Daniel is the first biblical figure to refer to individual angels by name. Daniel mentioned Gabriel (God's primary messenger) in Daniel 9:21 and Michael (the holy defender) in Daniel 10:13.
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Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
The phrase “as one of us” does NOT
The speaker of this scripture is the Lord God, who is addressing another entity about someone else. That “someone else", that entity, had become knowledgeable and experienced about good and evil, just like Adam and Eve before their fall.
This other entity, about whom The Lord God was speaking, must have been part of the heavenly host. For those who believe God created evil spirits, God would have had to have experienced evil to instill it into his creations, which would imply God had to have experienced sin.
The “one of us” possessed the ability to discern between good and evil. There are three primary types of understanding: direct experience, perception, and understanding. Direct experience involves knowing something through personal experience, such as feeling the heat of a stove when touching it. Perception, on the other hand, occurs when we use our senses to perceive things, like seeing the shape of a tree. Understanding, in contrast, involves grasping the meaning or essence of something.
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The phrase In this context, “to know” implies having experienced both “good and evil.” The entity they are referring to had prior personal experiences and participated in disobedience, leading to its transformation into an evil spirit, with a Serpent spirit.
Adam was not the entity spoken of by God, but Adam had become like that
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