Genesis 3:14

Ok, as I was researching the Bible, the matter turned out more complicated than I had first envisioned.

Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all CATTLE, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

classifies the serpent as cattle. This is no zoological mistake on the part of the King James Bible.
We're not strictly talking about serpents here. God is talking to "that old serpent", Satan. Cattle brings to mind four-footed beasts, specifically the bovine species, though not exclusively. Yet "cattle" are distinguished from "every beast of the field". Well, Satan is not an angel. He can transform "into an angel of light", but that doesn't mean he IS an angel. To prove he is an angel you would have to prove that the Cherubim are angels. Why? Because Satan is said to be a Cherub.

Ezekiel 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;

So what does a Cherub look like, prophet Ezekiel?

Ezekiel 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an OX on the left (coincidence?) side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

So then, God knows that Satan is a Cherub and associates him with the Ox Cherub by classifying him as "cattle". This is further vindicated by Job 40:15 wherein behemoth WHICH IS SATAN, is likened to an Ox.

What is the prominent feature of Oxen? Horns. What is the significance of horns in the Bible? Kingship/Kingdom.
Oxen have two horns; 2 horns = 2 kingdoms: kingdom of God and kingdom of heaven

(oh yes, they are different, and they are defined by the Bible. Note that heaven is a PHYSICAL entity. Just because people use "heavenly" as a synonym for "spiritual" doesn't change the Bible's definition of the kingdom of heaven. You have verses that show they are one? Of course, just like the Cherubim, the 2 kingdoms can fuse*. In fact they were fused and will be so again under the Lord Jesus Christ, for as "the Son of God" he inherits the Kingdom of God, and as "the son of Man", he inherits "the Kingdom of Heaven" though he had to battle for it, given that Satan had legally reclaimed the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 4:6) when king Adam sinned and fell.)

Now we are in a position to understand why the people chose to make a golden CALF.

Exodus 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this CALF.

(We are appalled by Aaron's silly subterfuge. But is it one really? Could Aaron seriously have expected Moses to have believed such an excuse? Why doesn't Moses reply? Simply because he didn't deem the excuse worthy of an answer? Would you have reacted the same way? Could there have been Satanic power at work in the making of the calf?)

Why does Jeroboam also make calves?

1Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two CALVES of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible MAN (cherub aspect), and to BIRDS(cherub aspect), and FOURFOOTED BEASTS (cherub aspect), and creeping things (serpent?).

Notice that the Devil is associated with every one of the four creatures found in the Cherubim.

You have

MAN:
2Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that MAN of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

LION:
1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring LION, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

OX:
Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an OX.

EAGLE:
Obadiah 1:4 Though thou exalt thyself as the EAGLE, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.


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1) "Hathor": notice the horns and wings
2) "Apis": bull-god
3) Sumerian god: notice eagle's head

It's impossible to fit here all revelvant pictures or mention all relevant gods.
I might scan some sometime.
These people had no idea what they were dealing with, or did they?
People today are just as foolish, and Satan will fool them, again.


*[Analyzing the morphology of the Cherubim is a complication which is compounded by the fact that they seem to disassemble when not mobile. (Compare what Ezekiel sees in chapters 1 and 10 where God rides upon the Cherubim with what John sees in Revelation 4 where the throne is stationary.
If you like complication, further consider that Satan was the "cherub that covereth". Was there then, a 5th serpentine aspect to the Cherubim in the person of the embowering Satan? Is that the "Leviathan" aspect of Satan, while the Ox is the "Behemoth" aspect? (keep in mind that the original form of the serpent seems to have been footed, at least different, so that there was a transformation, as implied by Genesis 3:14 but also that the animalistic features of the Cherubim appear to be primarily if not exclusively facial) Also, why is the "ox" in Ezekiel 1:10, become a "calf" in Revelation 4:7? Lastly, what to make of the "dragon" aspect of Satan? Reptilian,yes, but more than a serpent.]