The Fall of Man - Part 8 - In the Garden - Enmity Between the Woman and the Serpent
I Hate Snakes Have you ever wondered why most people have an aversion to snakes? I certainly do.
I hate snakes.
When I was working on an oil drilling rig in the Cheyenne Valley of Oklahoma we were constantly alert for rattlesnakes.
The vibration of our drilling rig drew snakes to our location.
One particular well which we drilled next to a mesa was particularly dangerous.
The snakes hid under steps, around our substructure, and in our cottonseed hull trailer.
We killed over one hundred rattlesnakes on that location.
I guess that's why they have rattlesnake hunts in Oklahoma.
Animosity Between Woman and the Serpent.
Anyway, I was reading Genesis 3:15 in my Bible and found that God had placed animosity between the woman and the serpent.
What I found most interesting was that the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent would hate each other.
I found this passage of scripture interesting.
Why didn't God place animosity between the man and the serpent? Why the woman? I have learned over the years that although the Bible account is about actual events God uses his word to reveal himself to us.
Everything in the Bible is put there for a reason.
God's word says all scripture is to teach us doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness.
(II Timothy 3:16) I thought about the verse and asked the Father, in Jesus name, to help me understand.
About a month later I was reading Hebrews 2:14, and the answer became clear.
Hebrews 2:14, "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
" Man in his weakness has continually fought sin and failed.
Only in Christ can man overcome sin.
Genesis 3:15 is a foreshadowing of Christ.
Just as it is foretold that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's head.
So Christ, born of a virgin, as his feet were nailed to the cross, triumphed over the head of the serpent, (Satan, the father of sin), and forever gives salvation to all who call on him.
It is Jesus, the seed of woman, that tasted death for every man and provided salvation for all.
Praise God, who has given provision for salvation through his Son, Jesus Christ.
Copyright 2010 J-me
I hate snakes.
When I was working on an oil drilling rig in the Cheyenne Valley of Oklahoma we were constantly alert for rattlesnakes.
The vibration of our drilling rig drew snakes to our location.
One particular well which we drilled next to a mesa was particularly dangerous.
The snakes hid under steps, around our substructure, and in our cottonseed hull trailer.
We killed over one hundred rattlesnakes on that location.
I guess that's why they have rattlesnake hunts in Oklahoma.
Animosity Between Woman and the Serpent.
Anyway, I was reading Genesis 3:15 in my Bible and found that God had placed animosity between the woman and the serpent.
What I found most interesting was that the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent would hate each other.
I found this passage of scripture interesting.
Why didn't God place animosity between the man and the serpent? Why the woman? I have learned over the years that although the Bible account is about actual events God uses his word to reveal himself to us.
Everything in the Bible is put there for a reason.
God's word says all scripture is to teach us doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness.
(II Timothy 3:16) I thought about the verse and asked the Father, in Jesus name, to help me understand.
About a month later I was reading Hebrews 2:14, and the answer became clear.
Hebrews 2:14, "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
" Man in his weakness has continually fought sin and failed.
Only in Christ can man overcome sin.
Genesis 3:15 is a foreshadowing of Christ.
Just as it is foretold that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's head.
So Christ, born of a virgin, as his feet were nailed to the cross, triumphed over the head of the serpent, (Satan, the father of sin), and forever gives salvation to all who call on him.
It is Jesus, the seed of woman, that tasted death for every man and provided salvation for all.
Praise God, who has given provision for salvation through his Son, Jesus Christ.
Copyright 2010 J-me
