But most especially, he (Satan) hates Eve.
Because she is truly captivating, uniquely glorious, and he cannot be. She is the incarnation of the Beauty of God. More than anything else in all creation, she embodies the glory of God. She allures the world to God. He hates it with a jealously we can only imagine.
And there is more. The Evil One also hates Eve because she gives life. Women give birth, not men. women nourish life. And they also bring life into the world soulfully, relationally, spiritually—in everything they touch. Satan was a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). He brings death. His is a kingdom of death. Ritual sacrifices, genocide, the Holocaust, abortion—those are his ideas. And thus Eve is his greatest human threat, for she brings life. She is a lifesaver and a life giver. Eve means “life” or “life producer.” Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living” (Gen. 3:20)
—Captivating, A Special Hatred, page 85-86
