Why did God allow the serpent to deceive Adam
and Eve?
God decided to create man and woman in His
own image (Gen 1.26). The purpose of God's creation is to produce the New
Jerusalem (Rev 21.2). Whatever project
one undertakes, the end achievement or result is the goal or objective. The goal of the Lord God, our Triune God’s
whole deal about creating humanity is to produce the New Jerusalem which is the bride of
God. The New Jerusalem which constitutes the redeemed, glorified church after the millennial
kingdom will be God's partner for eternity. Hallelujah. Glorified church is a corporate entity of human beings who with their freewill chose to obey the Lord God, no matter the cost while they were on earth. These people upheld their testimony and have denied their soul life even unto death. Their testimonies and their precious lives are the stones
on which the Lord Jesus is building His church .
For these testimonies to be perfect and acceptable by God, it need to be
without coercing and follow the Lord willingly. In order to achieve
that, the Lord has to show His creation what is evil, since He is good and all that belongs to Him is Holy. The serpent as an
incarnation of Satan introduced a never before entity into the creation,
sin. Eve’s disobedience led to Adam’s
fall which gave birth to mankind’s first sin.
Subsequently, man continued to fall from one level to another. God intervened during man's every fall and judged them accordingly. At the same time, He set aside for Himself a group of people who would remain faithful to Him. During the Old Testament time, God gave His people hope and promised a future messiah who will redeem them and save them from their sins. God’s chosen ones in every age before Christ had faith in
Him and the One who was to come. They
were encouraged through the prophecies of the coming Messiah and dispensation of God’s infinite love through
Him. Before Christ, people were battered by the law which induced fear of death, condemnation and slavery until the Word became flesh and dwelt among men. Lord Jesus as the Lamb of God fulfilled the law through His perfect life, death and resurrection. As the second Adam, He abolished death and ushered in abundant grace. Through His great work, a new glorious entity was born out which is the church. The
church as the body of Christ on earth today functions according to God’s
will. God can move and accomplish things on earth
through this body. Secondly, church is the
foretaste of the coming God's kingdom. The church over the course of time will transform mostly through tribulations into the New Jerusalem. This perfect New creation is possible indirectly through the participation of the devil.
In a negative way, Satan is contributing to the building of the church thought he thinks he is destroying it. Through the satanic evilness in the world, we can know what God is not, what He hates. When we choose God over the
trampled and crushed serpent we will be the goal of God's creation, the New Jerusalem. Amen.
