14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

— Genesis 3:14-15

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.

11a They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony….

— Revelation 12:10-11a

2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

3 The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

— Exodus 15:2-3

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, salvation and joy from Jesus Christ to you.

When Satan tempted Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, the first man and woman gave in and sin entered the world. God judges the serpent and then gave a great prophecy and virgin Mary. Jesus crushed the serpent when He died on the cross to atone for His people’s sin. In so doing, He provided for new “offspring”—men, women, and children who receive forgiveness from sin and new life because of His life, death, and resurrection. The enmity between the serpent’s offspring and the woman’s offspring began in the garden of Eden and will continue until Jesus returns.

Those who belong to God overcome the great dragon with his evil hatred and insidious corruption. God delivers His people from Satan’s destructive grip. Believers prevail over Satan by faith in Jesus’s victory over sin and death. Energized by His power, God’s children can live with courageous obedience and a testimony of God’s grace and triumph. Let’s be encouraged because of this proclamation that the salvation, power, and kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come and Satan the accuser has been thrown down. Praise the Lord because God’s children, like us, will have overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb, the offspring of woman, and by the word of our testimony.