Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said then, “Serpent, because you did this, walked up…” He wasn’t a reptile. He was a beast, walked up, more subtle than all the beasts of the field. Bear me record, that’s Scripture. Walked up, like a man, and he had deceived her. And He said, “And because you did this, off comes your legs, and on your belly you’ll go, all the days of your life. And dust shall be your meat.”

The Cruelty of Sin, and the Penalty That It Cost to Rid Sin from Our Lives, 1953-04-03, Jeffersonville, IN, §97

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Serpent's seed The fall

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Title:: The Cruelty of Sin, and the Penalty That It Cost to Rid Sin from Our Lives
Date:: April 3, 1953
Location:: Jeffersonville, IN
Paragraph:: §97

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Show Us the Father and It'll Satisfy Us, 1953-06-11, Connersville, IN, §194

And He said, “Serpent…” Now, he wasn’t a reptile then. He was the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. And He said, “Cursed is you.” And He took his legs from him and upon his belly he’d go all the days of—of his life. Dust should be...