2007-05-28 09:47:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Then why do lizards still have legs?
2007-05-28 09:58:21 · update #1
Did the serpent that spoke to Eve have legs?
As recorded at Gen. 3:14, Jehovah God addressed the serpent that had deceived Eve in the garden of Eden. God said: "Upon your belly you will go and dust is what you will all the days of your life." The Bible does not specifically state that the animal used in temping Eve had previously had legs but lost them. While the wording of Gen. 3:14 might lead some to think so, we need not necessarily conclude that prior to this curse, serpent had legs. WHY NOT?
Principally because the real object of Jehovah's judgment was Satan. Bible describes satan as "the father of the lie" and "the original serpent." These expressions point back to Satan's using a visible animal, a serpent, as his mouthpiece to induce Eve to disobey God's command.
The unreasoning serpent that spoke to Eve was not to blame. It would have been unaware that Satan was maniputating it, and it could not understand the judgment that God rendered against the disobedient parties.
Why, then, did God speak of the serpent's physical abasement? The behavior of a serpent in its natural environment, crawling on its belly and flicking its tongue as if to lick up dust, fittingly symbolized Satan's debased condition. Having enjoyed a lofty position as one of God's angels, he was consigned to the lowly condition referred to in the Bible as Tartarus 2 peter 2:4
As a literal serpent might wound a man's heel, Satan would "bruise the heel" of God's "seed" Gen 3:15 The primary part of that seed proved to be Jesus Christ, who temporarily suffered at the hands of Satan's agents. But the symbolic serpent's head will, in time, be permanently crushed by Jesus. God's directing his curse toward the visible serpent aptly pictured the debasement and ultimate destruction of the invisible "original serpent," Satan the Devil.
2007-05-28 10:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummmm...yeah, they're called lizards!
Why do lizards still have legs? you're not serious, are you?
They went down a different evolutionary path! It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
2007-05-28 10:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by Skippy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a lizard to me.
2007-05-28 09:50:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It looked about as stupid as a lizard, and if you read the Bible instead of mindlessly trying to ridicule it you will see that God never cursed all serpents, just the one in the garden and its descendants.
2007-05-28 10:19:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something like a lizard...
2007-05-28 09:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Alicia 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
!! Just like a Human Man, I'm Thinking! (God Made Adam > " Man In His Image." ) But the ole' Boy Blew It, By Tempting Eve And LYING To Her! Lost His Legs, and was " Cursed" By God, To Crawl ON HIS BELLY!
What a Consequence !! He's Still Crawling Too. (smile)
2007-05-28 10:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by minnetta c 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. Ask a lizard.
2007-05-28 09:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Snakes with legs? I don't think so.
2007-05-28 10:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you crazy snake with legs ? have not heard of it , seriously if some one told you that has got mental problems
2007-05-28 09:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ask Geico.
2007-05-28 09:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋