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Messiah Will Defeat Satan [21-01]

From the very beginning, God planned to send the Messiah. The first promise of the Messiah came to Adam and Eve. God promised that a descendant of Eve would be born who would crush the snake’s head. The snake who deceived Eve was Satan. The promise meant that the Messiah would defeat Satan completely.

第一个对弥赛亚到来的应许来自亚当夏娃时期。神应许从夏娃的后代中将会有人出生重击蛇的头。那欺骗夏娃的蛇就是撒旦。那个应许意味着即将来的弥赛亚将彻底击败撒旦。

Important Terms:

• God
• Christ
• promise
• Adam
• Eve
• descendant
• Satan

Translation Notes:

• From the very beginning - That is, from when the earth was first created.
• crush the snake's head - Unless the head of a venomous snake is crushed, the snake can still hurt someone. Use a word for "crush" that communicates that its head is destroyed.
• The snake…was Satan – Satan spoke to Eve in the form of a snake. This does not mean that he is a snake now. This could be translated as, "The snake…was an appearance of Satan."
• who deceived Eve - That is, "who lied to Eve." The snake lied by making Eve doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.