God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at her heel.”
Genesis 3:15
After the Fall, God points to the coming of a Savior, who will one day save humanity from the sin that alienates us from God, from ourselves and from one another. This verse or oracle is known as the first gospel or protoevangelion. It is the Good News that God will not leave us in sin and alienation but deliver us from it.
Two thousand years ago, God sent his Son into the world. He is the offspring of the woman. And by going to the cross, he strikes at the head of sin and evil and death. He destroys them so we do not have to live in this alienation from God, ourselves and each another.
Pray today that God will use you to bring the Good News of God’s love to your friends, your family members, your co-workers, your classmates and your neighbors.