Was the serpent under instruction from God to seduce Eve?

Answer 1

No. It was used as a puppet by the spirit who became Satan, because he wanted to get the devotion and obedience of humankind. Revelation 12:9

Answer 2

No. This serpent [Satan the Devil] chose to live independently of God and thus rebelled in the Garden of Eden. The serpent seducing Eve was Satan's doing and Eve's lack of understanding. Notice that the serpent went to Eve first not Adam. This shows that Satan attacks the inexperienced. Adam was specifically told by God what tree to eat from and which tree not to eat from. After Eve was deceptively told by the serpent that eating the fruit would bound her to be like God, knowing good and bad, she went to Adam with the fruit. However, Adam did not have sense either as he went along with is wife and therefore suffered the consequences of their actions [death].

Yes, they did have children, but imperfect children. Note: Their first sons (Cain, Abel) made history. Cain committed the 1st act of murder ever by killing his brother Cain and Abel was the 1st servant of God by dying faithful to Him. Yet, Adam and Eve died and are in Ghenna [place of eternal destruction without the hope of a resurrection].

God let the serpent carry out his way to see if man can live independent of God. If God killed Satan right away, the angels could would be thinking that Satan was right in that humans can live independently of God. The fact that God has let this go on even to this day shows that no man can act independently of God because Jeremiah 10:23 says that "it does not belong, even for man to direct this steps."

Answer 3

No. The serpent was used by Satan to deceive her. Eve chose to believe the devil rather than God.
God is the only Creator, and ‘his activity is perfect,’ with no injustice or unrighteousness. (De 32:4) Therefore, the one becoming Satan was, when created, a perfect, righteous creature of God. He is a spirit person, for he appeared in heaven in the presence of God. (Job chaps 1, 2; Re 12:9) Jesus Christ said of him: “That one was a manslayer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him."
(John 8:44; 1John 3:8) Jesus here shows that Satan was once in the truth, but forsook it. Beginning with his first overt act in turning Adam and Eve away from God, he was a manslayer, for he thereby brought about the death of Adam and Eve, which, in turn, brought sin and death to their offspring. (Ro 5:12)
Satan was created with free-will and he misused it in his quest for self-worship.

Answer 4

Q: Was the serpent under instruction from God to seduce Eve?

No, ONly that God allowed satan to be in the Garden with them, knowing full well that it was inevitable that satan would try to decieve them and break the ONLY rule that they had from God. God did not instruct satan to do this, He just knew that satans nature would inevitably tempt them, he is the tempter.


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Answer 5

The garden of eden story was plagiarized from the Sumerian tablet story of the Anannaki. In the original version, the snake was a human trying to help humans escape these people who had enslaved them and 'Eve' was male also. The bible writers changed it to meet their needs so no, 'god' did not tell the 'serpent' to seduce 'Eve',

Answer 6

No, the serpent became into the fallen angel Lucifer, who became into jealous of God, and wanted to take the advent that God enjoyed maximum from Him. So, he tempted Adam and Eve to disobey God's one rule. awareness 2:24: "yet by making use of the envy of the devil dying got here into the worldwide". Apocalypse 12:7-9: "And there became right into a large conflict in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels: and that they prevailed not, neither became into their place got here across to any extent further in heaven. And that large dragon became into solid out, that previous serpent, who's spoke of as the devil and devil, who seduceth the entire worldwide; and he became into solid unto the earth, and his angels have been thrown down with him."

Answer 7

Satan, or the angel who became him, may have been a cherub with an assignment in the garden of Eden, but it was not to tempt the human couple.
Satan wanted worshippers for himself and thus he slandered God. The first prophecy uttered was against him and tells of his destruction at Genesis 3; 15,

Answer 8

Nope, the serpent did that all on his own. See Ezekiel 28:15-18 & Isaiah 1412-20.

Answer 9

Under instruction? Doubtful.

Personally, I think the snake was let into the garden just to test whether how faithful Mankind could be to God's instruction. They failed the test, so now the entire species is pretty much screwed. :P Sucks, huh?

Answer 10

The order/idea or notion of seduction did not originate with God. It originated with the enemy of God.