This was utterly impossible for Adam, his wife or his seed after him to do, for the penalty of the violated command was death, and death had passed upon Adam, his wife, and afterwards upon all of his seed or posterity.

Hence, their nakedness could be covered and their complete restoration accomplished only by an all-loving, holy and all-righteous substitute. He must be such an all-loving substitute as to most willingly assume all the guilt of the violated command and suffer the full death penalty for Adam, his wife, and all his seed or posterity. He must be so holy as to be altogether without sin or guilt in himself and so righteous, that in his life and death the violated command of the Lord God would be fulfilled in every particular and all its demands abundantly satisfied.

D. The Seed of the Woman the Only and All-Sufficient Substitute for Man's Restoration.

Such a substitute had been provided by the Lord God. He was figuratively but specially mentioned as the Seed of the Woman that would bruise the serpent's head, in that first and all-inclusive sentence pronounced by the Lord God upon that first and arch-offender-"that old serpent, Satan," as follows: "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen. 3: 14, 15).

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN WAS NONE OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST, THE ALL-SUFFICIENT SAVIOUR FOR ALL MEN

The statement or sentence passed upon Satan was followed by a multitude of statements of the Lord God, as recorded in His revelation, that declare with certainty who He, the Seed of the Woman, was; what He would do for the final overthrow of Satan and his works; and what He would do for the complete and glorious salvation of Adam and his posterity.

1. He was (a) Immanuel, God with us. "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isa. 7:14). (b) He was Jesus, Saviour. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21). And (c) He was a Saviour, Christ, the Lord, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2: 11).

2. He would not only destroy the works of the Devil, but the Devil, himself. "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" (I John 3:8). “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;

that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Heb. 2:14).

3. What He would do for the complete and glorious salvation of Adam and his posterity.

The following scriptures, from the multitude of them in the Bible, refer to the Seed of the Woman and His wonderful work of salvation for the world. They are clear, definite and positive in what they declare about Him as a Saviour, the time He began His saving work, His sacrificial character, the manner in which He accomplished His work, the certainty and completeness of His saving power and about the amazing results of His wonderful salvation. These scriptures also declare, in the same manner and without qualifications, His identity as God; His name as Jesus; His designations as the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Son of Man, the Lamb of God, etc. In fact, these scriptures show beyond a doubt to all persons who study the Bible as the Word of God, with the help of the Holy Spirit, that the Seed of the Woman is none other than Jesus Christ, the Man of Calvary and the Lamb on the throne.

A. Who the Seed of the Woman Was.

I. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

34. "I (John the Baptist) saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God” (John 1:1, 14, 34).

21. "And she (Mary) shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).

15. "He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven" (Matt. 16: 15-17).

9. "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world" (I John 4:9, 10, 14).

16. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be. saved" (John 3:16, 17).

4. "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

5. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father” (Gal. 4:4-6).

"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost" (Matt. 18: 11).

"For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them" (Luke 9:56).

29. "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!

34. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God" (John 1:29, 34).

8. "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8).

B. What He Would Do with the Devil and His Works.

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" (I John 3:8).

14. "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Heb. 2: 14).

C. What He Would Do for the Complete Salvation of Man.

4. "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all" (Isa. 53: 4-6).

22. "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

25. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" (I Peter 2:22, 24, 25).

II. "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

13. These things have I written unto you that believe