Luke 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.
Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin and became human for the purpose of saving us from our enemies. Mary may have thought that the Christ would come to save the political and religious people group of Israel from the Romans and other political, earthly enemies. However, what Jesus did was save all of us from our spiritual, eternal enemies.
The promise came true in a much more powerful way than Mary or her contemporaries could even imagine. Our enemies are not human people. “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, bu against spiritual evil….” The enemies we have (and those who hate us) are dangerous, relentless, and deadly. Their purpose is to destroy us and keep us away from God and life. Sin, Death, and the Devil are continually working to steal, kill, and destroy.
But Jesus was born to destroy the works of the devil, the lethal effects of sin, and the reign of death. These are the enemies that Jesus has come to save us from. These three enemies of the soul have been defeated at the cross and the tomb, and in the End they will be cast into the lake of fire.
Meanwhile, between those times we go into spiritual warfare daily, but we live and fight from a position of strength and victory. The Savior, the Victor, is living in our life saving us from our enemies every day.