POV: That Old Serpent - by Esther Lawrence

"And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed;He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” Alas!!! I "...shall bruise His heel". That felt like victory at that very moment. I had finally succeeded! The perfect world God created, has now become my territory. Or so I thought.... I was Lucifer before I became Satan. The son of the morning, a shining star! I always thought myself a god, and that's what I wanted most - to be like the Most High. Yet somehow, He knew it all. Possibly before I conceived it, and I was thrown down! Once the fairest of angels, now fallen from heaven. Reduced to nothing. I roamed about for ages, doing nothing...and one day I heard "Let us make man in our own image". I looked on and truly, like every other creature ..they were perfect. I watched on, and this time the words piqued my interest. "Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Dominion?? I like the sound of that. How can I have that? "....but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” That's it! Deceit...I need them dead, to have this dominion. I won? Or so I thought.... ---------------- "For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." But this...is my kingdom! No!!!! I won't have this!!!! I tried to kill him at birth, to no avail. Herod's anger was such a useful instrument. To kill one boy, we wiped out all the male children below two years in that town called Bethlehem. A complete massacre of the innocent...Yet, He lived. I failed once, and I didn't get another opportunity. Not so fast... This child was blameless, unlike the rest. There was just no sin to build disaster on. "The Son of God", yet "Son of Man". I kept watching, waiting, lurking...and one day, an opportunity came. He was all alone in that desert, 40 days and 40 nights. If He truly is the Son of Man, He should be hungry. But, if He is the Son of God, He should easily command this stone to become bread. Three times I tried to tempt Him...Three times I failed. He was unlike the rest.... ------------------Want to know my biggest failure? It's the one I championed. This payback went far. I led everything with so much enthusiasm. I saw Him bask in sorrow in that garden, and felt God had finally abandoned Him. Now all that's left is to get him killed, at any cost. Caiaphas made it easy to use him, and everything else just kept the end in focus - His Death. To mock Him even harder, I put it in the heart of His own disciple to betray Him! What did I not do?! You really thought it was normal for the people to scream "Crucify Him?!". This was the brief story of my might. But you'll soon come to know that what I thought was my biggest payback, became His biggest comeback. The third day came, and history was made. Jesus of Nazareth rose from the grave! It was not the first time I felt real fear. Fear of this man...Fear of the mention of His name. But, it was the first time I knew I had lost to Him forever! He was wounded for your transgressions, He was bruised for your iniquities; The chastisement for your peace was upon Him, And by His stripes you are healed. I may have gotten a chance to bruise his heel for your sake, but He completely shattered my head!!! I wanted ALL, you see? I still do, but I guess I can make do with some. Those who do not believe are still subject to ME and render His sacrifice of no use, anyway. Will you be one of them???

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