In the Spirit of Sankofa!
ru2religious,
Let me know the sources upon which you rely in support of this statement; "The verse never really actually existed according to the Roman Catholic Church. It was that verse and the following verse 16."
And are you certain the snake is properly represented within the context of scripture; "Last point, if the snake was cursed to its belly then its heel's shouldn't be a point especially given the fact that snakes don't have heels."
I do apologize that it has taken me so long to get back to your query.
I will make this as simplistic as I possibly can being that I'm long winded at times. Here's the issues, The verse never really actually existed according to the Roman Catholic Church. It was that verse and the following verse 16.
Its really hard given the state of knowing the scripture is fictitious in the first place. Nevertheless, there was a point that was trying to be made, but first we have to understand that 'Eve' is none other then 'Wisdom' herself and 'Adam' represent male and female, so we are not talking about a physical woman being that the female is part of what makes 'Adam', Adam. Eve was taken from Adam meaning 'Wisdom was taken from humanity' and not a literal female from Adam. This enmity wasn't between a literal female but 'Wisdom' vs 'Apep' the great serpent of the Underworld (Earth) i.e. Ignorance.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
It shall bruise thy head represents Wisdom being transfigured and distorted by Apep/Snake. And you will bruise his heel which means the very foundation that Apep/Snake/Destroyer otherwise known as ignorance operates from. The heel represent 'Earth' as being the foundation of 'Apep'.
Last point, if the snake was cursed to its belly then its heel's shouldn't be a point especially given the fact that snakes don't have heels.
That is as about as basic as I can make it given that I don't have room to dive into it like I want to ... lol.
Peace
Ru2religious
ru2religious,
Let me know the sources upon which you rely in support of this statement; "The verse never really actually existed according to the Roman Catholic Church. It was that verse and the following verse 16."
And are you certain the snake is properly represented within the context of scripture; "Last point, if the snake was cursed to its belly then its heel's shouldn't be a point especially given the fact that snakes don't have heels."