This Easter: The Seed of the Woman

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. Gen 3:15

When man fell, he lost his position as the 'god of this world' as ordained by God. Man lost a lot more than he ever knew, he forfeited leadership, legality, and life. The devil triumphantly took over proceedings from here and became the god of this world, 2 Corr 4:4. 

In the context of Genesis 3:15 and the rest of the Bible, the prediction is of an ongoing conflict not merely between snakes and humans but between Satan (the embodiment of ultimate evil) and humanity. The serpent clearly referred to the devil, while the woman referred to man, specifically, woman.

In the Garden of Eden, after the Fall, God cursed the serpent and the ground, not the man or woman though He reeled out punishments. Specific reference was made to the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent.

The seed always points to a future life, time, and activity. The seed refers specifically to the particularity of a person, secondly persons and lastly to nations.

The woman would have a seed, the serpent would have a seed, and there would be contention between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. The seed of the serpent would deal the seed of the woman a momentary blow by bruising its heel, while the seed of the woman would deal the seed of the serpent a permanent blow-by bruising its head.

All this seems like some allegorical story until you realize that Jesus is the seed of the woman, and you are by extension seedlings of the seed which explains the conflicts that haunt you. There is an ongoing conflict between good and evil, this affects your daily life, however, knowing your camp in conflict determines your position in the end

The singular “he shall bruise your head” suggests a particular individual; the contrast between head and heel may suggest that the blow against Satan and evil will be lethal, but not so the blow against the individual. Jesus delivered the victory at the death, burial and resurrection and commission of the church sealed by the HolySpirit 'Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made an open show of them, triumphing over them in it Col 2:15.