Genesis 3:15 NKJV ~ “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
This verse is called protoevangelium, it is a compound of two Greek words, protos meaning “first” and evangelion meaning “good news” or “gospel”. It was known as the first mention in the Bible of the “good news” of salvation. The context of this first proclamation of the gospel was the serpent being defeated! When the serpent beguiled Eve and she gave the forbidden fruit from the tree of good and evil to Adam, and he ate of it contrary to what God had told him not to do! It caused an immediate separation from God and made a covenant with death. He chose fellowship with the devil rather than fellowship with God. In this first proclamation of the gospel, one thing sticks out, “The gospel was first spoken as a curse upon the serpent.” Your enemy will be and has been defeated, it was spoken in the beginning!
When you choose your flesh over God, you are choosing to be in bondage, and you cannot free yourself from this place. But there is good news for you, the power of the devil must be and will be broken off of your life by the Power of God! God promises the serpent that his kingdom will not last; his head will be bruised; and there will always be a remnant a “seed” who will be at war with the serpent’s seed! And the serpent will be defeated every time because of what God did!
Woman, (Man too) your victory has been achieved! You have this complete revelation of God, that the defeat of Satan came at the hands of the Seed of the Woman, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ defeated the devil, not with armies and weapons, but by suffering the death of the cross. Your covenant with death must be broken, and it can only be broken when it is carried out. The Son of God chose to taste death for you that the power of death might be broken off and in your life! This is a Glory Hallelujah Time!
You are a Warrior made by God and the crushing of the head of the devil just bruised your heel, it only superficial, you will be okay, you will get your momentum back again! You know that because you are doing what God wants you to do, the enemy is going continually strike at your heels, trying to inflict a wound that keeps you from moving forward in your walk with Jesus. Satan is a real enemy, he is not to be played with, you can’t be on both sides of the coin, you have to choose! (Joshua 24:15) For he will do anything he can to get you to follow his evil, deadly path. But I know that you have choose the better way and that is to follow God!
The enemy has tried to take you out more than once, but thanks be unto God, that you are still here, and you are still standing! I know you have read this scripture before but ask God to give you new eyes to see clearly what this means for you as a Believer, the phrase “you will strike his heel” refers to Satan’s many attempts to defeat Jesus when He was on the cross. And “He will strike your head” is the foreshadow of Satan being defeat at Christ’s resurrection on the cross. (Do you see how important the Cross was in your life?) A blow to the heel will not kill you, but a blow to the head will! (This is why it is so important to watch your thoughts, it all starts in the head, 2 Corinthians 10:5.) Take the enemy out from his head! For it was in the Garden that God revealed His plan to defeat Satan and offer salvation to the you through His Son, Jesus Christ. Now if this isn’t good news to you, then I don’t know what you really call good news. But rather you believe it or not, it’s the truth! The Good News is that Jesus is going to heal your bruises and remind you that He is using what the enemy meant for your harm, to be used for your good, Romans 8:28!
After God cursed the physical serpent, God turned to the spiritual serpent, the lying enemy, Satan, and cursed him, you shall bruise him on the head, and he shall bruise you on the heel. This was the first Gospel Prophetic Word of the struggle and its outcome between “your seed” (Satan and unbelievers, who are called the Devil’s children in John 8:44) and her seed (Christ, a descendant of Eve, and those in Him), which began in the garden. For in the midst of the curse, a message of Hope was birth forth, the woman’s offspring called “He” is Jesus, who has defeated the Serpent. Satan can only bruise Jesus’ heel, but Jesus will bruise Satan’s head and destroying him with a fatal blow to the head, that he’s not coming back from after this!
As a believer in Jesus Christ, I want you to be encouraged in this day according to the Word of God in Romans 16:20, “And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet!” Today you should recognize that you are a participant in the crushing of Satan because, along with your Savior and because of His finished work on the cross, for you are of the woman’s seed! It all happened because of the Cross! The Warrior, Jesus Christ destroyed the enemy for you to become the prayer warrior that you are today!
This is paramount to your faith. Do not pity the One on the Cross, but marvel at His love for you! You should ponder (think) about the Power of the One (Jesus) who entered into battle with death and conquered it! Jesus was not a victim on the cross, carried away by circumstances out of His control. Rather He was the One, a Conquering Hero, who not only waged war against the kingdom of the devil, but defeated everything that would try to come against you!
It was all done at the Cross, casting out the strong man and ushering in the Kingdom of Heaven. And He will reign until He has put all enemies under His feet! This is the same Lord today as He was yesterday, (Hebrews 13:8) and He is saying to you, “Take up your cross and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)! When you are united to Jesus, you will also do battle with the kingdom of the devil, but being united to Christ, you can be assured the victory, you will be victorious! Don’t worry about your heel being bruised in war, for your enemy’s head will be crushed! Your heel will be healed in the Name of Jesus Christ!
Knowing that you will have the victory should change how you view suffering. Stop asking the question, why is this happening and start saying the right thing, “I know that my God is taking care of this.” In yesterday’s devotional there is a prayer that I want you to pray, “Father, Thank You for my trials and tribulations, for I know that this is drawing me closer to you, and they are only temporary. May You accomplish in me a new perspective that will lift me up into heavenly places and produce in me a transcendent Glory never to cease! In Jesus Christ Name!
What a wonderful thought! Your suffering is not simply meaningless! It is because you have been doing battle with the enemy, and you are winning. The devil was in his greatest danger when Jesus was in His greatest pain! When Jesus gave up the ghost, the devil’s power was destroyed! This is the greatest paradox of your faith. Jesus defeated the enemy when He was weak, hungry, and tired. He crushed His head by obedience to the death of the cross as a common criminal, (Luke 4:1-13)! Jesus set the stage for you to follow Him, He paved the way for you to be free of bondage and victorious at the same time!
Jesus is calling you today to take up that cross and follow Him, (Matthew 19:38)! The path to resurrection and victory is through suffering and death, for from the very beginning, God purposed to destroy the kingdom of Satan by bruising the heel of the Seed of the Woman, and you are partakers with Christ in His death as well as in His victory. It’s in your suffering that you are destroying the power of the devil. Don’t view your hard times as signs of God’s displeasure. Instead view them as opportunities to crush Satan’s head!
You are doing battle with an ancient enemy, and you will Prevail by the Power of Jesus Christ who has already assured you of your outcome, you will have the victory when you choose Jesus! Yes, it will bruise your heel, but you will be able to walk with an uplifted head, a song in your heart, a glitter in your eye, a praise dance in your feet. And the God of Peace will bruise Satan’s head under your bruised heel. It’s a promise!
Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for rescuing me! Thank You for Your promise of healing and victory through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Father help me to recognize the enemy’s attacks and embrace Your healing power. Give me strength to overcome challenges and walk in the confidence of Your love. Father, Thank You for Your Power that heals and restores me from any and all hurt or setback, both physically and spiritually. Thank You for Your Grace that has and is still mending the most painful trials and tribulations that I have had to face. Father, I trust You completely and I am totally committed to surrendering everything to You, for there is no one else that has the ability and Power that You have to save and deliver me. Father, grace me to serve You in whatever state I am in, for I know that victory is mind because of what You did on the Cross for me, You may have had Your heel bruised, but I know that I know that Satan took a death blow to the head and he will not rise again, but Glory be to God! You defeated the enemy in Your death, and You rose again with all Power in Your Hand and because You got up, I have the opportunity to get up today! Father I have a song in my heart and dancing in my feet, because You healed my heel! In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ! Amen!
Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have A Blessed Weekend…
