GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

396 God’s WorkThe God of peace shall bruise Satan under yourfeet shortly (Romans 16:20).In essence, God made it known to Satan, “From this point on,you are a snake. You are subtle and devious. Deep within yourself,you do not have any standards of quality. You look to externals.”Picture God thinking, “You may appear as a cherub ofmine, but in reality you are only a snake. You will be deceptive,secretive, cunning, even captivating, and what’s more, you arepoisonous.” All those possibilities and more are contained withinSatan’s “grand design.” You must realize that everything containedwithin Satan’s head is deadly. You could even say that,“He is filled with poison.” This affects everything he plans, saysand does. No wonder the “bruise” is to the head. This is similarin wording to the beast where, “…one of his heads as it werewounded to death…” (Revelation 13:3). Of course, the devilor dragon is the power behind this nefarious creature (Revelation13:2).Satan is the god of the dead - just as you read, “…him that hadthe power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). Satan,The Devil only causes death. He is virtually “The Lord of TheDead.” Satan is obviously the enemy of all humanity. This is readilyapparent from the initial account given in Genesis 3:14-15.Satan’s SystemSince Satan is the enemy of all humanity, how could he controlAdam and Eve’s progeny? If Satan could not use his power todirectly kill their children (God, of course, limited his authority),then he only had deceptive and cunning methods to use. Hedid this by means of appearing as God’s servant. But it was alla lie.