So I told you I like stories that resolve or praise God for this story.

In Revelation 12 and 20, I think it's talking about basically the same thing.

This devouring dragon tries to destroy God's people, to deceive God's people.

Interestingly, the dragon can't bind God, but God can

send an angel to bind Satan. God can bind this dragon. And he uses his angels to throw Satan and

all his demons into the lake of fire and sulfur forever. That's resolution.

Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week for thoughtful

interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life. I'm Matt Tully, and today I'm

talking with Andy Nasselli. Andy is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and New Testament

at Bethlehem College and Seminary in

Minneapolis. He also serves as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church and as the author of a number

of books, including The Serpent and the Serpent Slayer, a new volume in Crossways short studies

in biblical theology series. Today, Andy and I discuss snakes in the Bible.

We talk about why Satan appeared to Adam and Eve as a talking serpent in Genesis 3.

Where else snakes and dragons appear in Scripture and why it matters for our understanding

of the history of redemption? And how the biblical idea of serpents and serpent

slayers sheds light on everything from Beowulf to the Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter.

Let's get started.

Andy, thank you so much for joining me on the Crossway podcast today.

My pleasure.

So if we grew up in the church, I think most Christians with that background are pretty

familiar with the opening stories of the Bible, in particular, the story of the Garden

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