Genesis (II)
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” (Genesis 3:15 ESV)
The Fixing of the Big Break
While sin is the ultimate cause of everything that is wrong in the world, the trouble with sin is not really what we tend to think it is. The trouble with sin is not really that disease runs rampant, as bad as that is. The trouble with sin is not really that dishonesty tends to ruin relationships, as bad as that is. The trouble with sin is not really that weeds grow, storms rage, and the earth at times quakes, as bad as those things are.
The trouble with sin… the REAL trouble… is that mankind (and thereby all of creation) is separated from God. He, holy, cannot bear sin. He, holy, abhors sin. He, holy, must eradicate sin.
And here, in the 3rd chapter of Genesis, God shows His hand. His plan. His solution.
The symbol of sin, Satan, is going to be killed by the coming solution: the Messiah.
Sin, at the root of all trouble, will meet it’s match at the triumphant crushing foot of the Messiah.
Jesus, the Messiah, is the solution to every problem that sin causes. Which means, every problem that has existed, exists, or will exist.
Jesus is not merely a soft-spoken nice guy who loves people. He is the necessary destruction of sin, sin’s power, sin’s punishment, and sin’s effects.