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
Enemies go to war. Enmity between the woman and the serpent was
not merely a prediction, it was a covenant made between man and God. The Lord God proclaimed this covenant of
enmity with full knowledge that He would fulfill it Himself. The contract made between God and man was
sealed by the shedding of blood (3:21).
The Lord made it possible that His precious people could be wrapped in
love.
Meanwhile, human destiny is worked out in the
presence of the serpent. Heel bruising
and head crushing war is part of God’s promise to us as those who choose to
side with Him. Jesus sees the trajectory
of the falling star of Lucifer/satan when His disciples report victory over
evil (Luke 10:17-18 And the seventy returned again with
joy, saying, Lord, even the devils [demons] are subject unto us through thy
name. And he said unto them, I beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven).
Humans experience the good will of Jesus because the good thing He wants
for us is victory over evil that is subject to His blood and His command.
The startling thing to consider is that the
overwhelming assault on the enemy’s primary position in this realm of time was
not a display of power, but a display of weakness. How much more vulnerable could God be than to
become the seed that made a willing virgin woman great with child? How else could God fulfill the promise to
truly be one of us so that, in death, He could be one with us? Naked, He came, vulnerable and dependent upon
the stout heart and strong hands of that unsung hero of the Nativity, Joseph,
Son of David. Chosen by God because His
father, David, before Him would risk his life for a lamb or a cringing army,
Joseph is the warrior prince who will raise the King of kings. Jesus became a man and won the greatest of
all victories in war. The war of human nature.
The war to rebuke the devil. The
war to gain freedom for slaves.
Come to Jesus.
Come to the Cross.
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