Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
“Did God really say......?”
The oldest line in the book and the oldest tactic used by Satan; destroying the credibility of God and His Word.
And when cornered, pulling the Satan card is the oldest cop out, in case you didn't notice.
You can't destroy something that you can't establish, but must blindly believe. Just because a book says God said such and such doesn't mean that's true. If you choose to believe it, that's your prerogative. I have no problems with that. But don't tell me what a book says is a fact unless you can prove it. Every sect and cult claims their holy books are "true".
Besides, if Satan was punished in the Garden, what was he doing in Job's book being referred to as one of the "sons of God"? Surely Job is taking place after the incident in the Garden!
I found the comments earlier about the “mysteries” interesting given what the Scriptures say say about these mysteries or sacred secrets.
These secrets had to do with how God’s Kingdom would be constituted as Jesus said at Mark 4:11. A secret that was to be preached over the whole earth!
Indeed those who accepted Christ were the ones that were given the understanding of the Kingdom as stewards.(1 Cor. 4:1)
That secret or mystery of the Kingdom Paul makes explicit at Eph. 3:5-11, namely who that “seed” spoken of in Gen. 3:15 would be, that it would include people of the nations.
So those who put their lack of understanding to the “mystery” of this or that should go back to the Scriptures where the “mysteries” or secrets are revealed.