THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.  [Genesis 3:15]

In this blog I shall endeavour to throw light on:-

1.       Why there is an unprecedented number of abortions in this day and age.

2.       Who is the ‘Seed of the Woman’ who will crush the Serpent’s head.

These two subjects may seem to have nothing in common; yet there is a very definite link.

The ‘right’ to abortion is accepted as part of our modern day ‘civilized’ society. A lot of people don’t like it; Christians fight it; proponents consider it ‘progressive’ to allow a woman to have control over her reproductive system all in the interests of ‘choice.’

An unplanned pregnancy can be devastating to some women who may need a lot of support to continue with the pregnancy and may be tempted to think of abortion as the easy way out. Most are unprepared for the life time after effects that abortion can bring. Some States allow for late term abortion, which is just too horrible to describe.

There is choice in these days when contraception is readily available. Those who grieve over a miscarriage or a regretted abortion may find comfort in knowing that that little life is not lost to God. Many accounts of experiences in the afterlife reveal that the baby is cared for and brought up in heaven and will be reunited to family.

The grief of bereaved mothers is captured in a prophecy by Jeremiah

“A voice was heard in Ramah,

Rachel weeping for her children

Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,                                                                           

Rachel weeping for her children,

Refusing to be comforted,

Because they were no more.” Jeremiah 31:15.

This Scripture is quoted in Matthew and refers there to what is called ‘The slaughter of the innocents’ about the time of the birth of Jesus.  Roman soldiers were ordered by King Herod to kill all the male children in and around Bethlehem when he heard that a new king was about to be born there. Matthew 2:16,17. This event has an Old Testament counterpart in Exodus 1. About the time when Moses the Deliverer of Israel was to be born there was another ‘slaughter of the innocents’ as there is in this day at the end of this Age.

The Serpent has never forgotten that there is a Child to be born – a Deliverer, who is destined to crush his head. He knows when such a deliverer is about to be born and moves to slaughter the innocents and thus put off his demise.  Since the event known as ‘The Fall,’ he has been ‘the god of this age’ [2 Cor. 4:4] and the whole world lies under his influence. [1 John 5:19]. He is jealous over his control of this world and its inhabitants; no potential Deliverer can be allowed to live. He knows that another Child is about to be born destined to end his rule, - the Child of Revelation 12, The Seed of the Woman, and so he moves to slaughter the innocents again.

In Revelation 12 we see the woman travailing to give birth with the Dragon waiting to devour the Child, as he always has been. But isn’t this Child Jesus?  you will no doubt ask. This is what has always been taught. Actually it is not the complete answer. It is certainly true that without Jesus there is no redemption possible. Without Him we are eternally lost. It is also true that ‘the whole world [still] lies under the sway of the wicked one.’ 1 John 5:19. We shall have to look further for the full answer as to the identity of the Child. It is undoubtedly is the Seed of the Woman promised in Genesis 3:15.                                                                         

The promised Seed was to come through Abraham. Abraham had physical Seed through Isaac and spiritual Seed through Jesus. Israel, the physical Seed, God calls ‘My son, My firstborn’. [Exodus 4:22]. This many-membered nation, all who were born of Isaac, were considered to be the Son of God. They were redeemed from bondage in Egypt under Pharaoh, to bring down the enemy and possess the Land of their inheritance – the Promised Land. It remained for one generation of this Son, a generation of Overcomers under Joshua, to come out of the wilderness and conquer the enemy.  Likewise, the spiritual Seed -  Jesus and His Church- are considered to be One Seed.,

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as of many, bur as of one, ‘And to your Seed,’ who is Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:16

And if you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s Seed and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29

Note, the Seed is One though many. This Seed is the Son of God. Christ and His Church cannot be separated.

ABRAHAM

     Physical Seed                                                         Spiritual Seed

           ISAAC                                                                      JESUS

   The Nation of Israel                                                 The   Church

 

As in Israel, one generation of Abraham’s Seed finally came out of the wilderness and conquered the enemy; even so one generation of the Church is destined to break the enemy’s hold on planet Earth –a generation of Overcomers under Jesus. This end time generation enters into all that the Cross has achieved. This is the Child of Revelation 12. Since the Fall, the ‘Woman’ – the people of faith of all ages, has been travailing to bring forth the promised Seed. Sarah is a type of this Woman. She was made beautiful and fruitful in her old age. After many years of waiting, when it all seemed impossible, she brought forth the promised Seed. Likewise the coming great revival will renew the Church and enable her to produce the Overcomers.

Israel brought forth Messiah Who accomplished all the work of Redemption and Commissioned His Church to make all the Nations His disciples.  It remains for this redemption to be manifested in the Earth. All of creation is waiting for this. [Romans 8:19-21]

Back to Revelation 12. The Child is ‘caught up to the throne;’ - the Overcomers rise up in Kingdom authority. Thus begins a war in the heavenlies or spiritual realm. The Old Testament type of this is Joshua and the army of Israel with the hosts of heaven at Jericho[Joshua 6]. The war in the heavenlies results in satan being cast down from the place of authority which he has been occupying illegally since the Cross. He has kept his position only through deceit and accusation. [Note, it is a ‘they’ who overcomes the Dragon -One but many] The Child is the end time Overcomers – the long awaited Seed. That is why the devil is conducting an end time slaughter of innocents, endeavouring to avoid the battle. However, the Seed of the Woman. backed by the hosts of Heaven. is victorious and the cry goes up –

“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of the brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”  Revelation 12:10,11

“…the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations but now has been revealed….which is CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.” Colossians 1:26,27

THE REAL WAR - WAKE UP CHURCH

What really is happening on planet Earth? Why this great upsurge of evil? Behind it all is a spiritual battle destined to climax at the end of the age.  Back at the dawn of Biblical history God promised that the Seed of the woman would crush the Serpent’s head. Later God chose a man called Abraham through whom the promised Seed would come. He said to Abraham “Thy Seed shall possess the gate of his enemies” [Genesis 22:17] The Seed is one but many – a plural one. 

Abraham had physical seed through Isaac [Genesis 21:12] and spiritual Seed through Christ. [Galatians 3:16, 3:29]

To Abraham’s natural seed God gave an inheritance – The Promised Land, Canaan. To Abraham’s spiritual Seed He gave the Earth.

“For the promise that he would be heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.” [Romans 4:13]

Those who are Abraham’s Seed through faith in Christ are heirs to the Earth. The Promised Land Canaan is described as a ‘good land, flowing with milk and honey’: However it was occupied by  enemy strongholds.  Israel had to dispossess the enemy and occupy the Land for the Kingdom of God. ] Likewise our Earth is under the sway of the wicked one [1 John 5:19] and is over-run by enemy strongholds. God’s will is that His Kingdom should come on Earth as it is in heaven. That, for us, is the Promised Land.

 

God redeemed Israel from bondage through the blood of the Passover Lamb. He commissioned them to possess the Land and establish the Kingdom He equipped them at Sinai for the task. They spent many years in the wilderness because they didn’t believe that they could overcome the enemy, but a generation arose which finally went in, brought down the strongholds and overcame the enemy.  At the borders of the Land they were met by the hosts of heaven waiting to do battle with them. Eventually Solomon, Son of David sat on the throne and the Kingdom was established.

All of this is a type [or a picture or a Map] for the spiritual Seed of Abraham. This is the Seed which shall ‘possess the gate of his enemies’. The Promised Land is ours but we have to possess it. We have been set free by the Blood of Jesus our Passover Lamb and given the Spirit to equip us to fulfil the commission to make all the nations Jesus disciples, i.e. possess the Earth for the Kingdom.

 

We can do it! God is with us, the hosts of heaven are waiting to do battle with us. We can overcome the enemy and reclaim the Earth for God. It is a spiritual battle against principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in the spiritual realm. We can overcome ‘through the Blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony [our faith confession] and through total commitment to the task. The end result will be the Kingdom of God on Earth as it is in Heaven with King Jesus, Son of David on the throne. This is what God has been working toward since the Fall. The Cross has legally reversed the Curse. Jesus has “reconciled all things to God, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross [Colossians 1:20]; but it is a Victory which has to be enforced. Creation is groaning, waiting for that day because then it will be delivered from corruption and restored as it was before the Fall. [Romans 8:19-22]

 

In Revelation 12 we see the birth of the Overcomers – the woman travailing in birth; the Dragon standing by waiting to devour the Child. Always when a Deliverer is about to be born, Satan tries to prevent it by attacking that generation and there is a’ slaughter of the innocents’, as in the case of Moses and Jesus. That’s why there is a great upsurge in abortion these days because Satan knows that the generation of Overcomers is being born.

 

The Manchild is ‘caught up to the throne’ – He rises up in Kingdom authority, and is joined in battle by the hosts of heaven. The Accuser is cast down from the place of authority which, since the Cross, he has occupied illegally. The Devil has great wrath because he knows that he has a short time so he persecutes the ‘woman who gave birth to the male Child.’ She is the people of faith of all ages from the time the promise was given in Eden. Sarah, Abraham’s wife, is an Old Testament type of this woman – renewed, made beautiful and fruitful in old age.

 

Israel is a sign for us. As the modern day nation battles for possession of the Land and is pressured to give ground, so the Church is under attack and pressured to give way on the precious Kingdom truths contained in the Word of God. The enemy hates those ‘who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.’ [Revelation 12:17]. The battle for Israel began in Rebekah’s womb as the twins she was expecting battled for supremacy; [Genesis 25:21-23] and continues to this day between their descendants. God has promised;

 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me.”[ Isaiah 54:17]

Abraham’s Seed, both physical and spiritual will prevail.  Jesus said “I will build My Church and the gates of hell will not prevail [stand] against it.” The Church is destined to destroy hell’s grip on the earth and possess it for the Kingdom

This is a brief and rather sketchy summary of the Biblical truths which are behind the battle which is being played out before our eyes now. It is a battle which we can and must win. I invite you to read my books for a fuller understanding of this end time conflict. I am not out to make money from their sale, but to share what I believe are vital truths which the Holy Spirit gave for the people of God. The books are “The Other Bible Code” and “End Time Insights.” They are available from most bookstores online and also from me.

“And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

be with you. Amen”  [Romans 16:20]

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Don't let the Accuser Silence You

 

One of the ways that the Devil tries to silence the Church, in fact the main way, is accusation. After all he is “the Accuser of the brethren” [Revelation 12: ] If you are a Christian who knows how to stand in the imputed righteousness of Christ, and he can’t get anything on you; then he’ll hurl someone else’s sins at you to shut you up.

 

The classic one of course is THE CRUSADES. “What about THE CRUSADES?” Well WHAT about the Crusades? They were well over a thousand years ago. Just a bit before my time!  I’m a bit fuzzy about the Crusades but I do know that the Crusades were to take back the Holy Land which the Turks had captured. There were a lot of nasty things that happened on both sides. However the Accuser wants me to feel guilty about the Crusades so I will feel I don’t have a right to speak up for the sake of the Kingdom. I was once even accused of being responsible for the Holocaust ‘That you Christians did.’ Huh! Hitler may have been taken to Church and sprinkled as a baby, I really don’t know; but he was no Christian. Jesus said that His people would be known for their love.

 

The- right- up –to- date accusation is the current investigation going on into the abuse of children in Church institutions. “What about THAT? THAT ought to shut you up!”

 

Jesus told the story about the wheat and the tares.

 

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

He said to them, ‘an enemy has done this,’ The servants said to him, ‘do you want us then to go and gather them up?’

But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Matthew 13.

 

Don’t confuse the organized Church with the true Church – the Body of Christ. The tares are there, we know that; but the wheat is still working on producing a harvest. Because some person who calls himself a Christian does something disgusting, does that then negate my right to speak up? The Devil would like me to think so. But I don’t! And by the way because I don’t endorse homosexuality doesn’t mean that I’m ‘phobic’ or that I ‘hate’ people.  As a Christian I believe that when God says something is wrong, then that is that, and the Word is very clear on the matter. God loves all people but He doesn’t endorse everything people do.

 

The organized Church is going through a cleansing and that’s good. God is going to give us all a good shake up. He is going to ‘once more shake the Earth ‘  to bring down those things which can be shaken and reveal the kingdom which cannot be shaken [Hebrews 12:26-28]; and He is going to cleanse His Church. He is going to come  ‘suddenly come to His temple,…He will purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.” Malachi 3.

 

Meanwhile, keep on keeping on.  Don’t be intimidated by the Accuser. His day is coming.  [Check this out in Revelation 12 and 20:10.] Jesus is working on the Church “till we all come to the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”  [Ephesians 4:13] Look out then Devil!