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Godsartist — Adam, Eve, and the Serpent
Published: 2011-09-19 22:31:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 17482; Favourites: 156; Downloads: 84
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Here is a pic that I felt inspired to do for a while and just couldn't get around to it. I also couldn't imagine the camera angle and set up, then the idea just came to me one night. I hope you like it. God Bless!Art and Character design (c) Copyright Adam Stoak
HERE IS THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION: Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test: Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God’s name in vain? Jesus said, “Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” If you have done these things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart, and the Bible warns that one day God will punish you in a terrible place called Hell. But God is not willing that any should perish. Sinners broke God’s Law and Jesus paid their fine. This means that God can legally dismiss their case: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Then Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. Today, repent and trust Jesus, and God will give you eternal life as a free gift. Then read the Bible daily and obey it. God will never fail you.
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I no longer believe the snake to be a real snake. Some scholars believe it was a shining one. The Hebrew word for snake is nachash can also mean to shining. An angel like being that's snake like? Maybe? Read these articles gave me second harrisonwoodard.com/2014/03/th… and this www.echoesofenoch.com/grays.ht… is just beyond being strange. However non human sapient being makes more sense then a posses snake.
Also Adam and Eve probably being in the garden for a long time because God mention domesitcated animals and domesitcation takes thousands of years. You could say that God made them that way, but why not make them all tame? Also all animals start out wild. So if they been in the garden for that long. Eve should've know that something was wrong about a talking snake.
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I believe that Satan most likely possessed a snake and made it speak. Similar to the Angel that made Balams donkey speak.
As it pertains to wild animals, I believe you are looking at a prefall world through the lens of a fallen world. Everything before the fall and sin was good or very good, and death did not enter the world until after sin. So animals had no reason to fear each other or humans. They were wild in the sense that the were free, but not hostile like current wild animals.
To the fact that eve should have known something was up because of a talking snake, I’m not so sure about that. Adam and Eve were two people in a vast world in which I’m sure they encountered new and fascinating things everyday. I mean God himself walked in the garden with them. Which certainly doesn’t happen today. I think they most likely lived with a sense of child like wonder, and just took things as they come.
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Still don't believe it was a snake. Not even a posesse one.
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That’s fine, but clearly the vast majority of scholars translates it serpent.
נָחָשׁ
nâchâsh
naw-khawsh'
From H5172; a snake (from its hiss): - serpent.
Now the “hiss” part is interesting from the Strongs number H5172 which is:
נָחַשׁ
nâchash
naw-khash'
A primitive root; properly to hiss, that is, whisper a (magic) spell; generally to prognosticate: - X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.
So was magic involved on part of the evil serpent? This would certainly explain Gods hate for it. But it’s clear from this scripture that that the Bible is talking about a creature or beast.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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True, but notice the word "other" wasn't in there. Although some translation has the word "other" in it. The way I read it. I don't see a snake. Not even a posses one. I see a serpentine entity.
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Here is a scripture from, Matthew 10:16 NKJV
[16] "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
Some translate the word wise here as cunning or shrewd. This seems to harken back to Genesis 3. It seems to have been a common belief of Jewish people, even Jesus himself, that the characteristic of a serpent was wise/shrewd/or cunning. Which would be in line with the comment about the serpent in the garden.
It could possibly be fine to see a serpentine entity in this passage, but you may be reading or placing more into the text than is actually there. Especially with the surrounding context of scripture like comparing the serpent to “any beast of the field.” And seeing how people, including Jesus, viewed serpents as wise or cunning. Plus there are other words that could have been used here that denote other serpentine creatures like leviathan or dragon or lizard, but the word that is most often used for a serpent is used in Genesis 3. Although, the serpent talks, so in some way it’s no ordinary serpent.
Isaiah 27:1 actually has three of these types all together- (the H number things are the Stong’s concordance Hebrew numbers)
In that H1931 day H3117 the LORD H3068 with his sore H7186 and great H1419 and strong H2389 sword H2719 shall punish H6485 H5921 leviathan H3882 the piercing H1281 serpent, H5175 even leviathan H3882 that crooked H6129 serpent; H5175 and he shall slay H2026 ( H853 ) the dragon H8577 that H834 is in the sea. H3220
But it is clear from this scripture that leviathan is considered both a serpent and a dragon. So who knows? God I guess. But it is also clear from scripture that Satan is a dragon, which by this verse and others would also make him a serpent.
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Sorry, it took a bit to get back to you. Yes you can use it just like you said all I ask is that you give credit.
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I love how you gave the serpent legs!!! Not many ppl draw that.
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Thanks! Yeah a lot of people don’t, but I like that part.
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Same here! and your'e welcome
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You are welcome, whole thing was a fresh look for me. I never considered it the way you illustrated it, and that is even cooler, since I imagine a lot.
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Thanks again, yeah, as artists we always have pictures in our minds when we hear stories.
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No, the Bible doesn't say what it was. I just didn't want to do a plane old apple like everyone else.
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Thank you very much!
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I really like your work! Beautiful job! 
Love the saber-toothed tiger and dino. 
The forbidden fruit looks similar to the one I've seen Answers In Genesis do. Have you seen their comics? (e.g. answersingenesis.org/media/car… )
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No, I didn't know Answers in Genesis make comics. That's cool! I'll need to check it out, and thanks for the kind words.
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You're welcome!
Their cartoonist, Dan Lietha, does wonderful work. Go check it out.
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I like the fact how you made the forbidden fruit look like a devil fruit.
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You know, I had never really watched or read One Piece until after I did this image, but I had seen a little OP ( like the first 2 episodes) before this was drawn. So maybe drawing it that way was subconscious, but I do remember thinking I didn't want to portray the fruit like the normal apple or like any fruit we usually see. I wanted something different from normal fruit because it wasn't a normal tree. But I can't deny it does look like a devil fruit.
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Thank you, that i my nod to the belief that man man lived with all creatures including dinosaurs. There is a little brontosaur sitting beside the tree.
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I never even noticed that lil critter. He just blended into the bg lol
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Yeah he's just a baby.
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I am doing up a bible project and am wondering if I can use this amazing art on bibleace.com/genesis/5.html
Hope to hear from you soon.
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