Serpent. The enemy is a serpent in a sense. Again, not that snakes are evil,
but they're a symbol. Why? Snakes slither.They twist. They sub ... they, they, they, they go
by subterfuge. So the enemy is a twister. The snakes in the natural, they're going
to give us keys to the supernatural. One of the words in Hebrew for serpent is
the word, tannin. Try it. Tannin is interesting, because it
means serpent in Hebrew, but it also means dragon. Both are symbols of
the enemy, the old dragon. But the central word in Hebrew for the serpent is
this word I'm going to teach you. And the word in Hebrew is, nahash. Try it.
Listen to it. Remember how, remember how some of the Hebrew
words ... actually sounds like what they are? Like the Holy Spirit, Ruach, the wind.
But, nahash. What does that sound like?
Sounds like a snake. Sounds like hissing. Sounds like a slithering creature. Nahash.
And what it's ... it's linked to a verb. There's a verb Nahash, which actually
means to practice the occult. An enchantment, which is linked to serpent.
So here again is the link of the enemy. Here's the word for snakes, but it's
linked to a cult. Even the word for the occult is there and throughout
the ancient world they associated, even the pagan world associated serpents with
the occult or with these dark forces. The delphic oracles ... linked to
pythons or snakes. Dominating drug-induced visions in South America
or American Indians. Snakes playing a major role in myths of Australia. A python
worship is in Africa. There are Cobra cults in India. The Aztecs worshipped
a feathered serpent. The snake is a symbol of the snake dancers of the Hopi Indians.
Burmese snake charmers. These are all links between witchcraft and snakes.
And again, it's not about the snake. It's about the symbol. In India, you know
there's this strong link of serpents, in religion. Particularly,
there, there's one, there's a deity called Shiva who is destruction,
and the symbol is the cobra. The headquarters of one of the four most radical Hindu
anti-Christian groups is in a city called Nagpur. Nagpur. Every year they meet.
Nagpur means the place of the serpent. In fact there was an agenda.
The radical Hindu party, which is very anti-Christian in India and they, they have,
they have an agenda for the nation. It was called NAG. N A G. It was a put together.
But nag means serpent. It was to rule over India. But notice also nahash
means something else. It's not just that. Nahashhh also sounds like something else,
which is what it means. Nahashhh means whisper. Shh.
It means like, like if you're gonna tell a secret, or you're going to gossip
or you're gonna do something or like the enemy speaking to Eve. Nahash. Sounds like it.
It's the enemy. The nature of the enemy. Now what do we see about about
actual snakes that's going to give you keys to overcome in your life against,
in spiritual warfare. It's fascinating! First of all, serpents
do not have external ears like we do. They might perceive some low frequency sounds.
And there are some vipers that appear to to form infrared images of things.
There are snakes that seem to seek, they see the warmth of animals.
But people, they don't have real ears like we do. People ask what does the enemy know?
Like what does he know, supernat ... What does he know about the future?
Does he know it all? Well again snakes don't, there's much they don't know.
Yet snakes can see sometimes their victims, again by the heat. The enemy and the forces of
darkness, they can know certain things that we don't know. Just like the occult
realm can know certain things. People go to fortune tellers. And there are
stories of, sometimes they say something that's true. But then it always ends up
bringing darkness in their life. Always ends up destroying. Every life that gets
into the occult is always going to be harmed by it.
Everyone. A serpent can sense certain things, but then they don't know other things.
Well the enemy can know certain things about the future, but he's not God.
He doesn't know other things. Now, now think about it. When, when Messiah was going
to Jerusalem, it says the enemy spoke through Peter
and tried to stop him from going to Jerusalem. Well ... why? Because he
knew He was going to go there to die for sins, which was going to undo the power
of the enemy. So he tries to stop the Lord from going to the cross. Yet,
later on what happens? He enters Judas to betray Messiah
to bring him to the cross. Makes no sense. It's going to defeat him. But it's not
clear thinking. It's twisted thinking, because evil is twisted thinking.
Just like a snake is twisted. That's why it, it explains sometimes
the occult can get one thing right or another but it's always messed up in the end.
A snake acts instinctively. There ... not
much reflection. There are certain signals, almost an automatic response.
That's the nature of Darkness. That's the nature of the enemy. It's short-sighted.
Darkness is short-sighted. ... and what the enemy tries to do in your life is,
he ... tries to use shortsightedness. And if you, if you go short-sighted,
you become vulnerable to him. When you're being tempted it's always short-sighted.
Get this thrill right now, but don't think about what's gonna happen afterwards,
People who are under the influence of the enemy big time they
tend to be more people of instinct. News of sexual predators, in the news.
By instinct. They're going by lust, instinct. Drug-addicts, instinct. Criminals, instinct.
So in overcoming the enemy we have to first say we are not going to go by
instinct or by the flesh. There are many instincts, many drives. Greed. Lust.
Vengeance. Jealousy. Anger. And we have to not ... and suddenly flip out and go
this way or that way. Because when you do that you become vulnerable
to the enemy's schemes against you. When you go for instance, you're ready,
you're, you're, you're, things are getting heated and you're ready to blow
your temper and get into an argument, that's instinct. The enemy's gonna win if you do that.
You're being tempted by that sin. If you just go with the instinct you're,
you're gonna lose. But you don't have to go within instinct. You can go against it.
You are not of that because you're not a serpent. He's a serpent. You're not under,
if you're saved you're of God not of the enemy. That means you're not to be ruled
by your flesh and not to be ruled by instinct or by habit. You are to be led
by the Spirit of God. If you choose that you can overcome. Next time you're being
tempted say, say I am not of that. I don't have to go with it. I don't have to go with
the flesh. I'm not of the flesh. I'm of the Spirit. I can say no.
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