The Nephilim and Pyramid of Apocalypse by Patrick Heron Read Free Book Online

it does when Herod is called a “fox.” When the word serpent is used, it is for the purpose of expressing the truth more impressively, and it is intended to be something much more real than the letter of the word.
    Many times the Messiah is referred to as the “ Lamb of God .” But we all know this is a figure of speech and does not literally mean a four-legged woolly animal. The same applies when Satan is called “ the serpent ”; it does not mean a literal snake.
    Thus the Hebrew word nachash means to hiss, mutter, whisper (as do enchanters). It also has the meaning to be bright . Sometimes the word nachash is translated as fiery serpent . In the earlier passage quoted, we saw that Lucifer was an exalted celestial being full of wisdom and beauty. Nachash is similarly used to imply a glorious spirit being. 35
    In the New Testament, we are informed that Eve was beguiled by a serpent who is spoken of as an “ angel (messenger) of light ” (II Corinthians 11:3). So we have in all this evidence the word “ serpent ” meaning a glorious spirit being of superior aspect, knowledge and wisdom, full of beauty and fascination, with the ability to enchant and charm. It was to this bright shining angel of light that Eve paid such great deference and with whom she held a conversation. Not with a mere snake.
    It is worth noting here that, in describing the fall of Lucifer in Isaiah 14, the text refers to him as being a “man,” just as Gabriel and Michael are referred to as “men.”

    Is this the man who shook the Earth and made kingdoms tremble?
    The man who made the world a desert . . . ?
    Book of Isaiah 14:16,17

    We are told that his heart was lifted up because of his beauty. Then he was told: “ Thou corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness .” As a result of this corruption, it was then said: “I will cast thee to the ground. I will lay thee before kings that they may behold thee” ( Ezekiel 28:17 ).
    We are also told that the serpent was “more subtle than any beast of the field .” The word subtle means wise or crafty. The word beast is chay in Hebrew, which means “ living being .” So the serpent was wiser than any other living being created by Elohim. 36
    The idea of Eve holding a conversation with a snake is hard to fathom. But we can appreciate her being enchanted and fascinated by a spirit being who appeared as an angel of light, a glorious personage full of splendour and possessing supernatural knowledge and wisdom. This is the serpent of Genesis 3 and the figure of speech is used to emphasise the truth and reality of the situation. It is also remarkable that the word nachash (serpent ) is often rendered to enchant, fascinate, bewitch in many other places throughout the Old Testament.
    Many believe that the serpent of Genesis 3 is exactly that, a snake. But the author would like to refer to an in-depth study of this topic in Appendix 19 of The Companion Bible by E.W. Bullinger. Most Biblical scholars acknowledge Bullinger as one of the most esteemed and learned of all Biblical authors. He spoke fluent Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin and other languages and the breadth of work he did on scriptural writing is second to none. Bullinger asserts that the serpent is a figure of speech referring to Satan.
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    Returning to the core of the meeting between Lucifer and Eve, we note that the next verse, after they partake of the forbidden fruit, says that the eyes of Adam and Eve were opened and they knew that they were naked. This is known as the “Fall of Man.”
    Later, they made clothes of fig leaves to hide their nakedness. Then, when they heard the footsteps of Yaweh walking in the garden, they concealed themselves. Yaweh then confronts both Adam and Eve and Lucifer, and in His denunciation of their actions, He utters the first prophecy of the Messiah and that of the future doom of the serpent. In this one verse we have