Genesis 3:14-15

Then the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

- Genesis 3:14-15


Commentary: This is the first recorded prophecy, and it was foretold by GOD. He was in control. He still is in control. He will always be in control. In spite of the fall of mankind, in spite of the serpent tempting the woman, GOD is in control. And from this beginning He knew He would have to make the greatest sacrifice. Not because He wasn't aware of man's or the serpent's pending actions, but because GOD is in control. In that control, in His plan, He knows the serpent -- Satan -- is defeated through Jesus the Christ, in spite of the seeming victory of Satan by the death of Jesus -- hence, the "strike your heel" reference. "He will strike your head, ..." A strike to the head is an image of GOD's victory over Satan, over darkness and over evil and over death. This is the first hope given to man. The first two humans were now GOD's ambassadors, to proclaim this hope to their offspring for generation to generation, looking forward to the coming of this hope. The hope of Jesus the Christ! The one who defeated death by His resurrection so we do not have face everlasting death but may have everlasting life.