How is the Abrahamic covenant built on Genesis 3:15?
The Abrahamic covenant rests on Genesis 3:15, where God promises a Redeemer through the woman's seed. From that promise, the Abrahamic covenant is built, specifying that the seed of the woman would come through Abraham and his offspring, fulfilling the blessing to all families of the earth.
Les explains that in Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve ate and plunged the human race under the curse, God made a covenant with Adam that promised the curse's ramifications—weeds, thistles, and all associated things. But at the very center of that covenant was the promise of a Redeemer. In verse 15 God told Satan, 'I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy 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 happened at the cross, while Satan would bruise his heel, causing Christ's suffering at Calvary. From this place in Genesis 3, where God promises a Redeemer through the woman, the Abrahamic covenant is built—that through Abraham and his offspring the seed of the woman would come. Paul also stipulates that as Abraham believed God, faith was imputed to him as righteousness, and through him 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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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.