Gen.3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen.3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen.3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen.3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen.3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Luke 20:34-36 Angels do not die. Job 38:4-7; Angels see earth prepared.
Does he mean, no matter what they do, they will be like angels?
2007-02-19 17:17:53 · 9 answers · asked by jeni 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No. He meant that they would be able to determine for themselves what is right and wrong. Independence from God.
2007-02-19 18:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sal D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After reading then rereading this question several times I am just not getting what you are asking here !!
At first it seems that you are asking "who did Satan mean would be as gods ?"---- and if THAT is the question --- he was talking to Eve and it was implied that he meant Eve and Adam (for they were the occupants OF the Garden)
Then there is the script of text and then comes a seeming PREMISE---- asking what seems to be a question on what Satan meant by the terms he used "will not surely die" and "ye shall be as gods" and equating this to some analogy of co relations between those statements and other scripture to assume that he is meaning that Adam and Eve would become angels (???)
Okay then---- my take on this is---- your missing a very important point here--- this is Satan talking and He, darlin' is the Father of Lies--- not a thing he is telling this woman has a grain of truth to it--- he is into the process here of CONNING this woman out of her very soul----and the words that he is using here are meant to entice her into a belief that she can assume a status that is not possible for her !! Satan is appealing here to the absolute base of the human core of temptation through greed and arrogance !!
There is no god like or angelic like ascending for Adam or Eve by the breaking of God's law and the lie that promotes this is the lie of enticement that WAS at the beginning OF original sin !!!!
2007-02-20 01:43:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Satan hates men and women. He hates God, too. Satan's first ploy to wreck man's relationship to God is to get you to doubt the veracity (truthfulness) of God's Word "Yeah, hath God said..." (meaning "Has God indeed said...?"/Are you really sure?"), then he goes on to an outright lie "You will not surely die...For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Gen. 3:1-4). Note that the Scripture does not say "gods" but "God." Now, God does no know good an evil by experience, but by wisdom. He gives us free will to trust Him or not. And to "die" in this context means to be separated from God. As for Luke 20: The Lord was talking about angels who didn't rebel and people who would attain resurrection from the dead based on their belief in the Lord's work (as Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob and Rahb and Ruth and other old testament believers believed). As for people: we all continue to exist (forever and ever) in one of two states: with God, based on our acceptance of what the Lord Jesus (Yeshua, for our Jewish friends) did on the cross, or apart from God if we neglect such great salvation. Note that John's gospel he describes the Lord Jesus as the Word: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God..all things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made..," (John1:1-3). Satan wants you to doubt the truthfulness of God's Word (Jesus).
2007-02-20 02:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He meant just what he said. The Adam was a genetically engineered masterpiece of the gods. The gods said to each other, "Let US make man in OUR image," and they did. The particular Adam and his mate who tilled the Edin (original name for Eden) would have gained eternal life from the fruit of one tree, and knowledge from the other, becoming "like" the gods, but not quite equal to them. It was the god who prohibited them from touching the trees who lied by telling them that they'd die if they ate the fruit.
2007-02-20 02:25:07 · answer #4 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Satan was being deceitful.
You are taking things out of context.
2007-02-20 01:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by MoMoney23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think satan punked Adam and Eve. that devil!!
2007-02-20 01:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by La Niña Mas Linda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he said if they did what he said he would make them as powerful as gods, one more lie. he did not mean they would be angels at all.
2007-02-20 02:13:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'ye shall be as gods, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL"
they were innocent, they didn't know good or evil at the beginning
2007-02-20 01:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by LatterDaySaint and loving it 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so............
2007-02-20 01:25:07 · answer #9 · answered by Lostfairytale 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋