LEARNING DAILY

 

Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” God

 

I pray that all of your Christmas time with family was wonderful. We were blessed to be able to celebrate with both of our daughters, sons-in-laws, and grandchildren. We had a great time!

 

Are you ready for another prophecy about the birth of Jesus? Too many in a quick reading skip over this verse and those preceding and following it. You know the story of the disobedience of Adam and Eve as they partook from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God spoke two curses when confronting the serpent; He cursed the ground and He cursed the serpent. The curse on the ground will eventually be resolved but not until we see the events described in Revelation 20-22. One thing to notice, is God did not curse Adam and Eve. Instead, He actually blessed them. That blessing, however, did not go without consequences.

 

Scholars believe that verse 15, above, is the first promise of man’s redemption, the first gospel, the Good News – actually the best news ever! It predicts the ultimate victory for humanity, for whosoever would believe in the Seed of the woman. Read carefully and see the prophecy that God already had a plan to defeat Satan and evil, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” In this prophecy, God promised that Christ would be born of a woman and would be “bruised” which happened through the crucifixion. But, He would rise from the dead to destroy the power of sin, and death for all who would believe; at His second coming, the Lord Jesus Christ will “bruise” Satan’s head and completely destroy Him.

 

The coming of the woman’s “Seed” was fulfilled in Matthew 1-2, Luke 2, and Galatians 4:4. Even in this judgment there was mercy. The judgment pronounced on the serpent contained words of hope! The offspring of the serpent and the woman have been enemies throughout time. Satan will always be the enemy of all Believers who have placed their hope in the “Seed” of the woman. Those who take sides with Satan will always be at war with those who place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. As we read and study God’s Word, we know the end of the story. Satan and his followers will be totally defeated and spend eternity in the “lake of fire and brimstone”. Until that time warfare between Satan and God’s children will continue.

 

It is important to know that even before the time sin entered the world, God had a plan for crushing Satan’s head. His plan was for His Son to be born of a virgin, to teach and show who the Father was, to die on a cross, and to rise again to offer salvation, redemption, to all who would believe. 1 John 3:8 tells us, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

 

As Believers, we stand strong in the power of Jesus Christ each day as joining the battle between good and evil. Give thanks today for stepping into our lives to save us and make us part of God’s family!