Yes — Satan's continuing lie is that people can become like God, or even be their own god.
In the Garden, Satan told Eve she would not die but would become as gods, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:4-5). Les Feldick identifies this as the one lie that has run all through Scripture: "you can be God." He shows it will be repeated under the Antichrist and again after the Millennial Kingdom.
Genesis 3:4-5 — This is the first recorded statement of the lie: the serpent denies God's warning and promises Eve that she will be like God.
In the Garden of Eden, God had warned that eating from the forbidden tree would bring death. The serpent contradicted God and told Eve, "Ye shall not surely die" and "your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:4-5). This is the original temptation that presented godlikeness as a prize. Scripture also exposes the same proud ambition in the one who said, "I will be like the most High" (Isaiah 14:14). In the New Testament, Paul warns that those who reject the truth and take pleasure in unrighteousness are condemned: "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness" (2 Thessalonians 2:12).
Les Feldick is emphatic that there is only one satanic lie running through all of Scripture: "you can be God." It began in the Garden when Satan approached Adam and Eve with the same ambition he had when he said "I will be like the most High." Eve already had a perfect environment, but Satan made her doubt God's command and appealed to her human intellect with the promise of godlike power. Les shows this lie is still active today. Whenever God says something is best not to do, Satan says to do it. Satan's whole reason for existing is to thwart God's plan. Those who reject the gospel and love unrighteousness will one day embrace the lie so fully that they will acclaim the Antichrist as the God of this world. The Antichrist himself will believe he is greater than God. Looking ahead, Les says the lie will be repeated at the end of the Millennial Kingdom as well. After a thousand years of perfect government, Satan will be released and will tempt new generations with the same words he used with Eve: "Well yes, you've got it perfect, but you're still not God."
Les says Eve fully understood God's command to avoid the forbidden tree; there was no excuse of ignorance. Satan's first tactic was to make her doubt, and then he appealed to the human intellect with the question, "Wouldn't you like to be like God? Wouldn't you like to have the power that He's got?" Eve succumbed to that temptation and Adam followed.
Les's answer is that Satan has never changed. His role from the beginning has been to thwart God's plan. The pattern is simple: "everything that God says it's best for us not to do, what does Satan say? Do it." Today, people who reject the gospel and love unrighteousness are being prepared to receive the Antichrist as the God of this world.
Yes. Les teaches that those who reject the gospel will be the first to acclaim Antichrist as God when he confirms a treaty with Israel. At the end of the Millennial Kingdom, Satan must be released so the new generations can make a real choice. Since the Kingdom environment is perfect, the only temptation that can work is the same one used on Eve: "Don't you want to be like God?"
Les connects the lie to Satan's own ambition quoted from Isaiah 14: "I will be like the most High." Adam was created to have dominion under God, but when he sinned he lost that role and Satan, as the god of this world, took it up.
Eve Knew God's Command
Les explains that Eve fully understood God's instruction to avoid the tree, and Satan's first move was to make her doubt that command.
The One Lie: 'You Can Be God'
Les calls Satan's offer 'the lie' throughout Scripture — telling a person they can be God — and ties it to those who will later acclaim the Antichrist as God.
The Antichrist's Version of the Lie
Les says the Antichrist personally believes Satan's big lie, that he is greater than God, and is convinced he is God.
Same Ploy Used on Eve
Les ties Satan's own 'I will be like the most High' ambition to the temptation of Eve — 'wouldn't you like to be like God?' — and says it will occur again in the Kingdom economy.
Satan Always Says 'Do It'
Les shows the pattern: everything God says is best not to do, Satan tells us to do it, just as he did in the Garden.
Satan's Unchanging Purpose
Les explains that Satan has never changed and works to thwart God, entering the Garden to make the first pair sin.
The Lie at the End of the Kingdom
Les says at the end of the Millennial Kingdom Satan will present the same temptation to new generations: 'you've got it perfect, but you're still not God.'
Lost Dominion and the God of This World
Les shows Adam had dominion under God, lost it by sin, and Satan picked it up, becoming the god of this world.
Genesis 3:4: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
This is the serpent's direct contradiction of God's warning about the forbidden fruit.
Genesis 3:5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
This verse names the lie: Eve is told she will be like God if she disobeys.
Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Les points to this mandate to show Adam was given dominion under God before the Fall.
Isaiah 14:14: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Les connects Satan's own declaration 'I will be like the most High' to the temptation he brought to Adam and Eve.
2 Thessalonians 2:12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Les quotes this verse to show that those who reject the truth will be condemned because they took pleasure in unrighteousness.
Yes. Les Feldick says the one lie all through Scripture is Satan telling a person, "you can be God." It started in the Garden and is still the same appeal used on the human race today.
Les says Eve fully understood God's command not to eat from the tree. Satan's first step was to make her doubt that command, and then he tempted her with the possibility of being like God.
Les teaches that those who reject the gospel will believe it during the Tribulation and acclaim Antichrist as God. At the end of the Millennial Kingdom, Satan will use the same temptation on new generations.
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