the Genealogical Line

 The Seed of Woman 


Adam and Eve - Luke 3:38, Genesis 5
To the serpent the Lord God said, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you ... and I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall crush your head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.' Genesis 3:14,15 (written around 1500BC)
God gave many blessings to the first man and woman - life, health, work, rest and relaxation, and relationships (with people and God, Himself). He also gave the marvelous gift of freedom - not only freedom to women and men, but to the angelic world as well - freedom to follow God as God or turn away from the Giver of every good and perfect gift. We chose to go our own way. But our merciful Creator God points to a coming Savior ... One Who would crush the head of the evil one, Satan.
For the parents - In the coming weeks, each day we'll look at one of four themes in the Old Testament that point to the coming Messiah - His genealogical line, the Covenants or promises of God, the offices or positions of the coming Messiah and the Names of God and their relationship to Messiah.
Week One - the Genealogical Line - In Matthew and Luke the genealogical line of Jesus is traced backward and forward, from the first man and his wife, through the Old Testament patriarchs, through the line of the kings, all pointing to the One Who would come - the Savior.

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