JohnStevenson said:
Genesis 3:15 begins with the Lord saying to the serpent, " I will put enmity Between you and the woman..." The verse goes on to speak of the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, a passage I take to be Messianic. But my question regards THIS particular phrase. To what does this enmity between the serpent versus the woman refer?
Is it the snake and Eve?
Is is the snake and women in general?
Is it Satan and Israel?
Is it all of the above?
Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being
with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold
a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads. 4 And
his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and
the dragon stood before
the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child as soon as it was born. 5 And
she brought forth
a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and
her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And
the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed
her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And
the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with
him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame
him by the blood of
the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that
he hath but a short time. 13 And when
the dragon saw that
he was cast unto the earth,
he persecuted
the woman which brought forth
the man child. 14 And to
the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that
she might fly
into the wilderness, into her place, where
she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of
the serpent. 15 And
the serpent cast out of
his mouth water as a flood after
the woman, that
he might cause
her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped
the woman, and the earth opened
her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which
the dragon cast out of
his mouth. 17 And
the dragon was wroth with
the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of
Jesus Christ.
