GINOLJC, Satan, what a topic. many Christian really don't understand Satan role, or as a matter of fact angels roles, some EVIL. God introduce Evil into the world, NOT SIN, (the tree of the knowledge of good and "EVIL"). evil have a role, and that's where many Christian misunderstand. God uses evil angel to do his bidding also. example, Psalms 78:49 "He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them". but let's get to the point about Satan in the beginning in the Garden of Eden. the devil, or Satan beguiled or deceived the woman. Genesis 3:13 "And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat". here beguiled is the Hebrew word, H5377 נָשָׁא nasha' (naw-shaw') v.
1. to lead astray.
2. (mentally) to delude.
3. (morally) to seduce.
[a primitive root]
KJV: beguile, deceive, X greatly, X utterly.
so the KJV can translate the word as "deceive", and what do deceive means? 1. (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
Synonyms with: swindle, defraud, cheat, trick, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool, outwit, lead on, inveigle, beguile, double-cross, gull.
side note: By THE WOMAN being “beguile“ that should also put to death the notion of Eve was having sex with Satan/the devil, which is a lie. Yes study, so that one could “RIGHTLY DIVIDE” the word of God as said.
BUT LET'S SEE THIS DECEPTION, AND BEING BEGUILED CLEARLY.
Let the bible speak.
1 Kings 22:18 "And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so”.
That word Persuade in verse 20, 21, and 22 is the Hebrew word, H6601 פָּתָה pathah (paw-thaw') v. and it can be translated as “DECEIVE”, that's just what the Satan, (the evil one) did to Eve.
H6601 פָּתָה pathah means 1. to be open, i.e. be roomy.
2. (causative) to open, i.e. make roomy.
3. (usually figurative, in a mental or moral sense) to be simple.
4. (causatively) to make simple.
5. (in a sinister way) to delude.
6. to be deluded.
[a primitive root]
KJV: allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
yes, the KJV can translate it as "DECEIVE", again meaning to cause (someone) to believe something. now was Persuading the king by his prophets a sin? no, the evil was the Persuading itself. listen, 1 Kings 22:18 "And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?". the evil was the persuading report. if one thinks that the persuading report was the sin, I suggest one better re-read 1 Kings 22:18-22, because God authorized it. the cause is not the sin, but the one who acts on the deception, is the sinner.
