+DEV+ Jesus: The Seed of the Woman

Date: July 22, 2012 10:41 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus: The Seed of the Woman

Jesus: The Seed of the Woman

"And I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."  (Genesis 3:15)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 3

This verse has been called the proto-evangel. That simply means it's the first allusion to the gospel of grace in Scripture. God made human beings good, but Adam and Eve chose to commit cosmic rebellion against their Creator. Their sin plunged the world beneath God's curse, and we became enslaved to sin and death. How could we ever have communion with a holy God again? The answer is here. The "offspring of the woman" would someday crush Satan's head and set His people free.

Paul writes in Galatians 4:4-5, "But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons." Jesus had to become a man to pay for man's sin (Hebrews 2:17). But to avoid original sin - the passing of the sin nature from parents to children - Jesus needed to be born supernaturally, through a woman by the Holy Spirit. Jesus became for us fully human, and yet is fully God. Only He provides the way to the Father (John 14:6).

Insight: Why Does Paul Speak Only Of Sons In Galatians 4:5? In The Old Testament, Only Sons Inherited Full Rights. Sisters, You Are Included As Sons!