The Seed

Most of the prophecy in the Bible has to do with this one simple word, Seed.  Seed comes up over and over and over again in the Old Testament and was even part of the first prophecy.  So in an effort to understand where we have come from and what we are going to I thought it would be appropriate to look at this word seed.  The first time this word seed comes up is in the garden, just after God finds out that Adam and Eve have sinned, he is talking about the consequences for the serpent and the woman.  Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity between you (Satan) and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall crush you on the head, and you (Satan) shall bruise him on the heel.”    

Seed is not plural and in the Hebrew most agree that the word seed here refers to offspring or progeny.  As we look back over tens of thousands of years we can see what Adam and Eve may not have been able to see at the time.  This seed or this offspring was a product of whom? 

Look back at the verse, this seed would be an offspring of the woman.  God does not say “And between your seed and their seed.”  No, He says “And between your seed and her seed.”  I know the basics of Biology 101 and I know enough to know that it takes more than just a woman to make an offspring……except for one unique case….can anyone think of it? 

Yes, Jesus.  Jesus was the offspring of Mary and the Holy Spirit; just this one time in history could SHE have an offspring without a HE.  This verse is not only pointing to Jesus and the Virgin birth, but it is also pointing to the crucifixion.  What will Satan do to “the woman’s offspring?”

What will her offspring do to Satan?

The idea of a crucifixion was not even thought of until the Romans came on the scene, yet God is predicting that the solution for man’s sin will be a seed, which will come from a woman, who will be bruised on the heel.  The good news of course is that this will crush Satan.  Now, just as the seed did not enter the scene for many years, Satan has not been completely crushed yet.  Yes, the cross was a blow to Satan, but he is still our active enemy, it will not be until Christ returns again that Satan will finally be crushed.