Genesis 3:1-5) Could serpents really talk before the Fall?
Not necessarily so, because Balaams ass was also able to talk (Numbers 22:28-30) and that took place long after the Fall. In the case of Balaams ass, it spoke only for a brief period because God supernaturally used it to rebuke Balaam. It spoke no more after that and there has never been any record of an ass talking since then. The same thing probably happened in the Garden of Eden, but this time it was Satan who opened the mouth of that serpent to enable it to speak. The identification of that particular serpent with Satan is found in Revelation 12:9. This does not mean that all serpents are agents of Satan. Christ was pre-figured by a brass serpent that God commanded Moses to make (John 3:14). [Back to top] • On my “research”, I found that based on biblical evidences, from Creation to Gods Call to Abraham was a period of 2,000 years only. Since Abrahams call was around 2,000BC, it would result in a world that is around 4,000BC. The Jewish calendar would also date this year to approxi
