devil, who had spoken through the serpent, and said, "I will put enmity
[or warfare] between thee [the devil] and the woman, and between thy
seed [Satan and his servants] and her seed [Christ and His followers];
it [Christ] shall bruise thy head [Jesus broke or crushed Satan's
power], and thou [Satan] shalt bruise his heel." In other words we find
a promise in this Scripture of Jesus being born. Jesus was the seed of
the woman. In Luke 1:31-35 we read how the angel told Mary that she
would have a child even though she was a virgin. God would be the father
of this child. The angel said, "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and
... that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son
of God." Through Christ, sin could be conquered because He was the Son
of God, and not from the seed of man, yet He was called the Son of man
because He took upon Him flesh or the nature of man.

The seed of Satan are those who have yielded themselves to him and are
his servants. Jesus said to some who opposed Him, "Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do." John 8:44. So we
note that the warfare would be between the seed of Satan and his
servants and the seed of the woman, or Jesus Christ and His followers.
Now who will conquer? God said that "her seed, it shall bruise thy
head." Jesus Christ would crush or break the power of Satan over mankind
and men would be able to become sons of God. Isa. 53:5 tells us that
Jesus "was bruised for our iniquities [or sins]." Praise God for Jesus
who conquered the enemy of our soul!

We have established the fact that sin displeases God. He punished Adam
and Eve and put them out of the garden, yet He gave them a promise of a
Saviour to come. It was over 4000 years before Jesus came. During this
time they offered a Lamb, which was a type of Jesus, as a sacrifice for
their sins. Today Jesus is our Saviour.