As soon as Almighty God had pronounced judgment against the Serpent who had deceived Adam and Eve, the hunt got underway.
The devil began to muster all his wiles. He used individuals, circumstances and whatever means he could to try to thwart God's plan by preventing Jesus from going to the Cross where the Serpent's head was going to be bruised, as God had promised after Man's Fall in the Garden of Eden.
All the devil's plans, however, failed.
Having outwitted Satan all along, Jesus went to the Cross and defeated him and all his demons