Stories of the Bible, Podcast 14, “The Fall Pt 13.”

Stories of the Bible, Podcast 14, “The Fall Pt 13.”

The primary characters in the Fall were Lucifer, Eve, and Adam. There are severe consequences that follow. Perhaps they could be referred to as The Three Curses, one for Lucifer, one for Eve, and One for Adam. 

In the previous podcast we discussed the curse placed upon Lucifer for his cunning part in the fall. In this podcast we shall look at the curses placed upon Eve and upon Adam. 

The fall is a one and only event in the history of mankind. However, the consequences reoccur over and over and over and will continue to reoccur until the end of the world as we know it. We can only understand the story of the fall when we equate the fall of Adam and Eve with the fall of all mankind. In our fallen state we repeat the Garden of Eden story every day of our lives when we are tempted. Before blaming Adam and Eve, we need to consider the fact we are all subject to temptation. The Lucifer who was in the Garden of Eden is the same Satan we struggle against on a daily basis. Every time we violate a commandment, we are in effect partaking of the forbidden fruit. Is there anyone alive today of accountable age or even in the history of the world, save Jesus only, who has not eaten of the forbidden fruit?  

Lucifer, who becomes Satan, remains under the curse. The curse of Satan also applies to all those spirits who fell with him. We don’t know the number. We are only told that a third part of the spirits in heaven fell with him. Other references to the hosts who followed Lucifer are found in the New Testament. For example, remember the evil spirit’s response to Jesus when Jesus asked the possessed man his name:

Mark 5:9

“My name is Legion: for we are many.” 

That is as close as we get to a number. Of course, we do have the enigmatic verses in The Book of Revelation.

Revelation 8:13-17

“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

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Two hundred million is a vast army. Are they evil spirits or do they represent earthly armies or both? We know they are led by Lucifer and his angels. And, of course, we have the seven spirits who entered one man. That is a seven to one ratio. We cannot take the ratio literally, of course, for we have no evidence, but we may assume that at any given time on earth there are more evil spirits than there are people on the earth. 

Revelation 9:11

“And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.”

I think it is also reasonable to assume that if evil spirits are allowed to roam the earth, there are good spirits as well, or as we would say, angels of God. The war against Satan continues to rage on earth. It is logical to think that God would not leave us unprotected.

The significant thing is that the story of the fall of man is symbolic of the plight of all mankind. In this life we are governed by the conditions placed upon the law of mercy by the law of Justice. Every one of those conditions contain a blessing and a curse. We are blessed if we keep the commandment. We are cursed if we don’t.