The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW09

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T H E O L D T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

II. The Protoevangelium : the Promised Seed of the Woman

Gen. 3.15 - I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

A. The backdrop: the temptation and fall of humankind

B. The fall: voluntary rebellion of Adam and Eve

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C. The result of the rebellion

1. Condemnation before God

2. Alienation between each other

3. Banishment from the Garden

4. Death (both physical and spiritual)

D. The promise: what are the specifics of God’s promise?

1. The hostility between the serpent and the woman, and between their respective “seeds” (i.e., lineages, descendants)

2. The seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head.