Genesis 3:15 Thoughts

[seantspence]

Gen 3:15 . . I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

 

[Dino246]

I've always wondered why the words, "you will strike his heel" come after the words, "he will crush your head". The latter sounds rather final.

 

[seantspence]

My thought is “As a Christian, did Jesus put away the enmity or do we still have enmity to this present day between couples?”

 

[glf]

Gen 3: 14-15:
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
I suspect this was a promise of the Lord; in a sense, the gospel, intended for Adam and Eve to hear; to be believed by faith in the Lord who made them and referes to the evil one and Jesus, the promised seed to come.

 

[daisyseesthesun]

I've always wondered why the words, "you will strike his heel" come after the words, "he will crush your head". The latter sounds rather final.

I've always taken This verse to mean the woman against the devil like in revelation where he declares war on us for bringing Christ into the world Likewise this is revenge "upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life"
Now slithering can refer to an unnatural walk or and super fast walk and being dry Mabey unable to eat or taste food.

"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none."

The devil kicks the woman in the head(insults) and we bruise his heel.

 

[seantspence]

I've always taken This verse to mean the woman against the devil like in revelation where he declares war on us for bringing Christ into the world Likewise this is revenge "upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life"
Now slithering can refer to an unnatural walk or and super fast walk and being dry Mabey unable to eat or taste food.

"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none."

The devil kicks the woman in the head(insults) and we bruise his heel.

When it says enmity between man and woman, that word enmity sounds like the man hits the woman in the head and the man woman bruises his heel.

i probably think that because my dad busted my moms head open when they were married.

 

[Mem]

I suspect the various topics of discussion cycling throughout the forums, everything from abortion to Zionism, are involved in the answer to this question.

 

[daisyseesthesun]

The bible mention the snake first then the woman so its enmity between us and the devil. I doubts it figurative because every woman on earth has to suffer it and not every woman has been hit on the head.

 

[seantspence]

The bible mention the snake first then the woman so its enmity between us and the devil. I doubts it figurative because every woman on earth has to suffer it and not every woman has been hit on the head.

Okay, maybe I need to read the before and after verses instead of creating something from just one verse.

 

[seantspence]

The bible mention the snake first then the woman so its enmity between us and the devil. I doubts it figurative because every woman on earth has to suffer it and not every woman has been hit on the head.

I see what glf scripture post says. Okay, I feel dumb lol

 

[Mem]

I've always wondered why the words, "you will strike his heel" come after the words, "he will crush your head". The latter sounds rather final.

Thanks so much for this reminder! Perhaps that her seed's act is final (an eternal implication even?), and his seed's is (only) of a temporal nature, is why!

 

[daisyseesthesun]

I see what glf scripture post says. Okay, I feel dumb lol

No, that's the process of learning i messed up too I said figurative instead of literal.

 

[seantspence]

No, that's the process of learning i messed up too I said figurative instead of literal.

well, I guess I don’t have a learning disorder after all

 

[Gideon300]

Gen 3:15 . . I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

This is referring to Lord Jesus. Satan had no idea who God referred to, so he incited Cain to kill Abel.

Only Lord Jesus fits. Lord Jesus took away Satan's authority while Satan could only inflict a minor injury. Death is nothing to God. He raised Jesus from the dead. That's when Satan realised when Eve's "offspring" was. When we realise that Satan is defeated, we should ensure that we enforce the victory of Christ on Satan.

 

[homwardbound]

This is referring to Lord Jesus. Satan had no idea who God referred to, so he incited Cain to kill Abel.

Only Lord Jesus fits. Lord Jesus took away Satan's authority while Satan could only inflict a minor injury. Death is nothing to God. He raised Jesus from the dead. That's when Satan realised when Eve's "offspring" was. When we realise that Satan is defeated, we should ensure that we enforce the victory of Christ on Satan.

By God you got it, the first prediction of salvation for us the people all that will willingly believe God in the done work of Son and is risen and asks for the risen Life are given it at no charge at all, a gift has nothing attached to it to do it
One that is born new by God in risen Son for them too, see new and choose to do over having to do. Deep truth revealed as Father reveals it, not me, only God can, and did in Son for us to stand in belief to it, thank you

 

[Webers.Home]

Okay, maybe I need to read the before and after verses instead of creating something from just
one verse.

Christ's followers are not supposed to be self-taught, rather, they're
supposed to be instructed by competent God-given teachers.

● Eph 4:10-16 . . It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be
prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to
prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be
built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son
of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of
Christ.

Self-taught Christians run the risk of injuring themselves.

● 2Pet 3:15-16 . . Our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom
that God gave him . . . His letters contain some things that are hard to
understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other
scriptures, to their own destruction.
_

 

[Stokie]

“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 ‭NKJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/114/gen.3.15.NKJV

Snake = Satan

Woman = Eve / Israel

The Seed of the woman referred to is Jesus.

 

[Pilgrimshope]

I've always wondered why the words, "you will strike his heel" come after the words, "he will crush your head". The latter sounds rather final.

you get bitten by a snake …then you step in it’s head and kill it . The two would have an encounter her seed would be wounded by the serpent but he would crush the serpent in the conflict

 

[Pilgrimshope]

Christ's followers are not supposed to be self-taught, rather, they're
supposed to be instructed by competent God-given teachers.

● Eph 4:10-16 . . It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be
prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to
prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be
built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son
of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of
Christ.

Self-taught Christians run the risk of injuring themselves.

● 2Pet 3:15-16 . . Our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom
that God gave him . . . His letters contain some things that are hard to
understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other
scriptures, to their own destruction.
_

“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:34‬ ‭

 

[sawdust]

When it says enmity between man and woman, that word enmity sounds like the man hits the woman in the head and the man woman bruises his heel.

i probably think that because my dad busted my moms head open when they were married.

God is speaking to the serpent, not Adam, when speaking of enmity and is effectively declaring war between the "forces of good and the forces of evil". God is telling the serpent that He will raise up a man (seed of the woman, who we now know is the Christ) to crush Satan's rule (crush his head) and that Satan will bruise His heel (those that follow the Christ).

God effectively tells Satan in this passage he has lost no matter what he tries to do to humanity to turn it against God and that salvation for humanity is secured.