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"Adam was the first human idolator who became something he was not supposed to become, looking more like the snake than he did his Creator. Dr. G.K. Beale explains how:
"Idol worship" should be defined as revering anything other than God. At the least, Adam's allegiance had shifted from God to himself and probably to Satan, since he came to resemble the serpent's character in some ways.Read the entire post here> When People Look Like Satan
[He Lied]
...
[He Didn't Trust God's Word]
. .
[He Exalted Himself]
(from: G. K. Beale, A New Testament Biblical Theology, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011), 359f.)
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