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The European Union in Prophecy
30. Infernal Enmity
"I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Genesis 3:15. The divine
sentence pronounced against Satan after the fall of man was also a prophecy,
embracing all the ages to the close of time and foreshadowing the great conflict to
engage all the races of men who should live upon the earth.
God declares: "I will put enmity." This enmity is not naturally entertained.
When man transgressed the divine law, his nature became evil, and he was in
harmony, and not at variance, with Satan. There exists naturally no enmity between
sinful man and the originator of sin. Both became evil through apostasy. The apostate
is never at rest, except as he obtains sympathy and support by inducing others to
follow his example. For this reason fallen angels and wicked men unite in desperate
companionship. Had not God specially interposed, Satan and man would have entered
into an alliance against Heaven; and instead of cherishing enmity against Satan, the
whole human family would have been united in opposition to God.
Satan tempted man to sin, as he had caused angels to rebel, that he might thus
secure co-operation in his warfare against Heaven. There was no dissension between
himself and the fallen angels as regards their hatred of Christ; while on all other
points there was discord, they were firmly united in opposing the authority of the
Ruler of the universe. But when Satan heard the declaration that enmity should exist
between himself and the woman, and between his seed and her seed, he knew that
his efforts to deprave human nature would be interrupted; that by some means man
was to be enabled to resist his power.
Satan's enmity against the human race is kindled because, through Christ, they
are the objects of God's love and mercy. He desires to thwart the divine plan for man's
redemption, to cast dishonour upon God, by defacing and defiling His handiwork; he
would cause grief in heaven and fill the earth with woe and desolation. And he points
to all this evil as the result of God's work in creating man. It is the grace that Christ
implants in the soul which creates in man enmity against Satan. Without this
converting grace and renewing power, man would continue the captive of Satan, a
servant ever ready to do his bidding. But the new principle in the soul creates conflict
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