"And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 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." Genesis 3
Is the devil not actively leading astray and destroying all of mankind? While he chiefly seeks to destroy the obedient sons of Adam he seeks to pervert and destroy the rest too. It is this fuller and more complete picture which you are lacking. I think your use of the DRB and its translation of Genesis 3:15 has led to that.
It can be confusing, but do you think that St John was missing your fuller and more complete picture of Scripture?
There are two women spoken of in Genesis 3 (Eve and Mary)
and only one woman in Apoc 12 (Mary).
Apocolypse 12 clearly references Gen 3:
[15] I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed.
That's verbetim from Gen 3 right? St John knew Scripture.
Is St John talking about enmities with Eve and her seed (the sons of Adam) or Mary and her seed (Christians) ?
Let's take a closer look.
Was there really "enmity" between the serpent and Eve or did Eve actually join the serpent's team?
St John gives the answer in the passage from Apoc 12:
[9] And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan,
who seduceth the whole worldSatan seduced Eve and the whole world. No war going on there. No enmity.
So who does Satan battle? Have enmity with?
St John tells us Satan is angry with the woman who gives birth to a man child who was to rule all nations:
[5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne.
Would that be Eve or Mary? Mary.
[17] And the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Would that woman be Eve or Mary?
He already seduced Eve and her descendants. They are on the same team. No enmity or battle going on with them.
Clearly that is Mary.
Satan shows his enmity for her:
[13] And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth,
he persecuted the woman, who brought forth the man childSo after Mary gives birth to the man child (Jesus) he goes to make war with her and the rest of her seed (Christians).
Satan wasn't angry with Eve and her seed.
He was angry with Mary and made war with her seed.
Mary crushes Satan's head by her seed---Jesus!
According to Haydock, either translation leads to the same conclusion:
[15] "She shall crush": Ipsa, the woman; so divers of the fathers read this place, conformably to the Latin: others read it ipsum, viz., the seed.
The sense is the same: for it is by her seed, Jesus Christ, that the woman crushes the serpent's head.---Haydock