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Chapter 5
Satan’s tactics have not changed since he first appeared to mankind as the serpent in the Garden
of Eden. Yahweh had informed man of His will.
Genesis 2:16-17
And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely;
but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
from it you shall surely die."
Satan urged Eve to question what Yahweh had said. The serpent then told the woman that what
Yahweh had spoken was not true.
Genesis 3:4-5
And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely shall not die! For God knows that in the day you
eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Satan continues to invite mankind to question Yahweh’s words to this day. The serpent tells
humanity that they will not perish if they practice those things that Yahweh declares to be evil.
The serpent today appears in human form. In a parallel to the account in Genesis, his human
disciples bear the emblem of the serpent.
