Through whom was the promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 supposed to come?
The promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 was to come through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah, then David and Solomon, and eventually through Joseph and Mary. That lineage runs from the Abrahamic covenant through Judah, David, and Solomon to Joseph and Mary.
Les explains that with the beginning of the Abrahamic covenant, the promise goes all the way back to Genesis 3:15, the promise of the seed of the woman. That seed would come through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and then out of Jacob's twelve sons, the son of Judah. Out of Judah comes David and Solomon, and then Solomon and the other branch of the tree bring us all the way up to Joseph and Mary. Les notes that is as far as it goes in the Old Testament. He also notes that Israel rejected and crucified Him, and in the early chapters of Acts God continued to deal with the Jew until the Body of Christ, the Church, is introduced, which is Pauline terminology.
And 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.
What did God promise beginning with Eve?
Beginning with Eve, God promised that through the woman of the human race the Messiah would come. This promised seed of the woman is Christ, who would bruise the serpent’s head at the cross, though the serpent would bruise His heel, causing the suffering of the cross.
How does the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 come through Israel?
The seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15 advances through the Jewish patriarchs and the nation of Israel. This promised seed is Christ, and He was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, fulfilling God's covenant promises to Israel.
More Questions
What is the meaning of Genesis 3:15 about the seed of the woman bruising the serpent's head?
In Genesis 3:15, God foretells the crucifixion by saying the seed of the woman will bruise Satan's head and Satan will bruise the heel of the seed.
What did God foretell in Genesis 3:15?
In Genesis 3:15, God foretells the crucifixion, not as crucifixion, but by the language of the seed of the woman bruising Satan's head and Satan bruising the seed's heel.
Where in the Bible does the teaching about the virgin-born seed of the woman begin?
The whole topic of Christ's birth from the seed of the woman began in Genesis 3:15, and Matthew 1 opens the New Testament using almost the same kind of language.