(God is rebuking Satan.)
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; He shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
From: the New Living Translation found at Bible Gateway.com
Genesis 3:15
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[a] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
This verse is often interpreted as the first prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ. It describes a state of hostility (enmity) established by God between the serpent (often associated with Satan) and the woman (traditionally Eve, and by extension, all women) and their respective descendants. This verse also foretells a future conflict where one of the woman’s offspring will ultimately triumph over the serpent, crushing his head where the serpent will wound his heel.
This is the first promise to fallen man. It contains the whole gospel and the essence of the covenant of grace. It has been in great measure fulfilled. The seed of the woman, our Lord Jesus, was bruised in His heel, and a terrible bruising it was.
How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent’s head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of Satan; but it awaits a still fuller accomplishment at our Lord’s second advent and in the Day of Judgment. To us the promise stands as a prophecy that we shall be afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus bruised in our heel; but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the old serpent’s head.
Throughout this year we may have to learn the first part of this promise by experience, through the temptations of the devil and the unkindness of the ungodly, who are his seed.
They may so bruise us that we may limp with our sore heel; but let us grasp the second part of the text, and we shall not be dismayed. By faith let us rejoice that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman’s seed.
How wonderful She and her Husband Joseph were to all human kind all over our world. Amen
