1. God ALWAYS shows up! (Revelation)

Genesis 3:8 – 15 (NASB) 8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

2. God ALWAYS gives us an opportunity to repent. (4 questions from God)

9 Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

12 The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”

13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 The LORD God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life;

3. God ALWAYS provides us redemption

NOTE: While God did curse the serpent and the ground (Gen. 3:17), He never cursed Adam and Eve. Genesis 3:15 (NASB) And I will put enmity (Our Lord God will put adversity and hatred…)

Between you and the woman, (Between Satan and mankind…)

And between your seed and her seed; (And…between all future saints and sinners)

He shall bruise you on the head, (Jesus, our Lord God and Savior will destroy Satan permanently)

And you shall bruise him on the heel.” (Jesus voluntarily suffers on the cross during crucifixion)

Jesus in Genesis!

• God’s words to Satan (v. 15) are called the protevangelium, “the first Gospel”

I = God, our Heavenly Father

Enmity = ill will on one side or on both; hatred; especially mutual antagonism (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary). But this enmity is good thing. This antagonism gave humanity the capacity to hate both Satan and sin.

• Enmity A: Between Satan and Eve – Satan hated mankind from the moment of their creation, even when he was pretending to be a friend and confidant. He is always the Tempter.
• Enmity B: Between future Godly vs. ungodly descendants

This enmity tells us that God has not abandoned us, that he has established a beneficial enmity between those who desire good and those who desire evil.

• Enmity C: Between Satan vs. Jesus Christ (un-fair fight!)

This last enmity assures us, not only of hope, but also of victory. It is the antagonism between Jesus, as the specific and climactic seed of the woman, and Satan himself. It was to result in the bruising of Jesus but also in the crushing of Satan and his power.

Seed = The offspring (“seed”) of the serpent and of the woman represent Satan’s family and God’s family. In the Parable of the Tares (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43), Jesus states clearly that Satan has “children,” people who profess to be true believers but who are actually counterfeits. The parable reveals that wherever God “plants” a true child of the kingdom, Satan comes along and plants a counterfeit. The two grow together and won’t be separated until the harvest at the end of the age. God Himself will do the separating.

He = This He is referring to the Lord Jesus Christ

Bruise (your head) = Jesus will crush and permanently destroy Satan forever.

Romans 16:20 (NASB) 20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Hebrews 2:14 (KJV) 14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Bruise (his heal) = By God’s design Satan will only delay Jesus temporarily

• Isaiah 53:5 (KJV) 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.