Salvation 2025 | Day 1
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
Genesis 3:15 NKJV
Genesis 3:15 stands as one of the most foundational and prophetic verses in all of Scripture. Often called the protoevangelium, or the “first gospel,” it is the earliest announcement of God’s redemptive plan for humanity. Remarkably, this divine promise came not in a moment of triumph, but in the shadow of judgment, immediately after Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden.
The inclusion of this hope of the serpent’s imminent defeat among the curses was a definitive act of God’s mercy towards man. The enmity between the serpent and the woman, as declared since the fall, signifies the ongoing conflict between evil and humanity. Yet more specifically, it points to a singular descendant of the woman who would ultimately deliver a fatal blow to the serpent.
The phrase, “her Seed,” was the first prophetic clue on how God’s salvation plan would unfold. For the human race, the seed for procreation is evidently from man and not woman. Therefore, the use of this phrase implies a child that will be born without the seed of a man. This foreshadowing reaches greater clarity in Isaiah’s prophecy: “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). Isaiah reiterates what was first promised in Eden: that salvation would come through a virgin birth, a supernatural intervention in the course of human history.
Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, is the ultimate and unmistakable fulfillment of this prophecy. Conceived by the Holy Spirit, His birth was not the result of human will or desire, but divine intention. He was the Seed of the woman, free from the inherited sin of Adam’s line, and therefore uniquely qualified to redeem humanity.
The implications of this prophecy are profound. It assures us that salvation is not a human invention but a divine intervention. It reveals that Christ’s coming was not accidental, but intentional and foretold. And it confirms that God’s promises, no matter how ancient, are always fulfilled in due time.
Jesus is the Seed of the woman, the promised Redeemer, our reconciliation to God, and the One who breaks every curse brought on by sin.
Further reading: Isa 7:14, Matt 1:22–23, Gal 4:4–5, Rev 12:1–11
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