Are you ready to learn some more spiritual meat that does not require you to believe in Satan? The ‘serpent‘ in Genesis 49:17 through Ecclesiastes.

Last week in Part 2, we learned that the trees in Eden were literal trees planted by God (Genesis 2:9), good for food and pleasant to the sight—not symbolic of people. The “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” represented God’s Law, which reveals sin and brings death through disobedience (Romans 7:9-12), while the Tree of Life symbolizes Jesus Christ, offering mercy and eternal life (Revelation 22:2). Although trees are sometimes used symbolically elsewhere (Ezekiel 31), Genesis presents them plainly as real.
When Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden tree, their eyes were opened, meaning they became aware of sin—not through physical or sexual experience, but spiritual guilt and loss of innocence (Genesis 3:7; 2 Corinthians 5:3-4; Revelation 16:15). Nakedness represented their new spiritual shame and mortality, requiring God to clothe them through the first blood sacrifice (Genesis 3:21), foreshadowing Christ.
Cain’s offering was rejected because he offered fruit instead of blood, ignoring the principle that life and atonement require blood (Leviticus 17:11). Abel’s offering was accepted because it was made by faith (Hebrews 11:4), trusting God’s way, while Cain’s offering was faithless and rooted in rebellion (1 John 3:12).
The serpent (nachash/ophis) symbolizes mental deception, not a sexual act, proven by Paul’s warning that Eve was mentally beguiled (2 Corinthians 11:3). This spiritual seduction mirrors how false doctrines today corrupt the mind away from the simplicity of Christ.
Ultimately, Part 2 shows that Adam and Eve lost their innocence through disobedience to God’s command, Cain’s bloodless sacrifice symbolized man’s rebellion, and the true source of deception is the carnal mind, not a supernatural entity. True life comes only through faith in Jesus Christ, the Tree of Life.

Now let’s cover the ‘serpent’ verses from Genesis 49 to Ecclesiastes and see if we can find a ‘devil’ or if ‘serpent’ means something else than what we’ve been taught.

DEVIL SATAN SERPENT – document,/audios/links to charts

Part 3 AUDIO

Listen to this series summary first and you will be better equipped to absorb all the info in the series and connect dots easier. Just a suggestion.

Series SUMMARY (A Reader’s Digest Version) (2hr10m) https://archive.org/download/devil-satan-serpent/DEVIL%20SATAN%20SERPENT%20Series%20SUMMARY.mp3 (You can read the summary, it’s at the very end of the document)

 

These are Quick Reference Charts

Serpent Chart https://www.thinkoutsidethebeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Devil-SERPENT-Chart.pdf

Devil Chart https://www.thinkoutsidethebeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DEVIL-Chart-Master.pdf

Satan Chart https://www.thinkoutsidethebeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SATAN-Chart.pdf

 

2SL Rejection Explanation (14 min) https://archive.org/download/devil-satan-serpent/DEVIL%20SATAN%20SERPENT%202SL%20REJECTION%20EXPLANATION.mp3