The curse on the tempter and the
continuation of the Godly Seed
Man’s sin was most
tragic and the judgment he brought upon himself was terrible: Adam sinned,
and when he sinned he immediately suffered terrible consequences. Judgment
on sin was pronounced and the perfect justice was executed.
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“So the Lord God said to the serpent: ‘Because you
have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field; On your
belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the
days of your life. And I will put enmity between you
and the woman, And between your seed and her
Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise
His heel.’” - Genesis 3:7-13
Question: What happened to man and the earth? How
would you have reacted if you were Adam or Eve?
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The First Judgment on Sin Was Towards Satan:
He was cursed above all creatures.
He was to crawl upon his belly: to be detested, degraded,
and miserable - always
He was to eat dust: to be defeated and humiliated -
always.
He was to be the object of enmity waged between him
and the seed of the women.
He was to be crushed by one particular seed or descendant
of the women.
He is doomed forever. Scripture never says that satan
will be saved from the judgment of God. In fact the Word says, “And you shall eat dust All the days of your life”. The devil is
doomed to an eternity in the lake of fire. There is no hope
for him.
“And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise
your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” - Genesis
3:15
Question: Name 3 ways satan was judged.
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We Are The Godly Seed! The seed of the women refers to the godly men and women
of earth, those who follow after righteousness.
The promised son (Jesus Christ) has already come into
this world and died for you and me, satan can do nothing
about that. But satan still tries to get us to turn from the
seed of the women (Jesus Christ); when we give into his
temptations we are being drawn back to what Eve faced
that day in the garden (major consequences).
Jesus Christ crushed the head of the serpent at the
cross. How? Jesus was the perfect sacrifice without sin, by not giving in to temptation.
Christ crushed the head of satan by:
Dying for man (Colossians 1:13, 14)
Being raise from the dead (Colossians 2:12, 15)
By being incarnated (1 John 3:8)
Casting out satan’s power to enslave man
with the habits of sin and shame (1 John 4:4)
In pronouncing a curse upon the serpent, God assured
ultimate victory for man. Women had caused the fall,
and a women was the source of redemption. Adam
and Eve began looking for God to come to deliver
them from the bondage and curse of sin.
Why don’t we look to God to forgive us of our sins!
No longer are we destined to hell but by the Lamb of
God we are freed from our sins to be reconciled back
to God!
Robert Figueroa
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Genesis:
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