When God first made man, He did not make man to stand against Him from the beginning of creation. God created a beautiful world that was in good order. However, there was Satan who stood against God. This Satan, too, was not the Devil from the beginning. He was originally an angel, but because he lusted after the throne of God and challenged His authority to become higher than God, he was condemned and cast out to the earth.
As Satan was driven out by God, he now tried to deceive mankind, whom God cherished, so that he may turn human beings into God’s enemies. God therefore rebuked the serpent, the incarnation of Satan, and cursed it. He said, “And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.” As a result, Satan came to live feeding on mankind’s lust of the flesh. Even now, Satan continues to tempt human beings to sin, and when they do sin, he accuses their conscience and makes them fall into sorrow and suffering.