Post by Josh on Dec 14, 2007 16:03:25 GMT -8
Genesis 3:14-15
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent….
“I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Many cite this as the first prophecy regarding Jesus in the Bible. It is extremely vauge and the context is not clearly messianic. What merits it's inclusion it's [supposed] antiquity and it's use by later commentators who see in this a veiled reference to a final showdown in which a son of man would deal a deathblow to evil.
This verse doesn't stand out on it's own, but fits into the overall picture as the first vague statement of a future hope.
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent….
“I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Many cite this as the first prophecy regarding Jesus in the Bible. It is extremely vauge and the context is not clearly messianic. What merits it's inclusion it's [supposed] antiquity and it's use by later commentators who see in this a veiled reference to a final showdown in which a son of man would deal a deathblow to evil.
This verse doesn't stand out on it's own, but fits into the overall picture as the first vague statement of a future hope.