Here is the riddle of all riddles...Can you solve it?

[Scott R. Newman]

Gen 3:14 And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

How did satan evolve from being a snake whom God cursed to move on its belly and the dust would be his food, to being a flying in the air dragon? How did the snake put on wings and become a flying dragon?

[Eric Hancock]

Serpent was just a title for satan...one of many. But you knew that already.



Notice the word.."old'.. in the following verse? Tells you to go back to the beginning..

12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

[Eric Hancock]

The first appearance of the Devil as a dragon or serpent is in the book of Revelation (Rev 12:3-4). Revelation is full of unusual creatures which symbolise the devil and evil works. Scorpions, cats and bizarre hybrids are just a few. The symbolic dragons have many heads and wear crowns (Rev 12:3-4). There is little to connect them to older Biblical dragons.

One of the most widely known stories is that of the serpent in the garden of Eden. The serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit (Gen 3:1-5) and so is punished to crawl on its belly for the rest of its days (Gen 3:13-15). Some say that this serpent is a metaphor for the Devil. The fact that the Devil does not crawl on his belly suggests that it really was a snake in the story. Also there are signs of the serpent being forgiven in the future; serpents appear in the New Heaven and New Earth after judgment has come (Isa 65:25). The Devil on the other hand is not attributed with being forgiven in any way.

[Apostle Abel Aureli]

Who said that it became a ...flying Dragon? ...He can appear as a snake or as a dragon, but don't forget that he was an angel, a Cherubim, so he can ...fly! :-)