nature to cover its own moral shame by a device of man’s own handiwork. Here we are taught of the gracious provision which God has made to meet our great need. Here begins that marvelous stream of prophecy which runs all through the Holy Scriptures. Here we learn that man cannot approach God except through a mediator.” THE SERPENT CASTS A SHADOW OF DOUBT ON THE WORD OF GOD In this first section we have the setting for the temptation of man. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field