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“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise (crush) thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel” (Genesis 3:15).
Several days ago, when we mentioned how that Adam and Eve had sinned, we pointed out that God already had a plan to bring in much greater blessing for man through the Lord Jesus. In our verse today, we see that plan that God had.
The devil had appeared in the form of a snake, and the Lord pronounces a curse upon him. Ever since sin came into this world, Satan has been the enemy of man. However, God said that the “seed of the woman,” would crush the head of the serpent. This is referring to the Lord Jesus, who came into this world as a man. At first it seemed as if Satan would win, for the Lord Jesus was rejected and crucified. But in that act, the Lord Jesus really won, for Satan was defeated at the cross. Now, in that sense, his head is crushed, and eventually he will be cast into hell forever. Right after sin came into this world God told man that this would happen, and it was a great encouragement to godly people all through the Old Testament, as they realized that the Lord would have the victory over Satan.
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