TEXT:  Gen. 3:15

INTRODUCTION:

A.      THE FIRST 3 CHAPTERS OF GENESIS - "THE BEGINNING."

          1.       Of sin and its consequences.

          2.       Of redemption.

B.      3 DISPENSATIONS.

          1.       Patriarchal, Mosaic, Christian.

          2.       Follow the promise made to Eve thru each Age to Jesus!

I.      THE PROMISE FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM.

A.      THE MEANING OF Gen. 3:15.

B.      WICKEDNESS GROWS UNTIL THE FLOOD...NOAH.

C.      FURTHER DECLINE, IDOLATRY, ABRAHAM( Gen. 12:1-3 ).

II.     THE PROMISE & ABRAHAM.

A.      A 2-FOLD PROMISE:

          1.       Of his seed a great nation would come( Gen. 12:1-3a ).

          2.       All nations to be blessed( 12:3b ).

B.      EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BIBLE IS INVOLVED IN EITHER THE

          UNFOLDING OF THESE 2 PROMISES, OR THEIR FULFILLMENT.

C.      THE FIRST PROMISE - THE COVENANT.

          1.       Land( Gen. 15:18; Josh. 21:43-45 ).

          2.       Circumcision( Gen. 17:1-14 ).

          3.       Isaac - In Isaac the seed would be called( Gen. 21:12 ).

III.    THE SECOND PROMISE & THE PROPHETS.

A.      JUDAH( Gen. 49:10 ) DAVID( 2 Sam. 7:12-13;  Isa. 11:1,2 ). 

                   FULFILLED( Mat. 1:1-17 ).

B.      A VIRGIN WILL CONCEIVE( Isa. 7:14 ).  Fulfilled( Mat. 1:18-25 )

C.      BORN IN BETHLEHEM( Micah 5:2 ).  Fulfilled( Mat. 2:1 ).

D.      PRECEDED BY A GREAT PROPHET( Mal. 3:1 - Mat. 3:1-2; 11:7ff. ).

E.      HE WOULD BE A PROPHET, TOO( Deut. 18:15-19 - Acts 3:22-23 ).

F.      PRIEST & KING( Zech.6:12-13 - Acts 2:36; Heb. 4:14 ).

G.      SACRIFICED FOR OUR SINS( Isa.53:5-6 - 1 Pet.12:18-20; 2:21-24 )

IV.   JESUS FULFILLS PROPHECY HE FULFILLS PROMISE.

A.      HIS VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH( Acts 2:22-24; 1 Cor. 15:54-57 )

B.      ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN JESUS( Eph. 1:3 ). NO OTHER VICTORY!

CONCLUSION:

A.      EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN CHRIST - VICTORY IN JESUS!

B.      HOW DOES ONE "GET INTO" CHRIST?