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Satan was an angel of light (Lucifer); Isaiah 14:12-15. God had entrusted him with the ministry of praise and worship. However, he coveted the glory (throne) of God and had come to have the trust of certain angels who contracted (agreed) with him to take God's place.

He sent the archangel Michael and a group of his angels to fight Satan and his followers. And he was overcome and found no more his place in heaven; Ezekiel 28:13-18; Revelation 12:7-12. This is where the creation of hell took place reserved for the devil and his followers; Revelation 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where are the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

He will therefore attack the marvelous creature of God that is man. He succeeded by his cunning in getting Adam and Eve to sin against God to separate them from Him, knowing that his fate is sealed in; Genesis 3:1 The serpent was the most cunning of all the animals of the field, that the Lord God had done it. And he said to the woman, Did God really say, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 The woman answered the serpent, We eat the fruit of the trees of the garden. 3 But as for the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat thereof, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not die; 5 But God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil. 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the sight, and that it was precious for opening the mind; she took of its fruit, and ate; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate of it. 7 The eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and having sewn together fig leaves, they made girdles for themselves. 8 Then they heard the voice of the LORD God going through the garden toward evening, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

And disobedience (sin) will cause a significant number of consequences on the life of man, namely labor, labor pains and their corollary Genesis 3: 13 And the LORD God said to the woman: Why did you do this? The woman answered: The serpent deceived me, and I ate it. 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed shalt thou be above all cattle, and above all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou walk, and dust shalt eat all the days of thy life. 15 I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: she shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise her heel. 16 He said to the woman, I will increase the pain of your childbearing, you will bear children with pain, and your desire will be for your husband, but he will rule over you. 17 And he said unto the man, Because thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, Thou shalt not eat of it; the ground will be cursed because of you. By hard work you will obtain food from it all the days of your life, 18 it will produce thorns and briers for you, and you will eat the grass of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.

 

Therefore all men fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Because of God's love for men, he slaughtered a sheep and took its skin to make clothes for Adam and Eve while they were dressed in clothes made of leaves;Genesis 3:21 The LORD God made Adam and his wife garments of skins, and clothed them with them. This sacrificed animal symbolized Jesus Christ who was about to be sacrificed as the Lamb of God; John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and he said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. 30  This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who was before me, for he was before me. 31  I did not know him, but that he might be made manifest to Israel, I came to baptize with water. 32  John gave this testimony: I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and settle on him. 33  I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, “He on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit . 34  And I saw, and bore witness that he is the Son of God.

 

 

 

From that time on, sin will reign in the lives of men until the murder of Cain to Abel his brother Genesis 4:9  The LORD said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He replied: I don't know; am I my brother's keeper? 10  And God said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out from the earth to me. 11  Now therefore shalt thou be cursed by the earth, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood at thy hand. 12  When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer give you its wealth. You will be a wanderer and a wanderer on the earth. 13  Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is too great to bear. 14 Behold, thou castest me this day from this earth; I will be hidden from your face, I will be a wanderer and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. Meanwhile, Cain, who calls himself a wanderer, no longer seeks God and those who will be born after him. But when Adam and Eve had Seth, and when he had Enoch, then some of his lineage returned to God, thus laying the foundation of the kingdom of God; Genesis 4:26 Seth also had a son, and he called his name 'Enosh. It was then that people began to call on the name of the Lord; see the prodigal son in Luke 15:12. The younger said to his father, My father, give me the portion of good that is due to me. And the father divided his property with them. 13  A few days later, the youngest son, having gathered everything, left for a distant country, where he wasted his wealth by living in debauchery. 14  When he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that land, and he began to be in need. 15  He went to serve one of the inhabitants of the land, who sent him into his fields to tend the swine. 16  He would have liked to have his fill of the blackbirds that the swine ate, but no one gave him any. 17  When he came to his senses, he said to himself, How many hired servants at my father's house have bread in abundance, and I here am dying of hunger! 18  I will arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you, 19  I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your mercenaries. 20  And he arose, and went to his father. As he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, he ran and threw himself around his neck and kissed him. 21  The son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 22  But the father said to his servants, Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; put a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet. 23  Bring the fatted calf, and kill it. Let us eat and be merry; 24  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and he is found. And they began to rejoice.

However, the Cainites were interested in earthly civilizations. Over time, God chose Abraham to reveal the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Indeed, He told this man to leave his father's house because he worships false gods there. He obeyed and God used him to reveal mysteries. He asked him to sacrifice Isaac, the son he had with his lawful wife Sarah. He took the child to the mountain and tied him up to sacrifice him. God sent an angel to tell him not to touch the child because he saw his obedience. He gave him a ram which he sacrificed in place of the child. If God refused human blood which is more powerful than animal blood and gave Abraham a ram, this symbolized Jesus Christ Genesis 22:6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering, loaded it on his son Isaac, and carried in his hand the fire and the knife. And they both walked together. 7 Then Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, saying, My father! And he answered: Here am I, my son! Isaac replied: Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? 8 Abraham answered, My son, God will provide himself with the lamb for the burnt offering. And they both walked together. 9 When they came to the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac, and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. 11 Then the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he answered: Here I am! 12 And the angel said, Stretch not thine hand upon the child, nor do any thing unto him; for now I know that you fear God, and have not withheld your only son from me.

Another man was the object of God's glory. Moses made a bronze serpent which he placed on the stake so that the men bitten by the serpent could be restored to life. These logos that we see in front of pharmacies are the interpretation of this fact. But this symbol always represented Jesus Christ who was to be sacrificed number 21: 6 Then the Lord sent burning serpents against the people; they bit the people, and many died in Israel. 7 And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee. Pray to the LORD, that he may take these serpents away from us. Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD said to Moses, Make for yourself a fiery serpent, and place it on a pole; whoever is bitten and looks at it will live. 9 Moses made a serpent of bronze, and placed it on a pole; and whoever was bitten by a serpent, and looked at the bronze serpent, preserved his life.

 

It is after all these revelations that Jesus will come to perform the said sacrifice for the whole world; John 19: 23 The soldiers, after having crucified Jesus, took his clothes, and they made four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took his tunic, which was seamless, of one fabric from top to bottom. And they said among themselves, 24 Let us not rend it, but let us cast lots whose it shall be. This happened so that the word of Scripture might be fulfilled: They divided my garments among them, and they cast lots for my tunic. This is what the soldiers did. 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Two persons (robbers) were crucified with him;Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will give him his portion with the great; He will share the spoil with the mighty, because he gave himself up to death, and was numbered with the evildoers, because he bore the sins of many, and that he interceded for the guilty.

One of them received forgiveness of his sins and was guaranteed paradise because he recognized that he was a sinner; Luke 23:39 And one of the crucified malefactors reviled him, saying, Are you are you not Christ? Save yourself, and save us! 40 But the other rebuked him, and said, Do you not fear God, who are under the same condemnation? 41 For us it is justice, for we receive what our crimes deserve; but this one didn't do anything wrong. 42 And he said to Jesus, Remember me, when you come in your kingdom. 43 Jesus answered him, Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

Would you be forgiven? God is merciful and ready to forgive you every time because of the blood of Jesus.

God bless you, amen!