An Ancient Prophecy That Affects You - WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE PROPHECY?

 The characters in the account recorded at Genesis 3:14, 15 include a "serpent," the "offspring of the serpent, a woman," and the "offspring of the woman. The Bible helps us to identify each of them. Let us begin with "the serpent."  A literal snake could not have understood what Jehovah said in the garden of Eden.  So the object of Jehovah's judgment must have been an intelligent creature. Who?  Revelation 12:9 leaves no doubt on this matter.  There "the original serpent" is clearly identified as Satan the Devil. But who make up the offspring off the serpent? 

THE SERPENT

When the Bible speaks of offspring of a figurative sense, it is referring to those who think and act like their symbolic father. So the offspring of the serpent is made up of spirit creatures and humans who, like Satan, resist Jehovah God and oppose His people.  That would include the angels who abandonded their assignments in heaven in N0oah's day as well as wicked humans who behave like their father the Devil. - GENESIS 6:1,2; JOHN 8:44; 1 JOHN5:19.

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