147. the God of peace, crushing
Near the end of his letter to the Romans, Paul gave this promise: "The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly" (16:20). The wording strikes some readers as almost humorous: The "God of peace" is going to "crush" someone? Yet it makes perfect sense, in a way. The world can never have perfect peace as long as Satan is able to go about doing mischieft. Yet soon, Paul said, Satan's shenanigans will end abruptly, and peace will reign through the mercies of God.
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