Spirit of God is the solution. Now for some background on sin and the flesh.
Some say that all sins are the same. Indeed, the penalty for any unrepented sin is death. Scripture says that the “wages of sin is death,” [i] notwithstanding which sin. The payback is the same unless the “debt” has been forgiven. That is where Jesus steps in — He paid the prices for all the sins of the world: to wit: “As ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot…” (1 Pet 1:18-19).
Which sin is greatest? Not necessarily those that crucified Jesus but those who planned His death and instigated the crime. The cunning ones doing the will of their “father, the Devil.” Satan was in Judas, and unbeknownst to them, they were doing the will of Satan.
Speaking to Pilate on the judgment day of Jesus, Jesus said to him, “He that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.” [ii] The question is, Who was the “he” that delivered Jesus to Pilate? Was “he” Judas? Was “he” Annas? Was “he” Caiaphas? Or was “he” the multitude?
Judas betrayed Jesus, but he did not deliver on the betrayal. Annas, Caiaphas, and the multitude did! Even the apostles accompanied Jesus to the Cross without defending His honor. Yes, even the apostles committed a greater sin than Pilate. But Pilate, even, still sinned!
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Rom 3:23). Jesus died in the place of the centurion who pierced him, those who gambled for his clothing, Pilate, the multitude, and both Caesar and Judas themselves! All flesh deserved to die in the judgment of God, but to preserve themselves, they all killed the Flesh of God. He was the “scapegoat” of long ago!
Someone’s flesh had to die, and God volunteered. The flesh in Christianity is a metaphor for carnality, or more precisely, “carnal knowledge.” Adam and Eve were created with flesh, but Satan imbued it with evil knowledge — that is to say, “carnal knowledge,” and knowing the pleasures of the flesh.
Throughout scripture, coitus (sexual intercourse) is called “knew” as with Adam and Eve whose “Eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked” (Gen 3:7). The question is, Whom did they know? They perhaps had carnal knowledge with the “Serpent” (nāḥāš; Strong’s Dictionary). “Serpent” is an inexact translation. That Hebrew word also means “image.” Rather than a “snake,” the two had encountered an image of God.
Think on that for a moment! Speaking of Lucifer, Isaiah wrote, “I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit” (Isa 14:14-15). Lucifer, hanging from “his” stolen tree, was like the Most High God nearby in the Tree of Life. The true God is the Tree of Life but there alongside Yahweh as the Tree of Life was Lucifer in the Tree of Death, and of course, presenting tempting fruit to entice the flesh to death.
It was not better fruit but more pleasing to harvest because its fruits were lower, plus they were forbidden!
The root noun of nāḥāš means “Enchanter.” (ibid). The image was certainly of flesh much like Adam’s but not “glorious flesh” in the true Image of the True God.
Whereas God breathed life unto Adam, Lucifer, posing as the image of God, or as Yeshua Himself, enchanted Eve. The image of God charmed her into thinking that she was in the presence of God and what she did was not sinful, but trespassing. The difference is entering into temptation compared to willfully disobeying the Word.
Why was Eve punished? What did she admit to? The image beguiled her! [iii] She thought the image was the real thing. She thought that she was learning new knowledge from God. Like a child who has suddenly become aware that her genitals provide pleasure, Eve, perhaps, thought she was being made a wife of God Himself!
Did Eve have carnal knowledge with the image of Lucifer? The Talmud indicates that, but is their scriptural evidence? “The message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother” (1 John 3:11-12).
The Hebrew word for “beguiled” (nasha’) also means “seduced.” Lucifer was like the pedophile who offers candy to the little girl in exchange for sex. Not knowing what she is doing, a young girl often does things beyond her years. Eve may have done that! Lucifer would be the first “pedophile” as Eve was as innocent as a child.
The penalty matched the seduction: To Eve, God said, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen 3:16).
Eve was not punished so much as learning the consequences of her actions. She should have questioned God, not the one posing in the image as God. Then the Accuser, accused Adam and Eve of doing as he was doing; to be “as God” (Gen 3:5).
Eve learned that carnal knowledge invaded her genitalia and that pain in birth was a consequence of carnal knowledge. Why pain in childbirth? Because rather than her husband, she had just lost her virginity to a false God. A being who had merely enchanted her with his knowledge of the flesh that he was in!
Just what kind of flesh did Lucifer put on? Certainly not a lamb’s skin for that is what God would use to cover the sins of Adam and Eve. Perhaps look elsewhere. Isaiah called the “Fiery Serpent” a śārāp̄. From Isaiah 6:2 it is determined that the “Serpent” was not a viper but an angelic being called a “Seraph.” Seraph means “burning one” (Wikipedia). Is that with fire or emotion? Paul wrote, “It is better to marry than to burn” (1 Cor 7:9). Was he alluding to the “Burning One?” Perhaps he was!
Seraphim are known for surrounding God on His throne singing, “Holy, Holy, Holy.” [iv] Was Lucifer singing that to Eve; that the evil knowledge from him was Holy, Holy, Holy? Did Lucifer sing to her? Somehow, the fiery Seraph inflamed Eve as Cain was of the Wicked One!
Certainly, Eve “knew” Lucifer because Cain’s nature was like Lucifer’s. Cain would even insult God with his version of what an acceptable sacrifice should be! Somehow sin got into the DNA of Adam’s (sic) kind from Lucifer. Throughout scripture, all beings plant “seeds.” Perhaps the winged creature, Lucifer, sowed his seed just as God did in the Garden.
The Seraph was penalized as well: Unto the fiery flying Seraph God said, “Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life” [v] Did God remove his legs as some say, or was it the Seraph’s wings that were removed? Did Lucifer have his appearance changed to be like Adam’s? If not, why the promise? And I will put hatred between you, Lucifer, and Eve, and between your seed (Judas) and her seed (Jesus); Jesus shall bruise your head, and you shalt bruise the heel of Judas. Judas was Adam’s kind.
Jesus would step on the skull of Adam on Golgotha and the heel of Jesus would be bruised when that happened. As Jesus stepped on Adam’s skull, the sins of all the Adams since were defeated. While that was happening, Lucifer in Judas was falling to the dust just as Isaiah saw in his vision, and just as is implied when the Seraph lost his wings!
Lucifer’s problem was his flesh. He wanted glorious flesh like the Father, but his was just the image of that. He was jealous of Adam because Adam was in the image of God with glorious flesh, but he was not. So, what did Lucifer do? He could not create but he could enter other creatures. Perhaps the Serpent is “Serpent” because that animal was the flesh the Seraph used as his image.
My bet is that “Serpent” did not describe the image of the Seraph, but his cunning [vi] and that the actual image that Lucifer chose was of a man so that Eve would desire her new “Lord” who replaced Adam. [vii] With sin, Adam no longer had dominion over the world; Lucifer would have, and Eve said “Lord” rather than “Lord God” as elsewhere in the Book of Genesis.
Why else did her punishment was, “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee?” Because she had desired another man (sic)… at least a cunning Seraph that appeared as another Adam (man). Rather than the image like Adam ruling over her, perhaps subduing her through cunning, her desire would be for her husband.
Why would that be the punishment? Because she had surely had desire for the image that looked so much like her husband. Did Lucifer appear to be just another Adam? Did the ploy of the Seraph work so well that he still uses those deceptions to this day for adultery and fornication?
As Jesus is the “Second Adam” was the Image that Lucifer chose, Jesus? Is that do farfetched considering that Satan will chose that same image in the end as the Antichrist? Was the Beast in the Tree of Knowledge in the image of Jesus but was truly the Antichrist? Did Eve take the Mark of the Beast? Was the Mark the nature of cursed Cain? Indeed, the flesh of Cain was marked: “The Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him” (Gen 4:15). That “Mark” whatever it was, would keep those with the Mark of the Beast’s child safe until the apocalypse. Then they too would chose whose children they are” Lucifer’s natural children or those adopted by God as His children?
What is the mark? It is in the blood! The blood of Jesus must be preserved! Cain’s mark was because his blood was tainted. He had the blood and DNA of Lucifer in him. Those who take the mark will take some type of injection that changes their DNA. With that said, no acids shall be injected unto this Living Creature!
However, the point here is that Eve’s flesh was her problem! She lusted after another naked “man” and to her credit, she was ashamed and covered her “shame” with an apron of fig leaves!
Next, Adam’s sin will face the test of scripture.
(picture credit: Wikipedia; "Cain")
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