HOPE Has Come! - Advent 1

“I will put enmity 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”

Genesis 3:15

On this first Sunday of Advent… we want to focus on HOPE! However…. Its important to realize that the message of HOPE begins in the Garden of Eden with a judgment from God on the serpent (evil) and a promise to the woman of HOPE!

Here in Genesis 3:15… God is distinguishing between those in the world (those who don’t know Christ as their SAVIOR) and those who are SAVED because of the sacrifice of Christ and our faith in Him! Its this difference that gives us HOPE!

What does “The Seed” mean? God addressed the “seed” as something that is passed on… the seed of the serpent (evil, satan) is cultivated in our “flesh” or in the heart of those who don’t know Jesus. The SEED OF THE WOMAN is a prophetic reference to Christ. The seed of the woman will CRUSH the seed of satan and sin will be DEFEATED!

THIS IS THE PROMISE OF HOPE!

When the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons” Galatians 4:4-5. The Seed of the Woman SAVES US! This is our “BRIGHT HOPE for Tomorrow” as the Old Hymn Great is Thy Faithfulness says!

What have we to fear? God assures the success of the Promised Seed of the woman. The struggle between the righteous and unrighteous will be won by the people of God, both Jew and Gentile, through the work of the Son that was given to us, the Son of God. He will utterly defeat satan!

Christians REJOICE!!! We Have HOPE because of the Christchild who came in the humbleness of a stable so that those who would believe… would NOT perish, but would have everlasting life!!!

On this first Sunday of ADVENT of 2016… Share the HOPE that YOU have because of Jesus in YOUR heart with someone who is still hopeless and lost.

“GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS… LORD UNTO ME!”