2首先我们还是要看看人第三次堕落的原因。对于每一次的堕落，我们都可以找出理由或原因。人第三次堕落的原因并不简单。甚至第一次的堕落，原因也不简单，因为那次的堕落不仅是由人引起的，更是由人以外的源头－蛇，就是魔鬼，撒但，神的仇敌－引起的。我们看过，那进到堕落之人里面神的仇敌，成了第二次堕落的主观原因。所以，在每一次的堕落里，除了人自己，还有另一个原因。每一次的堕落当然都是人的堕落，但每一次的原因都不仅是人自己，也是神的仇敌。在第一次堕落中，神的仇敌是在人的外面。在第二次堕落中，这仇敌已进到人的里面。现今在第三次堕落的事例中，仇敌采取了另一步，使人更进一步堕落。我们需要找出这另一步是甚么。这一步比我们所能想像的坏多了。虽然你可能把创世记研读过好多遍，但对于撒但诡计的隐秘可能从未注意到。在我们来看撒但这项诡计的时候，我们需要仰望主得胜宝血的遮盖，因为这篇信息摸著邪恶的权势，并且暴露神仇敌的狡计。
2Firstly, again we need to consider the cause of man’s third fall. We can find a reason or cause for every fall. The cause of the third fall of man was not simple. Even in the first fall the cause was not simple, because that fall was not only brought about by man, but by a source other than man—the serpent, that is, the Devil, Satan, the enemy of God. We have seen that the enemy of God, who had entered into fallen man, became a subjective cause of the second fall. So, in every fall there was a cause other than man himself. Each fall, of course, was the fall of man, but the cause in each case was not merely man himself, but also the enemy of God. In the first fall, the enemy of God was outside of man. In the second fall, this enemy was inside of man. Now, in the case of the third fall, the enemy took another step, causing man to fall even further. We need to discover what was this other step. It is much worse than we can imagine. Although you might have studied the book of Genesis several times, you probably have never noticed the secret mystery of Satan’s device. As we consider this satanic device, we need to look to the Lord for the covering of His prevailing blood, for this message touches the evil power and exposes the subtle device of God’se ne my