Section 14
the significance of this. Satan was bruised, de stroyed through the very flesh that Christ put on Himself, because that flesh was in the form of the serpent. When that flesh was crucified on the cross, Satan was bruised and destroyed.
Romans 8:3 not only says that God sent His Son "in the likeness of the flesh of sin," but also that He sent Him "concerning sin." Some ver sions render "concerning sin" as "as an offering for sin," taking the word sin here to be a refer ence to the sin offering. Although this inter pretation is not wrong, it does not fully convey the thought. Paul's thought is that God sent His Son, not only "in the likeness of the flesh of sin," but also "concerning sin," that is, for everything related to sin, that He might condemn sin and everything related to it. Everything associated with sin was condemned in the flesh of Christ on the cross.
Satan was eager and happy to enter into man's body, which became the flesh after he entered it. Regardless of how wise Satan is, he can never surpass God. God is much wiser. God sent His Son in the likeness of this flesh in which Satan was and condemned it on the cross. We may use the illustration of a mouse trap. It is difficult to catch a mouse because the mouse always runs