Chapter Forty/ Crushing the Serpent's Head

 What about the Serpent and his seed? About 56 C.E. the apostle Paul wrote a long letter to the Christians in Rome. In concluding it, he encouraged them by saying: "For his part, the God who gives peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly." (Romans 16:20) This is more than superficial bruising. Satan is to be crushed! Paul here used a Greek word, syn-tri'bo, that means to bruise into jellylike state, to trample down, to destroy utterly by crushing. As for the human seed of the Serpent, this is due for a real plaguing in the Lord's day, climaxing at the great tribulation the great and political system of the world, together with their financial and military henchmen. (Revelation, chapter 18 and 19) Thus Jehovah brings to a climax the enmity between the two seeds. The Seed of God's woman triumphs over the earthly seed of the Serpent, and that seed is no more!

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