Book excerpt: This book is written to show why the tempter, called the serpent, is junior to Jesus and mankind, . That is, the tempter cannot usurp authority over us because the Lord created mankind before the tempter. Yet above all our seniority that the Lord has given us is the seniority of Jesus, the superpower of Jesus and the super-authority that Jesus holds above the tempter. This book is also written to highlight Biblical principles that refute many of the erroneous teachings relative to the tempter. These teachings are out of line with God's point of view; and I do understand that some of these teachings were learned from past generations