What is the biblical basis for the belief that Satan was the serpent in the Garden of Eden?
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The answer to the question regarding the first book of the Bible actually comes from the last book of the Bible:
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Revelation 12:9 NASB
And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:2 NASB
It is understood by many that "the serpent of the old" ties back to Genesis 3, where the serpent deceived the woman, and through her, the entire world.
The Serpent in John 3:14 does not refer back to Genesis 3, but to Numbers 21, which gives the account of the Israelites in the wilderness. God sent a plague of "fiery serpents" to punish the people for their rebellion against Him. The cure for the fashioning of a serpent and raising it up on a pole. Anyone who looked up on the serpent, having been bitten, would be healed. Jesus makes the connection to looking upon Him with faith, as He would be raised up on the Cross. The bronze serpent is a type of Christ and really illustrates the Gospel quite well.
And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived. Numbers 21:9 NASB
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