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ZNPaaneah · 10-27-2016, 05:13 AM

I think it is acceptable to be general on this matter of the serpent in the garden. If someone wants to interpret the serpent allegorically, and equate it to the dragon, etc. I don't have an issue with that. Satan can simply mean God's enemy, and it is reasonable to say that the serpent was God's enemy.

On the other hand to say that "Satan entered into man's flesh", I think that is something that you can not base on a solely allegorical teaching but you need a black and white teaching, particularly in the NT before you say this. Even Romans 7 is a little too iffy for me to go this far.

10-27-2016, 05:13 AM	#261
ZNPaaneah Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,105	Re: Nigel Tomes - LSM's Unorthodox Satanology I think it is acceptable to be general on this matter of the serpent in the garden. If someone wants to interpret the serpent allegorically, and equate it to the dragon, etc. I don't have an issue with that. Satan can simply mean God's enemy, and it is reasonable to say that the serpent was God's enemy. On the other hand to say that "Satan entered into man's flesh", I think that is something that you can not base on a solely allegorical teaching but you need a black and white teaching, particularly in the NT before you say this. Even Romans 7 is a little too iffy for me to go this far.