Prelude to World War 3
Deception of Eve
Gen 3:2-3 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
When God created Adam and Eve in His image, they only have to obey His words to have eternal life and stay in fellowship with Him.
Keep My Words and Live
Prov 7:1-2 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
It is the will of God from the very beginning that men believe and keep His words to be saved and enjoy the abundant life.
To prevent men from being saved, Satan started to corrupt the word of God starting from within the garden of Eden itself and making the truth in His words ineffective .
Prov 7:1-2 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
It is the will of God from the very beginning that men believe and keep His words to be saved and enjoy the abundant life.
To prevent men from being saved, Satan started to corrupt the word of God starting from within the garden of Eden itself and making the truth in His words ineffective .
Deceptions of Eve
Gen 3:4-5 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The devil twisted God's command to deceive Eve. With a more logical and beneficial proposal, it changed her attitude of distaste and dislike to that of admiration for the forbidden fruit leading to her downfall.
Gen 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
The Old Testaments
The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament) or Torah were written in Hebrew. Torah is commonly referred to as the Law (or the Pentateuch, in Christianity). These 5 books are traditionally ascribed to Moses (1391–1271 BC), the recipient of the original revelation from God on Mount Sinai.
Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew. But a few chapters in the prophecies of Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in a language called Aramaic. This language became very popular in the ancient world and actually displaced many other languages.
Why use Aramaic?
After the fall of Jerusalem and Judah in 586 BC, the majority of the remnant Jews were taken as slaves to Babylon where they had to learn and speak Aramaic the language of their masters.
It did not take long before the majority of the Jews lost their use of the Hebrew language. Daniel had to write the latter part of his book in Aramaic so that the Jews could understand. Similarly, the majority of Ezra's writings were in Aramaic.
Falsehood of Scribes
Jer 8:8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood."
The Devil used false scribes to corrupt His words. The Torah and Prophets were often distorted by the devil to deceive the Jews and the Priesthood. All detected flawed copies were burned, destroyed or banned.
Satan also sent the false prophets to confuse them and even the priests were lawless. Unfortunately, the Jews loved the lies and deceptions, which is similar to today's carnal and unlearned Christians.
Jer 5:30-31 “An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?”
Prophets sent by God
Jer 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
God sent His true prophets to admonish, judge and rectify these corruptions. So the many rejects (false and erred scriptures) were to be burned, destroyed or banned.
These are some of the rejected false and demonic Old Testament books.
Book of Enoch
The Secrets of Enoch
The Psalms of Solomon
The Odes of Solomon
The Letter of Aristeas
The Story of Ahikar