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NASB | Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel." [Gal 4:4] |
Bible Question: I do not understand how this verse is a phrophcy to the birth of Christ. What is it relating too? |
Bible Answer: Resplendent - Welcome! and thanks for your first post. .... This verse, Genesis 3:15, has long been recognized as the first messianic prophecy of the Bible. In looking over the various resources on this verse that are in my library, I favor John MacArthur's because I believe he does a fine job of exposition of this verse, clear without being hyper-technical, and I can do no better than reproduce here what Dr. MacArthur wrote as a footnote to Genesis 3:15. ..... "After cursing the physical serpent, God turned to the spiritual serpent, the lying seducer, Satan, and cursed him. This 'first gospel' is prophetic of the struggle and its outcome between 'your seed' (Satan and unbelievers, who are called the Devil's children in John 8:44) and her seed (Christ, a descendent of Eve, and those in Him), which began in the garden in the midst of the curse passage, a message of hope shone forth -- the woman's offspring called 'He' is Christ, who will one day defeat the Serpent. Satan could only 'bruise' Christ's heel (cause Him to suffer), while Christ will bruise Satan's head (destroy him with a fatal blow). Paul, in a passage strongly reminiscent of Gen. 3, encouraged the believers in Rome, 'And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly' (Romans 16:20). Believers should recognize that they participate in the crushing of Satan because, along with their Savior and because of His finished work on the cross, they also are of the woman's seed. For more on the destruction of Satan, see Heb. 2:14,15 and Rev. 20:10." ...... I do hope that this will add to your understanding of Genesis 3:15 and its significance as the greatest story every told unfolds in the greatest book ever written. --Hank |
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