Here's one for you to burn out a couple brain cells. Why wasn't Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her? Could Adam and Eve talk with the animals and understand them?
It’s a good one.
In one sense she was ignorant to the fact that animals do not speak in the same tongue as mankind .
Satan who has no form desired to use a creature made from the dust to draw mankind away from the voice of God who also had no form. Before the fall of mankind Satan the father of lies could put his words on the lips of those kind, the other beast of the field(formed from dust, other than the human kind.
When the words came from the mouth of the serpent as most likely one of the more beautiful creatures before the fall of the glory of God .The soul did died when they believed the will of the serpent seen, as in instant gratification... the result of walking by sight receiving the reward. They tried to cover their nakedness (no faith)
The soul of mankind as the communicative source of God’s faith, not seen, was gone. You could say “no faith” as with a dead soul, a forward nation, natural unconverted man.
Deuteronomy 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
That
no faith represents those void the faith of God our line of communing, our soul food ,doing the will of another. ..
Christians die not receiving that not seen. By Christ’s faith that lives in us we await the promise of our new incorruptible body.
After the fall Satan no longer had the authority to put his words on the mouth of any creature. God knowing in advance had set up the ceremonial laws that spoke of the suffering of Christ in advance and the glory that would follow the time of reformation. He was always one step ahead of the god of this world.
One of those ceremonial laws used as a parable to preach the gospel beforehand had to do with the law that informs us God is not served by human hands or feet .They are used to represent the will .
1Pe 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ(Gospel) , and the glory that should follow.
In Romans we are informed how beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news . Not how beautiful is there mouths. We know feet are used to represent the gospel in parables. For instance when Christ said if I do not wash your feet you have no part in me (the gospel)
He is of one mind and always does whatsoever his should pleases for he performs that which he appoints to us as His Holy Spirit works in the believer to both will and perform His good pleasure, our imputed righteousness.
The ceremonial law that does help us understand God is not worshiped by human hands (will) He uses a unclean animal used to represent a un-believer (no faith) signified as a parable by an Ass.
It must be redeemed with a clean animal represented by Christ the redeemer. It as a parable giving us the spiritual understanding comparing it to the spiritual understands of Egypt parable. A complete picture of the gospel in respect to the suffering of Christ beforehand .
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.And every firstling of an
ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt
not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children
shalt thou redeem.And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him,
By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: Exo 13:1
The parable working its self out below.
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. Num 22:19
Today because we have the perfect word as the law of God, with no laws missing by which we could know him more adequately .It is sealed up tilt the end of time. Therefore no new revelations in any manner to include putting His words on the tongue of an Ass .
If any Ass today says thus sayeth the Lord, I saw him in a vision or heard a voice we are to believe not. (no faith)