What is the promise of the battle between Satan and Jesus in Genesis 3:15?
Genesis 3:15 promises a running battle between Satan and Jesus Christ. God puts enmity between Satan and the woman, and between Satan's seed and her seed. Galatians identifies the woman's seed as Christ. From that moment, Satan tries to disrupt God's program, ultimately seeking to thwart God's plan for the ages.
Les teaches that in Genesis 3:15 God is speaking to Satan, who precipitated all of this. God says He will put enmity between Satan and the woman, and between Satan's seed and her seed. Galatians tells us that the seed of the woman is Christ. So what is really presented is a promise of a running battle between Satan and Jesus Christ, beginning at that moment. Les explains that as soon as Satan understands God's particular program, he comes in and tries to disrupt it. After God made the covenant with Abraham, Satan began a process running over 4,000 years to destroy the nation of Israel, because God promised everything would be fulfilled through that little nation. If Satan could destroy the Jew, he would thwart God's plan for the ages. Thus everything begins right here with this running battle.
And 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.