What does Genesis 3:15 mean that “he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel”?

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What does he will crush your head and you will strike his heel mean? We're going to answer that question.

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You can also discover more on got questions org in Genesis 3 God meets out various judgments against those who brought sin into his perfect world

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Adam Eve and the serpent all hear the consequences of their rebellion to the serpent

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God says in part and I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed

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It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel even in this judgment

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There is mercy God's curse on the serpent in particular was laced with words of hope

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The serpent addressed directly is the animal that Satan used to deceive

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Eve Some of the curse was directed at the animal at the same time The curse is also upon Satan who had embodied the snake as part of the curse

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Enmity will exist between the woman and the serpent later The same enmity will continue between her offspring

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Mankind in general and the serpents seed their offspring will remain enemies throughout all generations

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Jesus called the Pharisees a brood of vipers and said they belong to their father the devil in short

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God says that Satan will always be the enemy of mankind Genesis 3 15 is a remarkable verse often called the proto evangelium literally the first gospel

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Because it is the Bible's first prediction of a savior the second half of the verse gives two messianic prophecies

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Concerning that Savior the first messianic prophecy is that he will crush your head

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The Amplified Bible makes it clear that the woman's seed is an individual representing all mankind

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The second messianic prophecy notes that the serpent will bite the heel of the woman's seed

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The heel bite is set in contrast to the head crush as the Amplified Bible brings out and you shall only

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Bruise his heel being virgin -born. Jesus is literally the offspring of a woman being the son of man

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He is the perfect representative of humankind The devil's offspring were the evil men and demonic forces who like a snake lay in wait for the

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Savior and struck at him Their venomous conspiracy condemned Jesus to be crucified Jesus rose the third day breaking the power of death and winning the ultimate victory with the cross

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Jesus crushed the devil's head Defeating him forever So in Genesis 3 15 the crushing of the servants head was a picture of Jesus Triumph over sin and Satan at the cross

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The striking of the Messiah's heel was a picture of the wounding and death of Jesus on the cross

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Satan bruised Jesus heel, but Jesus showed complete dominance over Satan by bruising his head

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Satan although still active in this world is a defeated foe his doom is sure and the devil was thrown into the lake of burning

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Sulphur until that time there remains enmity between Satan and God's children the

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Proto -evangelium shows us that God always had the plan of salvation in mind and Informed us of his plan as soon as sin entered the world

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Satan formulated a plan involving the serpent in Eden But God was way ahead of him having already ordained the serpent crusher

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The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work that answers the question

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