THE SEED OF THE WOMAN. [Genesis 3:15]
In this blog I shall endeavour
to throw somelight 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 to know 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.
“A voice was heard in Ramah,
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 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, but 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. V 5 The
Child is ‘caught up to God, and to his throne;’ - the Overcomers assume their
throne rights. The Christian is legally ‘seated in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus’ Ephesians 2:6; however, experientially, the Church has not been
operating in this dimension. The end time revelation of the finished work of
Christ causes the overcomers to rise up into 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 overcome
the Dragon -One but many] The Child is the end time Overcomers – the long
awaited manifestation of the Seed. The Seed has been there all along – born of
God and co-heirs with Christ, but has not been manifested in its fullness. This
is the ‘glorious Church’ [Ephesians 5:27] destined to bring down ‘the gates of
hell.’[Matthew 16:18] That is why the devil is conducting an end time slaughter
of innocents, endeavouring to avoid the battle which he knows he cannot win.
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
