I have a difficult question for my fellow Christians. After Satan tempted Adam and Eve to sin, God spoke to Satan:
“And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and h...
I texted my pastor (who I’ve known for many years) because I love this question.
I’m sharing it below:
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It's wise and humble to wrestle with tough questions like this while sticking close to what the Bible actually says plainly.
“Jesus has already won the big victory over evil, and our job is to stay faithful no matter what”
The first gospel hint where God says “the woman's "seed" (descendant) will crush the serpent's head, even though the serpent will bite his heel.”
Christians have always seen this pointing straight to Jesus, born from Mary
The "seed of the serpent" part.
most Bible teachers say it's not about literal kids Satan had.
(he's a spirit, no body for making babies). It's usually understood as people or forces that side with evil and fight against God, like how Jesus called some folks "children of the devil" because of their actions (John 8). The Antichrist in the New Testament books is described as a human guy Satan empowers, not some half-demon hybrid thing.
The idea that Satan's seed means a real physical descendant, maybe even the Antichrist being a Nephilim-style giant from Genesis 6, pops up in some wilder end-times theories. But that's not the main view in most churches or Bible commentaries—it's more of a "what if" that the text itself doesn't clearly say.
Thanks for digging into Scripture like this, even when it's uncomfortable.
I’m sharing it below:
###
It's wise and humble to wrestle with tough questions like this while sticking close to what the Bible actually says plainly.
“Jesus has already won the big victory over evil, and our job is to stay faithful no matter what”
The first gospel hint where God says “the woman's "seed" (descendant) will crush the serpent's head, even though the serpent will bite his heel.”
Christians have always seen this pointing straight to Jesus, born from Mary
The "seed of the serpent" part.
most Bible teachers say it's not about literal kids Satan had.
(he's a spirit, no body for making babies). It's usually understood as people or forces that side with evil and fight against God, like how Jesus called some folks "children of the devil" because of their actions (John 8). The Antichrist in the New Testament books is described as a human guy Satan empowers, not some half-demon hybrid thing.
The idea that Satan's seed means a real physical descendant, maybe even the Antichrist being a Nephilim-style giant from Genesis 6, pops up in some wilder end-times theories. But that's not the main view in most churches or Bible commentaries—it's more of a "what if" that the text itself doesn't clearly say.
Thanks for digging into Scripture like this, even when it's uncomfortable.
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