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Through the history of the Garden of Eden, we can understand the angelic world where humans lived before the creation of the earth and this world where we live now. The serpent in Eden was a typical figure of Satan,<ref name="계 12:9">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A9&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and it deceived [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], the first man and woman created by God, and caused them to sin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A15-17&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:15–17|quote= }}</ref> Being deceived by the serpent, Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which God had forbidden, and gave some to her husband, Adam, to eat.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A1-6&version=NIV |title=Genesis 3:1–6|quote= }}</ref> God cursed the serpent and drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A22-24&version=NIV |title=Genesis 3:22–24|quote= }}</ref> | Through the history of the Garden of Eden, we can understand the angelic world where humans lived before the creation of the earth and this world where we live now. The serpent in Eden was a typical figure of Satan,<ref name="계 12:9">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A9&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and it deceived [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], the first man and woman created by God, and caused them to sin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A15-17&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:15–17|quote= }}</ref> Being deceived by the serpent, Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which God had forbidden, and gave some to her husband, Adam, to eat.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A1-6&version=NIV |title=Genesis 3:1–6|quote= }}</ref> God cursed the serpent and drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A22-24&version=NIV |title=Genesis 3:22–24|quote= }}</ref> | ||
This history is recorded in the book of [[ | This history is recorded in the book of [[Genesis|Genesis]] as an easy-to-understand explanation about what actually happened in heaven. Adam represents Jesus,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+5%3A14-21&version=NIV |title=Romans 5:14–21 |quote= }}</ref> who was in the angelic world before the creation of the earth, and Eve represents the angels who were also in heaven and loved by Jesus.'''<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+11%3A2-3&version=NIV |title=2 Corinthians 11:2–3 |quote= }}</ref>''' As Adam had power to reign over the earth,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A28&version=NIV |title=Genesis 1:28 |quote= }}</ref> so [[Jesus Christ]] had power to reign over the whole universe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A10&version=NIV |title=Ephesians 1:10 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A15-16&version=NIV |title=Colossians 1:15–16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Satan aimed at His sovereignty. Seizing the opportunity, he deceived the angels whom Jesus loved most and caused them to sin<ref name=":4" /> so they would be driven out from heaven, just as he did to Eve. By doing so, Satan schemed that Jesus would come down to earth like the fallen angels. | ||
===Satan Was Expelled From Heaven=== | ===Satan Was Expelled From Heaven=== | ||