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. Genesis 3:15
"This is the first promise to fallen man.
It contains the whole gospel
and....has been in great measure
fulfilled.
The seed of the woman, even our Lord Jesus, was bruised in
His heel, and a terrible bruising it was.
How terrible will be the final
bruising of the serpent's head!
This was virtually done when Jesus
took
away sin,
vanquished death,
and broke the power of Satan;
---but it awaits
a still fuller accomplishment at our Lord's second advent and in the
Day of Judgment.
---To us the promise stands as a prophecy that we shall be
afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus bruised
in our heel; but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the
old serpent's head.
By faith let us rejoice
that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman's seed."
Charles Spurgeon