Satan knew that Christ was the "Beloved and Chosen from the beginning" and knew what the plan was. Even though he had this knowledge, he wanted to be the focal point of the plan, going against the plan of God, seeking "to destroy the agency of man." He wanted the name, the glory and the power. Did he know that he would get a name, a glory and a power, but as the opposition to the plan? Did he know that he would be necessary, but not in the way he wanted? Did he know that he would bring us joy, only because he would provide some of the misery? Did he know that he was providing Eve and Adam with a choice? The very thing he wanted to destroy? Perhaps he did, knowing that if he couldn't have it his way he's use agency to his advantage. Lots of things to wonder about. I sometimes I wonder if we should be grateful to him, in a twisted way.
Then from the choice Eve and Adam made, their bodies now experience pain, sickness, work, death. So, first there was moral opposition, then came physical opposition, opposition that doesn't necessarily have a right or wrong or solution or really not much to do with Satan, but opposition that tests out physicality, possibly leading to testing our moral decisions, which does have something to do with Satan.
Then there is the whole thing about "thorns and thistles" and I wonder if Eve and Adam wouldn't have made a different decision if they really knew that weeds would be the bane of their existence, like mine. Not really. I just don't like weeds.
I think I'll post tomorrow about the good news, or really the better news, as the above is still good news.
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