1. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus First and Second Adam Abounding Grace

2. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
The God of conflict (enmity) – ill will on one side or both; hatred; especially mutual antagonism
The serpent is attempting to do two things:
Seduce Adam and Eve away from the worship of God
Win their allegiance and worship for himself

3. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Enmity #1 – Eve’s hatred of Satan
Satan already hated Eve.
Satan accomplished only his first objective.
We now have a hatred of sin! Why?
We like sin but want to escape the consequences!
God makes sin and the consequences miserable.
We want hell to be happy, but it is not!

4. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Enmity #2 – The hatred of Eve’s offspring for Satan’s offspring
Not between humans and demons
Language moves from general to specific.
Godly descendants influenced by God and the ungodly descendants influenced by Satan
Later in Genesis, God calls out Israel, and Satan has animosity toward her (birth of anti- Semitism) – Revelation 12:1-5.

5. Revelation 12:1-5 (NASB)
1  A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
2  and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
3  Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.

6. 4  And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5  And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

7. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Enmity #3 – specific seed of the woman – Jesus; Satan’s seed – the antichrist
Between Jesus and Satan
Between Jesus and the antichrist
Throughout all history leading to the cross
Throughout history from the cross to now
In future history with the antichrist

8. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Two victories
The bruising of Christ at the cross
The crushing of Satan in the final judgment
Satan’s only true power comes from working within the confines and construct of God!
Romans 3:21-26

9. Romans 3: (NASB)
21  But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22  even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;
23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24  being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

10. 25  whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
26  for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

11. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Two victories
The bruising of Christ at the cross
The crushing of Satan in the final judgment
Satan’s only true power comes from working within the confines and construct of God!
Romans 3:21-26
Colossians 2:13-15

12. Colossians 2: (NASB)
13  When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
14  having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15  When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

13. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Two victories
The bruising of Christ at the cross
The crushing of Satan in the final judgment
Satan’s only true power comes from working within the confines and construct of God!
Romans 3:21-26
Colossians 2:13-15
Romans 16:19-20

14. Romans 16: (NASB)
19 For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

15. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Prophecy of Jesus
Two victories
The bruising of Christ at the cross
The crushing of Satan in the final judgment
Satan’s only true power comes from working within the confines and construct of God!
Romans 3:21-26
Colossians 2:13-15
Romans 16:19-20
Revelation 12:11

16. Revelation 12:11 (NASB)
11  And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

17. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
Adam as a “pattern” or “figure” of Christ – Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15.

18. Romans 5:14 (NASB)
14  Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

19. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
Adam as a “pattern” or “figure” of Christ – Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15
There is a covenant with Christ – Hebrews 12:22-24.

20. Hebrews 12: (NASB)
22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
23  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24  and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

21. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
Adam as a “pattern” or “figure” of Christ – Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15
There is a covenant with Christ – Hebrews 12:22-24.
Therefore, there is a covenant with Adam..

22. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
What Adam did!
Adam cast reproach on God’s love – as if God were withholding something good from him.
Adam cast reproach on God’s truth – God taught that blessing was by way of obedience.
Adam cast reproach on God’s majesty – by throwing off God’s authority.

23. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
What was the result of Adam’s disobedience?
Died spiritually – hid
Died physically – returned to dust of earth
Died in personality – blame shift
Sin and death are imputed or passed on to us – Romans 5:12-19.

24. Romans 5: (NASB)
12  Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13  for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14  Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15  But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

25. 16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.
17  For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

26. 18  So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
19  For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

27. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
First and Second Adam
The grace of the Second Adam is greater than the inheritance from the First Adam.
In respect to time
The power of death is broken.
Grace affects a greater number of people.
Grace affects a greater territory.
The victory of Jesus exceeds the work of Adam.

28. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Abounding Grace
Believers have the life of God in them – Colossians 1:25-27; Galatians 2:20.

29. Colossians 1: (NASB)
25  Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
26  that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,
27  to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

30. Galatians 2:20 (NASB)
20  I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

31. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Abounding Grace
Believers have the life of God in them – Colossians 1:25-27; Galatians 2:20.
Believers have the gift of Justification – Romans 5:16.

32. Romans 5:16 (NASB)
16  The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

33. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Abounding Grace
Believers have the life of God in them – Colossians 1:25-27; Galatians 2:20.
Believers have the gift of Justification – Romans 5:16.
Believers are joint heirs with Jesus – Romans 8:16-17.

34. Romans 8: (NASB)
16  The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
17  and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

35. From Curse to Blessing Genesis 3:15
Abounding Grace
Believers have the life of God in them – Colossians 1:25-27; Galatians 2:20.
Believers have the gift of Justification – Romans 5:16.
Believers are joint heirs with Jesus – Romans 8:16-17.
Believers are to have exceedingly, great joy – Jude

36. Jude (NASB)
24  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
25  to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.