Why Satan Tempted Eve first. THE MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD by Venerable Mary of Agreda 137. On the sixth day he formed and created Adam, as it were of the age of thirty-three years. This was the age in which Christ was to suffer death, and Adam in regard to his body was so like unto Christ, that scarcely any difference existed. Also according to the soul Adam was similar to Christ. From Adam God formed Eve so similar to the Blessed Virgin, that she was like unto Her in personal appearance and in figure. God looked upon these two images of the great Originals with the highest pleasure and benevolence, and on account of the Originals He heaped many blessings upon them, as if He wanted to entertain Himself with them and their descendants until the time should arrive for forming Christ and Mary. 138. But the happy state in which God had created the parents of the human race lasted only a very short while. The envy of the serpent was immediately aroused against them, for satan was impatiently awaiting their creation, and no sooner were they created, than his hatred became active against them. However, he was not permitted to witness the formation of Adam and Eve, as he had witnessed the creation of all other things: for the Lord did not choose to manifest to him the creation of man, nor the formation of Eve from a rib; all these things were concealed from him for a space of time until both of them were joined. But when the demon saw the admirable composition of the human nature, perfect beyond that of any other creature, the beauty of the souls and also of the bodies of Adam and Eve; when he saw the paternal love with which the Lord regarded them, and how He made them the lords of all creation, and that He gave them hope of eternal life : the wrath of the dragon was lashed to fury, and no tongue can describe the rage with which that beast was filled, nor how great was his envy and his desire to take the life of these two beings. Like an enraged lion he certainly would have done so, if he had not known, that a superior force would prevent him. Nevertheless he studied and plotted out some means, which would suffice to deprive them of the grace of the Most High and make them God’s enemies. 139. Here Lucifer was deceived; for the Lord had from the beginning mysteriously manifested to him, that the Word was to assume human nature in the womb of the most holy Mary, but not how and when; and thus He had also concealed the creation of Adam and the formation of Eve, in order that Lucifer might from the beginning labor under his ignorance concerning the mystery and the time of the Incarnation. As his wrath and his watchfulness had thus been so signally forestalled in regard to Christ and Mary, he suspected that Adam had come forth from Eve, and that She was the Mother and Adam the incarnate Word. His suspicions grew, when he felt the divine power, which prevented him from harming the life of these creatures. On the other hand he soon became aware of the precepts of God, for these did not remain concealed from him, since he heard their conversation in regard to them. Being freed more and more from his doubt as he listened to the words of the first parents and sized up their natural gifts, he began to follow them like a roaring lion (I Pet. 5, 8), seeking an entrance through those inclinations, which he found in each of them. Nevertheless, until he was undeceived in the course of the Redemption, he continued to hesitate between his wrath against Christ and Mary and the dread of being overcome by Them. Most of all he dreaded the confusion of being conquered by the Queen of heaven, who was to be a mere creature and not God. 140. Taking courage therefore in the precept, which was given to Adam and Eve, and having prepared the snare, Lucifer entered with all his energy upon the work of entrapping them and of opposing and hindering the execution of the divine Will. He first approached the woman, and not the man, because he knew her to be by nature more frail and weak, and because in tempting her he would be more certain that it was not Christ whom he was encountering. Against her also he was more enraged ever since he had seen the sign in the heaven and since the threat, which God had made in it against him. On all these accounts his wrath was greater against Eve than against Adam. Before he showed himself to her, however, he aroused in her many disturbing thoughts or imaginations, in order to approach her in a state of excitement and pre-occupation. But because I have written about this in another place, I will not enlarge here upon the violence and inhumanity of this temptation; it is enough for my purpose to mention what Scripture says: that he took the form of a serpent (Gen. 3, 1), and thus speaking to Eve drew her into a conversation, which she should not have permitted. Listening to him and answering, she began to believe him; then she violated the command of God, and finally persuaded her husband likewise to transgress the precept. Thus, ruin overtook them and all the rest: for themselves and for us they lost the happy position, in which God had placed them. 141. When Lucifer saw the two fallen and their interior beauty and grace and original justice changed into the ugliness of sin, he celebrated his triumph with incredible joy and vaunting in the company of his demons. But he soon fell from his proud boasting, when he saw, contrary to his expectations, how kindly the merciful love of God dealt with the delinquents, and how He offered them a chance of doing penance by giving them hope of pardon and return of grace. Moreover he saw how they were disposing themselves toward this forgiveness by sorrow and contrition, and how the beauty of grace was restored to them. When the demons perceived the effect of contrition, all hell was again in confusion. His consternation grew, when he heard the sentence, which God pronounced against the guilty ones, in which he himself was implicated. More especially and above all was he tormented by the repetition of that threat: The Woman shall crush thy head (Gen. 3, 15), which he had already heard in heaven. 142. The offspring of Eve multiplied after the fall and so arose the distinction and the multiplication of the good and the bad, the elect and the reprobate, the ones following Christ the Redeemer, and the others following satan. The elect cling to their Leader by faith, humility, charity, patience and all the virtues and in order to obtain victory, they are assisted, helped and beautified by the divine grace and the gifts, which the Redeemer and Lord of all merited for them. But the reprobate, without receiving any such benefits from their false leader, or earning any other reward than the eternal pain and the confusion of hell, follow him in pride, presumption, obscenity and wickedness, being led into these disorders by the father of lies and the originator of sin.

Thanks for this. Really useful information. God bless us all ❤ Just curious: what's the incense that the Catholic Church uses?

Well said. Imprisonment AND DEATH.

AMEN! 🙏

And protection!! Amen!

Unless you’re poor. Then you’re a slave to your finances and the system that controls how much bare necessities cost

Amen

beautiful prayer. Thanks for taking the time to listen, Carole. God bless you

@@spiritualwarfareseries my faithfulness to God is unbreakable. My gratitude to the Holy Spirit (I think it was him)) who showed me in a dream what’s going on in our Churches (something that I will never disclose to anyone) And I was asked to pray unceasingly in the silence of my heart for all Priests May God bless you.

thanks for being here Pat! May God bless you!

Sorry for that. Because for my previous long videos there were lots of dislikes on the video. So that's why I wanted to apologize for the time. But sometimes I couldn't compress the whole info I wanted to share in a ,say 5 minutes video,so I had to go for longer videos to deliver the information.

If people don't like how long it is, they don't have to watch it haha. You're good and the videos are good

Amen

It's always great hearing input from you sister. Thanks so much as always for your time, your kind words, encouragement and prayer. God bless you

It took me a while to come to terms about praying to a creature, and a woman, but once I did, it made ALL the difference, a good one.

Amen!

The same Protestants who don’t understand why God allows people to suffer.

Proddies are funny.

im still protestant but ive been praying the rosary. Grew up protestant didnt know anything else. The Rosary honestly has been very helpful, I cant speak to any crazy healings of that sort but its helping me keep my focus on Christ strong. pray for me and my family

I’m sorry I’m Catholic (formerly Protestant) but I am failing to understand how any of these statements made by this exorcist are Biblical? None of this is in the Bible. Even more so, Jesus said specifically not to address the demons when he was casting them out. Yet these exorcists are conversing with them?

So Mary “Our Lady” was there in the presence of God early following the creation and Lucifer was envious of her??? Sounds blasphemous in that a human soul is being elevated to deity status like the Father and Son…

@@leemason6945 I agree. I have come to understand that we pray and ask for intercession from Mary and the other saints, much like God commanded Moses to do with the Israelites- He often commanded the prophets to intercede. We do not worship anyone but Jesus However, presuming that Lucifer not only was envious of Mary before Jesus came to earth and wanted to be God because of Mary’s inner light/beauty is the most ludicrous thing I’ve heard as a Catholic yet.

​@leemason6945 Nowhere did I nor Fr. Chad Ripperger, imply that Our Lady was deity, anywhere

​@@LawofMosesHereNowhere did I nor Fr. Chad Ripperger imply that Our Lady was deity. Sorry but you've come to the wrong conclusion about my and Fr. Ripperger's position, based on what the other guy replied to me. Obviously we as Catholics don't worship Our Lady..

Thanks Ellie for taking the time to watch the video. God bless you!

thank you so much for your kind words, Sammy. God bless you

Thanks for listening❤🙏

Hi there, thanks so much Ryder for taking the time to watch the videos. Really appreciate it. God bless you

Thanks so much Johann for your support...I can't thank you enough. I will try to share more information for us all to learn together. God bless you brother

And you too! 😁

What makes you think I am human.

I should be thanking you, gentz. For always taking the time to watch the video. God bless you

We’re living in a serious spiritual battle, the devil is working overtime.

thanks so much Eleanor for your feedback and for your time watching this video. Really appreciate it! God bless you dear sister. Viva Cristo Rey!

Thanks so so much dear for your support and contribution! Much appreciated. God bless you

Thanks so much for your kind words, feedback and your time! Really appreciate it. God bless you!

Addiction to any drug or substance is a trap from the Evil One. When you are tempted with the next drink that you know you shouldn't take for your own good - tell Jesus, " Jesus, I trust in You" He will always answer that prayer - He will give you His Strength, Peace and Love and will deliver you from any temptation!

thanks so much Julia for your continuous support and for always taking the time to watch the videos.. God bless you dear sister

thanks so much Val for taking the time to watch the video. And thank you for your kind words and prayer. God bless you

thanks so much Nancy for your feedback and also for taking the time to watch the video! God bless you dear sister!

Thanks so much Vichos for taking the time to watch! God bless you 🙏

Thanks so much Sheiona for taking the time to watch the video! God bless you

I will answer your question. With God's help, I can tell you that bad dreams are a form of torment. Go immediately to confession and this will stop. Going for absolution once a month is a good practice. I find around week 3 I start having torments like this, and I start preparing my soul for confession. The devil knows how to torment us.

Jesus is part of humanity. He took on human flesh form. Though his soul was always part of God head/ Trinity. . God is, so as God exists from within and without of time. God has always been twined into humanity.

Paul Brady, it comes across like you hold Mary to some quite high esteem?, plus she ain’t a virgin, she lost that after Jesus

@@Sacrifice-Paid she would still be a virgin if she did not go on and have sex. Virginity is not a broken hymen. Virginity is the state of not having had sex. It is a physical and soul state. Mary was the only naturally occuring by will of God virginal mother. With science we can now make a virgin conceive and bare a child. If I used IVF on a virgin woman now, she would be a virginal mother even after birth if she did not have sex.

Virgine Mary was perpetual virgine. Same as st Joseph.

@@astraruza9001 I’m pretty sure that once a virgin man and virgin woman have sexual intercourse they are no longer virgins 🤷🏻 that’s not rocket science, pretty basic stuff, and after Jesus, Joseph and Mary had children, thus, no longer virgins

You may want to listen again to the part where Fr.lRipperger explained about the infused knowledge of the angels and there was also the part upon being assigned with their respective tasks, they 'see' what they're supposed to do.

@@spiritualwarfareseries thank for your response. I did listen that on another video, but I still don't grasp it, as that infused knowledge would imply knowing a future already set. I cannot accept that.

@@paulojorgedocarmodacostate1664they are outside time. They can see the past present and future at once. They are in the same dimension as God. The laws of physics do not apply to them.

@@ftmrivas3043 thank you. That is exactly the problem. The future. Destiny... Pre-destined to happen. This is so dangerous, see? In a sense, it means Judas had to exist so that God's plans and the scriptures) could be fulfilled. If not him, someone had to be the "traitor". Lucky me, I wasn't the chosen one, right? No... Something is not right... I need to do some more research on this matter.

@@paulojorgedocarmodacostate1664 it is problematic but it makes sense. It is like we are in a video game. We are in they are out. We have a choice but they know what’s going to happen. I am a chemist and I usually feel that I can make one single bond at the time. I understand my molecules, but my molecules can’t understand me. We can’t understand God due to our limited brain capacity. We were made with a limited cognitive intellect. But please post your findings I hope you find more solid answers rather than speculating thoughts.

Part of it is due to the high number of dislikes on previous long videos (and for me, anything above 8 minute is long). Therefore, I guess it's part of my habit to say sorry for that particular reason.

@@spiritualwarfareseries ok .. well ... I love the content .. the length is worth it ... ❤‍🔥

Sin causes evil. The first sinner among the angels would be Lucifer aka the father of lies. God has no lie in Him, because He is absolute Truth and absolute Love. While lie is the absolute opposite of truth, and thus the reason of everything evil.

Freewill caused sin. Their perfect knowledge reversed them to imperfection, even their tasks and functions, revered. .

The best copy God could make?? Are you putting limits to God's power to create?

Adam sinned, how was he the best copy? Christ the Son is the best copy. Was, is and forever will be.

@@elim7228 Yes and who's image are we supposed to conform to? Image of Jesus....because He is the restored side of humanity we are supposed to be like. As far as Jesus' humanity what is he called? "The last Adam". Without the sin nature of a human father, why do you think God the Son could come in human flesh? God made that way because He knew all the along man would need redemption..."the lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world".

No, he has a temporary power over this world. Satan is no god. He is an imposter.

@@elim7228 Well I guess you can take it up with the bible then because it clearly says that Satan is God of this world. He can be God of this world and have temporary power over it.

Listen again to the part of Fr. Ripperger talking about Lucifer upon receiving the assignment.

He was created for a purpose. He said no. God exists outside of time and space. He creates us for a purpose knowing full well whether we will comply or sin against our true nature.

If you're referring to the Canadian thing, that was a hoax.

@@edorasmarauder5761 not just Canada and I don’t it was a hoax

She was the woman clothed by the sun, as mentioned in revelation. On Genesis, Eve was mentioned to have an " enmity with the snake" where she will crush the head of the snake. Genesis mentions that woman and mankind will always be at odds with the snake/devil. Revelation mentioning the woman clothed with the sun, giving birth to the one who's authority and kingship lasts forever, Jesus, the anointed one, the enemy of the devil

They believe that because she is the mother of God, she is the most blessed of all created things

@@kylejacobson9587 I get that she was the mother of Jesus, but the Bible does not indicate there was anything truly special or righteous about her. Yet, priests try to drive out demons in Mary's name... why use any name other than Jesus? Jesus is the only one with real authority, not Mary.

@@deepwaters2334 as catholics, we start any prayer under who's name? In name of the Father, & of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (the sign of the cross, no mother Mary mentioned) Exorcism rites is a prayer that starts with the sign of the cross. Catholic prayers during exorcism, is not a magic incantation, to work at an instant, even if we ask Mother Mary's help. A possessed person will have to change his lifestyle, form an authentic relationship with God. only God can decide, when is the right time the demons will flee. Mother Mary on Spiritual warfare: What do we call the mother of Jesus, the King? A Queen Mother. She is the woman clothed with the sun under revelation. Jesus is the new Adam. To correct disobedience (garden of Eden) Mother Mary, as representative of Eve. Has humility: saying yes to God's will..... Exact opposite of Satan ( i will not serve) & opposite of Eve's error. Satan does not like following rules. Or submission to authority. So he dislikes Mother Mary & anyone who follows God's will. He dislikes Mother Mary's intervention during exorcism.

​@@deepwaters2334all generations will call me blessed. Blessed among women. Does that sound more important than you? And Catholics don't invoke her name to bless ir drive out demons. They merely ask the blessed virgin to pray.

Probably you should also look at what The orthodox think of the Theotokos.

@@spiritualwarfareseries I am familiar with their similar position. However, the prevalence of a belief is not sufficient enough evidence to confirm the truth of a belief. What substantive evidence do the elders in the Lord’s people have for the claim since it is not in scripture anywhere?

How can that be?

It's because of the devils own free will that we the devil... Praise God for giving us a mother and a Savior that will crush the wicked snake. This special mother and Savior was promised to us way back in Genesis 3:15.

Thanks so much for your support, Quasimodo! God bless you brother