We have seen that the devil or satan is not described in the Old Testament as a fallen angel, but what about the serpent in Genesis 3? Usually Revelation 12 is used to show that the serpent in the garden of Eden was ‘that ancient serpent called the devil or satan who leads the whole world astray}’, but we have seen that Revelation 12 cannot be used to talk about something that happened before the creation of the world. So, Revelation 12 is not telling us that the serpent in Genesis 3 is an evil angel or is controlled by an evil angel. Let us look closely at Genesis 3 and see what the serpent really is.