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Brenda:
I found this written by KAT on 17 September 2016 - But what most cannot see is that there are two separate seeds that are in the world from this account, one of the seeds is from Adam and Eve, God's chosen and the line that would continue all the way to Christ's birth. While there is another real physical/literal seed spoken of... if you cannot see that the "serpent" was not a snake, but a living human and could only be those people living at the time Adam was formed and brought to life, then you cannot understand this.

My question here is, is Satan a man, and if so, where in Scripture do we find this description of Satan?

stello:
Good morning Brenda,

As far as i know, there is no account of a man being possessed by another man. Scripture shows however, that men have been possessed by demons.

Luke 22:3 "Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve."
 
Luke 8:29, 30 "29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places"

I don't think i read that post from Kat that you referenced, but nonetheless i'm unsure if the serpent was a man in the strictest sense. I am more inclined to believe it was a man possessed by a demon (Satan in particular).

Luke 10:17,18 "17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” 18 So He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.…"

Would be hard to imagine Satan being a man. For one thing he would have died a long time ago. Another, as a man he would have no power to tempt Jesus. Third, it would be difficult for a man to go through the earth seeking people to "devour".

Just my 2 cents.

Stello

Extol:
Brenda,

I don't believe Kat meant that Satan was/is literally a man; she meant the serpent/Satan entered a human, as in the Scripture Stello referenced ("Satan entered Judas..."). Also, Matthew 16:23: "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan!...'" Peter was not literally Satan.

Brenda:
Thank you so much for your guidance.  I thought that much, that Kat was most probably just using this example but referring to a person rather than Satan.  Sometimes, Satan can be very sly, trying to confuse our little brains.

indianabob:
Hi Brenda,

Also from the Strong's concordance 5172 & 5175 the word translated serpent or snake
can mean "hiss" or "whisper" or "enchanter/enchanted".
So could it be that Eve heard a whisper in her mind and was enchanted by that means to take it upon herself to disobey.
Since Satan is invisible and spiritual why did she have to "see" a serpent a physical manifestation.
Perhaps a thought just formed in her mind, put there by Satan that made her curious.
Then she thought further and heard what she took to be an answer.
Especially considering that the Bible says she was deceived whereas Adam was not deceived.

Thanks for the question, Indiana Bob

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