Bible Discussion Thread

What does the verse mean exactly in Genesis 3:15 when God was talking to the serpent? ..It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

The seed of the woman reffers to Jesus Christ who will destroy the Kingdom of satan by freeing people from sins though which satan reigns in humanity and leads them to eternal hell. hat will be done by sacrificing Himself on the cross.

The seed of the serpent reffers to satan who by using his own people drove Jesus to the cross. It may have seemed to him as a victory until he realised that that was God's plan to save humanity.

What Jesus did to satan was a major blow to his reign.

What satan did to Jesus was something temporary and insignificant.

Zechariah 11:17 and Revelation 13:3 show the same thing; the Antichrist who is Satan's representative on earth. He will receive a deadly wound from a sword that will appear on the head as well as withering his right arm. The further representation however is that his authority will be destroyed completely with being chained up and sent to the bottomless pit; then later into hell itself after the Millennium period.

I thought I would get to Christ last to save the good news for last. Christ was wounded on his feet by the nails at Calvary; as well as his hands as shown in Psalm 22. The crucifixion completed the victory over sin; His redemption for the chosen ones (namely us); and was complete when He died and said "It is finished" ( John 19:30). Christ's body will continue to show the scars to his hands and feet ( John 20). He is the only one who has a glorified body; and since He didn't suffer decay and was resurrected as Psalm 16:10 and others indicate-these wounds are visible as reminders to us for all eternity the price He had to pay.

Bruising the head was directed toward both Eve (woman) and the serpent (which Satan had embodied in the Garden). By bruising the head meant that the offspring of woman would bruise or crush that of Satan's armies. Look at mankind (the offspring of the seed God planted in the garden with Eve) ; the born again can spiritually give Satan a black eye. God has used the elect to have this ongoing division of Glory (soul winning) which bruises the head of Satan's plan (to lead the lost into destruction, death and an eternity in Hell should they not be saved before physical death). Think on this with happiness -- the sheep (us) are those that bruise the head and when Jesus comes back during the 2nd coming...the head (Satan) will eventually be destroyed.

Bruising the heel is that the minions of Satan would attempt to strike at the seed of woman. Anyone who does the work of Satan in the wicked ways of this world and tries to pervert those who serve God are trying to strike the heel. If a cobra struck the heel of a person -- the bite would likely be fatal. The same is of the bite/strike of Satan. He'll try to strike the heel of the seed of woman. In Matthew 12:34 Jesus even refers to the Pharisees as a breed of vipers. Why? Because they were striking the heel of those who came to listen to Jesus and those seeking redemption (Salvation) from sin by Salvation.