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Yeah, a weird place to start a Christmas season message
But, it’s where we must start to get the full implication of day we celebrate
We will not have time to address all the promises—
There were promises made to Noah—he would be saved through the Ark—an early salvation
A promise to Abraham, that all the world would be blessed through his offspring
This becomes important because all the world is larger than just the world of his offspring—Gentiles are included
A promise to David, that he would have a son to reign
But the promise we’re looking at today is the first promise, without which all the rest would be of only temporal value
This is the protoevangelium—the first Gospel
This is Gen 3 15
Here we see that there will be warfare between Satan and his minions against all mankind UNTIL Christ defeats him
Mary did you know??? that your son would be the one to fulfill this promise?
Prelude to the Promise
Not the morning to rehash the entirety of the fall of mankind
Adam and Eve—the first man and first woman—created by God, placed in the most idyllic spot we can imagine
No death!
No need to even swat a mosquito
We see that God and man had a relationship…communication directly between them
In 2:16 we have direct communication with God giving Adam instructions on eating; we infer from the whole of vv.15ff, that relationship between God and Man
But…temptation arose—to be like God Gen 3 4-6
This is the beginning of all disobedience; all idolatry
Having God clearly in view; His goodness laid plain…and wanting something else…wanting more
God had created mankind with a will, with decision-making capabilities…mankind made the decision;
Before they swallowed the fruit, they swallowed a lie…that they could have something better than what God had given them
Mary did you know??? that the son you bore would resolve the problems brought about by man’s sin?
Necessity of the Promise
The relationship between God and the pinnacle of His creation, man, was now broken
They were afraid of Him…because they knew they were naked; tried in vain to cover themselves…it was NOT sufficient
God made for them coverings Gen 3 21
…and so death began to infect the world, and there was the hint of blood needing to be shed to cover sin
…and he drove them from Eden
This made necessary that which we now look to celebrate, the birth of our Savior Rom 5 12
God chose a people to be HIS people, the Jews
He built them to a great nation; gave them freedom; took them to a land flowing with milk and honey…but there was still the broken relationship
…the curse of sin upon man
He gave them the Law…a path to follow; a pattern of sacrifice to atone for their sin
…but this atoning was but a covering
They were awaiting something bigger; something better; something so big it could only be conceived by an all-powerful and all-knowing God
Mary did you know??? that your obedience to the call of God brought into being the one God planned to bring salvation to the earth?
Understanding the Promise
We can look at many components
We could look and find the threads of the redemption story all throughout the pages of the Old Testament
We see it in and beyond the giving of the Law, the elaborate attention to detail that was required for obedience
We see in the the reality that we cannot be good enough on our own to please God
We see glimpses of redemption in such things as the account of Ruth, with Boaz being her kinsman redeemer, and even in that narrative we see the ancestors of David, from whose line Christ would come
We start to see a clear picture in the Words of Isaiah
Now we have the concept of a man to be born…an anointed one, a Messiah
Thought of as the comforter or Consolation of Israel
And here would be a way to remove that wrath of God
Mary did you know?
No…Mary only knew what the angel told her Luk 1 30-33
Mary may not have know all the details; but she knew her God
Please note that this is not about Mary…it is about her relationship with her God, her Lord, her Savior
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