Les Feldick Bible Study

When did God promise a Redeemer?

At the moment the curse fell, God promised a Redeemer. This promise is recorded in Genesis 3:15, which follows the curse. The creation was made subject to vanity in hope, and it awaits deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Les teaches that the moment the curse fell, God promised a Redeemer, and Genesis 3:15 follows the curse. The creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who subjected it in hope. The whole creation groans and travails in pain together under the curse, waiting to be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Believers have the firstfruits of the Spirit, and their soul and spirit are redeemed, but they still groan within themselves waiting for the adoption, the redemption of the body, which will complete it.

Genesis 3:15

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.

Romans 8:20

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

More Questions

Through whom did God promise that the Messiah would come?

Beginning with Eve, God promised that through the woman of the human race the Messiah would come.

What did God promise Eve about the Messiah?

Beginning with Eve, God promised that through the woman of the human race would come the Messiah.