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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"THE GARDEN OF EDEN" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
I DON'T LIKE TO STUDY ABOUT SATAN BUT SOMEONE WANTED TO KNOW MY THOUGHT ON WHY GOD WOULD PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WITH ADAM AND EVE. THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS AND WHAT I HAVE STUDIED ON THE MATTER. WE KNOW THAT SATAN WAS IN THE GARDEN ACCORDING TO EZEKIEL BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS THEIR TO WATCH OVER THEM. THESE WERE GOD'S PERFECT CREATIONS AS SATAN WAS. I BELIEVE THAT INIQUITY CAME INTO HIM WHILE HE WAS IN THE GARDEN WITH THEM AND HE WENT BACK TO HEAVEN TRYING TO TAKE OVER GOD'S POSITION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD PUT SATAN IN THE GARDEN IN HIS FALLEN STATE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE LIKE PUTTING A LION INTO A PEN OF SHEEP. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE GOD WOULD EVER DO THAT.
THIS IS THE ACCOUNT OF WHAT EZEKIEL HEARD FROM THE LORD. WHEN THEY ARE MENTIONING THE KING OF TYRUS, THIS HAS TO BE SATAN FROM WHAT FOLLOWS IN THE VERSE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE NO EARTHLY KING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. (EZEKIEL 28:11-15 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.)
I HOPE THIS HELPED TO UNDERSTAND WHY SATAN WAS IN THE GARDEN, AND I THINK, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE BECAME PRIDEFUL. WE CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT THIS IN THE WAY WE ACT AND CARRY OURSELVES. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TO TAKE PRIDE IN YOURSELF AND MAYBE IT IS IF YOU DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY. HOWEVER, HAVING PRIDE IN THE WRONG WAY MUST BE BAD BECAUSE JESUS MENTIONS IT WITH SOME BAD THINGS IN MARK 7:21-23 WHEN HE SAYS "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." ALSO, I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THAT SAYING IN PROVERBS 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." SEEING WHAT HAPPENED TO SATAN WHEN HE BECAME PRIDEFUL MAKES YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT BEING PRIDEFUL, DOESN'T IT. WELL, IT DOES ME ANYWAY.
