"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." Genesis 3:15
This is
the first promise to fallen man. It contains the whole gospel, and the essence
of the covenant of grace. It has been in great measure fulfilled. The seed of
the woman, even our Lord Jesus, was bruised in His heel, and a terrible
bruising it was. How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head!
This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke
the power of Satan; but it awaits a still fuller accomplishment at our Lord's
Second Advent, and in the Day of Judgment. To us the promise stands as a prophecy
that we shall be afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus
bruised in our heel: but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the
old serpent's head.
Throughout
this year we may have to learn the first part of this promise by experience, through
the temptations of the devil, and the unkindness of the ungodly who are his
seed. They may so bruise us that we may limp with our sore heel; but let us
grasp the second part of the text, and we shall not be dismayed. By faith let
us rejoice that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman's seed.
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