Satan's Tactics Are Overt & Covert (TMF:1174)

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Peace to Live By: Satan's Tactics Are Overt & Covert (TMF:1174) - Daniel Litton
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       The primary point here, though, is that Satan is “crafty.” We know that his tactics are both overt and covert. He uses both methods in his attacks. Here, in his first attack on mankind, we see that he comes at Eve in a covert manner. He possesses a snake, an animal which God had created, an animal which Adam had named (see Genesis 2:19, 20). So, Adam and Eve would have been familiar with the snake. And remember, none of the animals were against Adam and Eve since the fall hadn’t occurred yet. There was no sin in the world, so all the animals got along with each other, and they all got along with the first humans. There was no fear or animosity involved. Satan thus plays on this trust that Eve has for the animals, and even talks to her through the snake (which could indicate that all animals originally talked—interestingly enough). Eve doesn’t seem to act strange that an animal is talking with her. But don’t know for sure. Perhaps the text just doesn’t tell us that she thought it was weird.