Does Matthew chapter 1 reference the fulfillment of the coming of the seed of the woman?
Yes. Matthew chapter 1 is presented as another reference to the fulfillment of the coming of the seed of the woman, who is Christ. This connects the promised Messiah to the earlier scriptural promise that the woman’s seed would come and defeat the serpent.
Les teaches that the seed of the woman is Christ, as Galatians explains, and that He is the one who bruises the serpent’s head. This bruising is identified with Christ’s defeat of Satan at the cross, while the bruising of the seed’s heel refers to the suffering Christ endured through the ordeal of the cross. Les then points to Matthew chapter 1 as another reference to the fulfillment of the coming of the seed of the woman. He also connects this to the Davidic covenant and the royal line that would bring the final King, the Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth.
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.
More Questions
How is the opening of Matthew 1 connected to the seed-of-the-woman promise in Genesis 3:15?
The whole discussion goes back to the promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15, and Matthew 1 introduces the New Testament with almost the same kind of generation language.
Who is 'the seed of the woman' in Scripture?
Whenever the Bible uses the term 'the seed of the woman,' it is always referring to Jesus Christ, the one promised back in Genesis 3.