Who is God talking to in Genesis 3:15?
In Genesis 3:15, God is addressing Satan, speaking through the serpent, after Adam and Eve fell. The verse declares enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between his seed and her seed, promising a Redeemer. This confrontation follows the fall and introduces hope for the human race through the promised Redeemer.
Les explains that in Genesis 3:15 the Lord is dealing with the serpent, Satan, after Eve and Adam have fallen. God speaks to Satan through the serpent and puts enmity between Satan and the woman, and between Satan’s seed and the woman’s seed. Les emphasizes that immediately God comes back with hope for the race: the promise of a Redeemer. The context also notes the seed of the woman, and that at the fullness of time God the Son was made of a woman, made under the law.
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.
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Who was God actually addressing when He spoke to the serpent in Genesis 3?
In Genesis 3 the Lord is speaking to Satan through the serpent when He pronounces the curse and the promise.