The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Two more questions in Genesis

John,

The best I can do for you on this one is to refer you to this:

Genesis 3:15 (ASV) ". . . and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

Genesis 3:21 (ASV) "And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them."

Isaiah 61:9-10 (ASV) "And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed. I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."

Zechariah 3:2-5 (ASV) "And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel. And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by."

Okay.... to put these passages all together I believe that God, in cursing the serpent and putting enmity between its seed and the seed of the woman through whom the Messiah would come, I believe it is implied that our first parents were to be saved in Him; the seed (Christ).

Secondly, immediately after the curse was pronounced, God clothed Adam and Eve with "skins". Here is implied that an animal was sacrificed (blood shed) in their behalf and from it they were "covered". I am going to assume that the imagery in this passage is clear enough that I don't have to spend time explaining how this is developed throughout redemptive history.

Thirdly, we move along in God's progressive revelation to the Isaiah passage where once again it is revealed that God's chosen "seed" are clothed with "garments" of His own righteousness, etc. Are you catching on here just a bit, at this point?

Lastly, just before the Lord Christ made His appearance on earth, we read in Zechariah once again the reaffirmation of God in this matter of His chosen one(s) being clothed with His own righteousness and more.

For me, by taking just these 4 passages into account to which many more could be added, it seems to me that Adam and Eve were of the "seed" (in addition to being the start of the Messianic line), that were to be clothed with the garment/robe of God's righteousness which comes through the shedding of blood of Christ, the sacrificial lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world.

Sooooo, that's my .

In His grace,