![]() “To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne” (Revelation 3:21). And, to His eternal praise, He grants victory to everyone who believes in Him (John 16:33). Jesus is the Seed of the woman who has won the victory over the tempter and enemy of mankind. In so doing, He crushed the power of Satan, sin, and death-He crushed the serpent’s head. On the third day, Jesus rose from the grave. Satan “bruised the heel” of the Savior when Jesus was crucified-Jesus suffered in His flesh. The enmity spoken of in Genesis 3:15 is ultimately between Satan and Christ. In that case, the protoevangelium is certainly fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin (Luke 1:34–35). This unusual wording could indicate that the woman’s offspring would not have an earthly father. The sole tempter will be countered by the sole Savior.Īlso, Genesis 3:15 speaks of the seed of a woman rather than the seed of a man. There is one Seed in particular who is to come. So, the seed of the woman is individualized. The woman’s offspring is referred to by the singular noun seed, and that seed is immediately antecedent to the singular pronouns he and his. There is an indication of number in Genesis 3:15 that we cannot overlook. The perpetual war Satan wages against humanity began in the Garden of Eden. Sin entered the world through Adam’s disobedience, and we all suffer because of it (Romans 5:12–14). The prophecy is that her offspring would be continually harassed by Satan and his followers (the offspring of the serpent). The woman spoken of is Eve, the mother of humanity (Genesis 3:20). The figurative language in Genesis 3:14 (“dust you shall eat,” ESV) indicates that the subsequent verse speaks of a spiritual war between Satan (the serpent) and humanity (the seed of the woman). The Hebrew word for “seed” here means “offspring,” which is how many translations render it (e.g., NIV, ESV, CSB). In Genesis 3, the Savior is called the “Seed” of the woman (NKJV and AMP). ![]() ![]() This verse is known as the protoevangelium, or the “first gospel,” because it introduces the theme of a Savior who will redeem humanity from the curse of sin (Galatians 3:13). To the serpent, God says, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (verse 15, KJV). It’s gradual as small compromises begin to manifest in our livesleading to larger ones. Typically, a fall doesn’t happen at once. He needed to shake them by revealing how bad their spiritual lives had become. In Genesis 3, God pronounces judgment against Adam, Eve, and the serpent for their sinful rebellion. In order for Jacob and his family to experience revival, God needed to shake them. With the possible exception of John 3:16, no verse in the Bible is more crucial and definitive than Genesis 3:15: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heal. ![]()
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