The Promised 'Seed'



The first mention of the Promised future seed of a woman is found in Genesis 3:15. This coming Deliverer would undo the damage which Satan had done to mankind.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put emnity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.






Fulfillment

1 John 3

8. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.



That this verse is to be Messianic is clear from the following Jewish sources:

Targum Pseudo Jonathan
Targum Onkelos
Bereshith Rabba (the Midrash or Commentary on Genesis )

"This is That Seed that is coming from another place, and who is this?This is the King Messiah."
Rabbi David Kimchi (lived in the south of France and lived 1160 - 1235)
"As thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people by the hands of Meshiha, the Son of David, who shall wound satan, who is the head, the king and prince of the house of the wicked..."



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