How does the Abrahamic covenant connect to the promise of a Redeemer in Genesis 3?
The Abrahamic covenant is built upon Genesis 3:15, where God promised a Redeemer through the woman. That promise is then narrowed to Abraham's offspring, through whom the seed of the woman, Christ, would come, and through Abraham all families of the earth would be blessed.
Les explains that after Adam and Eve ate and plunged the human race under the curse, God made a covenant with Adam that included the curse's ramifications, but at its center was the promise of a Redeemer. In Genesis 3:15 God said He would put enmity between Satan and the woman, and between Satan's seed and her seed. That seed of the woman is Christ. There would be a running battle between Satan and Christ: the seed of the woman would bruise Satan's head, which He did at the cross, while Satan would bruise His heel, which happened when Satan caused Christ's suffering at Calvary. From this Genesis 3 promise that God would provide a Redeemer through the woman, Les teaches that the Abrahamic covenant is built, showing that the Redeemer would come through Abraham and his offspring, and that through Abraham all families of the earth would be blessed.
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.
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How does Genesis 3:15 foretell the crucifixion?
In Genesis 3:15 God foretells the crucifixion by saying that the seed of the woman will bruise Satan's head and Satan will bruise the seed's heel.
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.