These past few days, I read the beginning of Genesis, which tells the story of creation, the Fall, the flood and some other things. It was delight to read them this week.
But I wanted to focus on one thing in my blog. That is the Fall and when Satan enters the Garden of Eden to tempt Eve to partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. This time around, I read it and this question came to my mind: Was Satan aware that he played a crucial part in the plan of salvation?
Allow me to explain. Sin had to occur in the Garden of Eden in order for Jesus Christ to become the Savior of the World. So Satan did that; he brought sin into the Garden and essentially into our lives. It was crucial for that to happen. So my question/thought is: Did Satan know he was bringing to pass the work of God? He rebelled against God in the war in Heaven and would nevver want to do anything that would please our Heavenly Father. I spoke to a leader at my church about this and he helped me with a few things. He explained that there must be opposition to all things and that Satan wants us to be miserable just like he is for all of eternity. Satan probably did not realize that by tempting Eve he was assisting in the plan of salvation but rather God knew the characteristics and desires of Satan's heart and knew Satan's power. God, being all-knowing, used that to His good.
It made me think a lot about the power of our Heavenly Father and how much He loves us. It also reminded me of the manipulative power of Satan and how he actively tries to, through sin, make us as miserable as we can be.
To make this post worth it even more, here is a picture of something I thought was cute.
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