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BACK TO THE FUTURE

Lesson 2

The Promised Messiah

PREPARING YOUR HEART

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE CAUSE OF THE TURMOIL AND CONFUSION OF TODAY 'S

WORLD?

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DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON “BEHIND THE SCENES”

SPIRITUALLY THAT SET THE ATMOSPHERE FOR TODAY’S PROBLEMS?

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SETTING THE SCENE

God created us in His image, male and female; He created us, then blessed us, and told us

to rule and reign over the earth (Genesis 1:24-31). However, Satan, a once beautiful angel

created by God, had other plans for us. Satan had been "a seal of perfection," living in

Heaven with God until he started thinking he deserved more, that he deserved to rule and

reign. Seeking power, he led a rebellion in Heaven against God and lost. As punishment,

God cast him and the other rebellious angels from Heaven to earth (Ezekiel 28:12-17, Isaiah

14:12-15), the same earth that God gave man dominion over. Threatened by God's perfect

creation, Satan sought to destroy it.

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Satan used the same lie against Adam and Eve that caused him to fall from Heaven in the first

place: the lie that God cannot be trusted, that He is withholding the good stuff, and that we

deserve more. From the moment that Eve bit into that lie, the entire earth has been cursed.

But no sooner than the curse arrived did God promise us a way out - a godly seed, a Savior

who would crush the head of Satan (Genesis 3:15).

Satan understood this promise and did everything in his power to cut off the godly line so

that his rule and reign could continue. The Bible is full of Satan's attempts to destroy the line

of Messiah so that God's promise could not materialize. But, what Satan meant for evil, God

turned to good (Genesis 50:20). God concealed and preserved the godly seed until the

mystery hidden from the beginning of time could be revealed through the person of Jesus

Christ.

The Messianic promise of a godly seed that would destroy Satan's power is the first of 333

Messianic prophecies. As revelation unfolds throughout the Old Testament, it becomes clear

that the prophesied Messiah, the godly seed, can only be Jesus Christ. In this lesson, we will

explore the line of the Messianic Seed and how God sovereignly determined who this line

would pass through, and the promises that would accompany it.

KEYS TO THE TEXT

Dictionary

Protoevangelium

n. Protoevangelium is a compound word of two Greek words, protos meaning "first"

and evangelion meaning "good news" or "gospel." Genesis 3:15 is commonly referred

to as the first mention of the good news of salvation in the Bible.

Strong's Concordance

Seed Strong's #2233: zera (pronounced (zeh'-rah)); a sowing, seed, offspring

Kingdom Strong's #4467: mamlakah (mam-law-kaw'); kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

Throne Strong's # 3678: kisse or kisseh ((kis-say'); seat of honor, throne

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INVESTIGATING THE TEXT

Lesson 2.1 THE PROMISED MESSIAH

The Creation and Fall of Man

1. Read Genesis 1:26 and Genesis 1:31 and fill in the blanks.

God created man in His own ________________ and when He saw ALL that He made it

was very _________________.

2. God issues the first prophecy of judgment in Genesis 2:16-17. What was it?

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3. Read Genesis 3 and answer the following:

What happened when Adam and Eve ate from the fruit of the forbidden tree?

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What were the curses God pronounced on the serpent, Satan, Eve, and Adam?

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4. In addition to the curses, God pronounced in Genesis 3:14-19, what else happened?

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God's Promise of Redemption – Genesis 3:15

1. Genesis 3:15 issues the first Messianic prophecy. Fill in the blanks.

And I will put _________ between you and the ______________, and between your

seed and her _______________; He shall bruise you on the ________________,

and you shall _______________ him on the heel.”

2. Look up enmity in the dictionary and write its definition below.

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3. “Seed” in Genesis 3:15 means off-spring or descendants. Who are Eve’s

descendants? _____________________________.

4. Who is Satan's offspring? See John 8:44.

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5. How does this verse prophesy our current struggles today?

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6. How does this verse prophesy the virgin birth?

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7. When did the serpent bruise Christ’s heel?___________________________________

8. When did Christ bruise the serpent’s head? __________________________________

Note: a wound to the foot is a minor annoyance, an injury to the head can be fatal

9. What principle does Genesis 3:21 introduce?

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Digging Deeper (Optional)

https://makinghimknown.tv/the-first-gospel-a-seed-of-promise/

https://makinghimknown.tv/clothed-in-righteousness-the-first-sacrifice/

Lesson 2.2 THE "GODLY SEED" FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM

1. Read Genesis 4:1-8 and Genesis 4: 25-26 and answer the following questions:

Which of Adam and Eve’s sons was favored by God? ______________________________

What happened to Abel? _______________________________________________________

Who took Abel’s place as God’s favored? _______________________________________

2. Noah descended from ____________________. Genesis 5:32

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3. Who were Noah’s three sons? Genesis 9:18 ___________, _____________,

______________.

4. Read Genesis 9:19 and Genesis 11:1-9 and answer the following questions:

The whole _______________ was populated through the sons of ________________.

Why did God confuse the people's language and scatter them over the face of the

whole earth?

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Look at the Table of Nations below? Can you determine which of Noah’s sons is your

ancestor? ______________________________

5. In Genesis 9:20-27, to which son does Noah extend God’s blessing? ________________

6. And who ultimately descended from Shem? Genesis 11:26________________________

Hint: this song is about him https://youtu.be/DPKp4AWmQoI

Digging Deeper (Optional)

https://makinghimknown.tv/the-tower-of-babel-making-a-name/

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LESSON 2.3 THE "GODLY SEED" FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM

1. Promises of the Abrahamic Covenant: Genesis 12:1-3

Go forth from your country,

And from your relatives

And from your father's house,

To the ___________which I will show you;

And I will make you a great ______________,

And I will ____________ you,

And make your ____________ great;

And so you shall be a ________________;

And I will ___________those who bless you,

And the one who _____________ you I will curse.

And __________________________________________________________________.”

2. The promises of the Abrahamic covenant pass from Abraham to the tribes of Israel,

not according to man's will but according to God's will.

Read Genesis 17:19, 21:12: and Genesis 26:1-5.

God made it clear that the promises of His covenant would pass to ______________ not

Ishmael.

Read Genesis 25:21:34 and Genesis 27:30-38 and answer the following question:

What did the Lord tell Rebekah about her children as she was about to give birth?

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Read Genesis 28:1-5 and 10-15.

God’s promises are to continue through the line of _________________, not Esau.

Read Genesis 35:9-13

To what does God change Jacob's name? _____________________

Who are the 12 sons of Israel? Genesis 35:23-26

Reuben, ____________, ___________, Judah, Isacchar, Zebulun, ______________,

Benjamin, Dan, ________________, Gad, _______________

3. From which tribe does Jacob prophesy the Messiah will come? Genesis 49:9-12

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4. After reading the genealogies in Matthew 1:2-6 and Luke 3:31-34, from which tribe

was David descended? ____________________

Digging Deeper (Optional)

https://makinghimknown.tv/who-was-abraham/

https://makinghimknown.tv/understanding-jacobs-ladder/

LESSON 2.4 JESUS – HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

1. Promises of the Davidic Covenant

Read 2 Samuel 7:8-17:

The Davidic Covenant centers on several key promises God made to David.

God's Promise of Land

I will also appoint a _______________ for My people Israel and will _____________ them,

that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked

afflict them any more as formerly, (v.10)

God's Promise Regarding David's Son Solomon

When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up

your ___________________ after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish

his ______________. (v.12)

God's Promise Regarding the Messiah

He shall build a ________________ for My name, and I will establish the throne of his

kingdom _______________. (v. 13)

Your house and your ____________ shall endure before Me forever; your _______ shall

be established forever. (v.16)

Jesus is referred to as the _________ of David in Matthew 21:9.

What three things of David's will God establish forever?

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In Jeremiah 22:30, the Lord issued a curse against King Jeconiah, a descendant of

Solomon. Although the legal right to the throne passed through Jeconiah, what does

the Lord say about Jeconiah's offspring?

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In Christ’s genealogy in Matthew 1:6 (through Joseph), from which Son of David is

Jesus descended? _______________________

And in Christ’s genealogy in Luke 3:31 (through Mary), from which son of David is

Jesus descended? _______________________

How do the curse and the genealogies of Mary and Joseph combine to support the

virgin birth of Jesus, the promised Messiah?

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Joseph's Lineage Mary's Lineage

Matt 1:1-17 1 Chron 3:10-24 Luke 3:23-38

Jesse Jesse Jesse

David David David

Solomon Solomon Nathan

Rehoboam Rehoboam Mattathah

Abijah Abijah Menan

Asa Asa Melea

Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat Eliakim

Joram Joram Jonan

Ahaziah Joseph

Joash Judah

Amaziah Simeon

Uzziah (2 Chr 26:1) Azariah (2 Kngs 14:21) Levi

Jotham Jotham Matthat

Ahaz Ahaz Jorim

Hezekiah Hezekiah Eliezer

Manasseh Manasseh Jose

Amon Amon Er

Josiah Josiah Elmodam

Jehoiakim Cosam

Jeconiah Jeconiah Addi

Shealtiel Shealtiel Melchi

Zerubbabel Zerubbabel Neri

Abiud Shealtiel

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Eliakim Zerubbabel

Azor Rhesa

Zadok Joannas

Achim Judah

Eliud Joseph

Eleazar Semei (Shimei)

Matthan Mattathiah

Jacob Maath

Joseph Naggai

Jesus Esli

Nahum

Amos

Mattathiah

Joseph

Janna

Melchi

Levi

Matthat

Heli

Joseph (by law) - Mary

Jesus

APPLYING THE MESSAGE

1. Is there a forbidden fruit that you have chosen to consume? If so, what are the

results of your disobedience? How would obeying God's will for your life result

in your good and His glory?

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2. Adam and Eve did not know or understand Satan's tactics, but we should as

Christians and students of the Word. What are some ways we can recognize and

resist Satan's deceptions, distractions, and discouragement?

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3. We are all descendants of Adam through Noah. Does this change your attitude

toward other peoples? What prejudices do you need to confess before God?

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4. Reread the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. God gave Cain a chance to make

things right before he murdered his brother Abel. Cain refused to listen to God.

Has there ever been a time in your life when God offered you time to "cool-off"

and make things right, but you refused? How could you have handled this

differently?

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5. During the flood, God "cleansed" the world of the unrighteous - the only people

left were Noah and his family. With the distractions gone, why do you think Noah

fell back into sin? What do we have that Noah did not possess to help us resist

sin? Practically speaking, how do we resist sin. Explain.

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6. Read Romans 4:16. Think of the promises that you have as the spiritual

descendant of Abraham. Go to God in prayer, thanking Him for these promises.

REFLECTING ON THE MEANING

Temptation in the Garden

God created us pure and innocent, and He wanted us to remain unstained from sin, knowing

no shame, and enjoying life to its fullest. He gave Adam and Eve full access to everything

they needed in the Garden of Eden, including the Tree of Life. There was only one

prohibition; they weren't to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because if

they did, they would surely die. This tree was a test of Adam and Eve's trust in God and their

obedience to Him; they failed.

Satan knew what would happen if they ate from that tree. There was nothing he wanted more

than to taint God's beautiful creation. Through twisting God's Word, he convinced Eve that

she was missing out, that God didn't have her best interests at heart. Satan dangled enough

of the truth in front of Eve to cause her to doubt God. He tricked her into biting into the lie.

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When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree, shame immediately fell on them, and sin entered

the once-perfect world. Satan thought he'd won, that he had defeated God. But in the same

breath that God pronounced His curse on Satan, He also promised us a way out. He said:

And 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

The First Messianic Prophecy

Theologians refer to Genesis 3:15 as the proto-Evangelium, the first Gospel. This verse is the

first Messianic prophecy of the Old Testament and was written thousands of years before

Christ was born and died on the cross. It foretells the enmity between Eve and Satan's seed,

which helps explain the spiritual warfare that still continues today between Satan and Christ

and those that follow them.

Genesis 3:15 also creates an expectancy that one of Eve's seeds (descendants) will deliver

humanity by defeating Satan. During biblical times, a person's lineage was traced through

the father, not the mother. Yet, Genesis 3:15 clearly states that Eve's seed will bruise Satan's

head. Man's seed is not mentioned. Looking back through the lens of history at this prophecy,

we see that it refers to the virgin birth, a birth with no human father.

Christ partially fulfilled this prophecy in His first coming and will ultimately fulfill it in His

second. The serpent bruised Christ's heel on the cross, but Christ will deliver the final blow

to Satan's head when he throws Satan in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:10).

Promised Bloodline

Starting in Genesis 4, God begins to pass His promise of the coming Messiah through the

lineage that He selected, the righteous bloodline that would culminate in Jesus Christ.

After Adam and Eve's fall, they had two sons, Cain and Abel. Abel made a pleasing offering

to God, and God looked on Abel with favor. Upset by this, Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4:1-8).

Because of Cain's sin, the Redeemer's lineage could not pass through him. But later in

Genesis 4:25-26, we find out that Seth replaced Abel as God's favored son, the son through

whom Jesus' bloodline would continue to flow.

We continue to trace Jesus' bloodline through Noah, "a righteous man, blameless in his time,"

a man who "walked with God" (Genesis 6:9) Because the "wickedness of man was great on

the earth," God decided to "blot out man from the face of the land," except for Noah who had

"found favor in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:5-8). Because of Noah's righteousness, God

determined to save him and his family from a worldwide flood that wiped out the earth's

population.

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After the flood, Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, repopulated the entire world. The

flood wiped out most of humanity, but it didn't wipe out humanity's sinful nature. Not too long

after the flood, Noah became drunk, and Ham, his youngest son and Canaan's father, evilly

disrespected him. Because of this, Noah cursed Canaan, the people whose land Israel would

eventually conquer. Noah then determined that the righteous line would continue through

his son Shem, whose descendants were Israel's ancestors. He also blessed Japheth, the father

of the Gentile nations. Noah said, "May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents

of Shem" (Genesis 9:27). This blessing foreshadowed the spiritual blessings that would come

to the Gentiles through their faith in Christ.

Abrahamic Covenant

The righteous line then continued through Shem's descendants to Abraham. In Genesis 12,

in addition to the promise of a Redeemer, God makes further promises to Abraham, which

are set out in the Abrahamic covenant. These promises pass from Abraham to the tribes of

Israel, not according to man's will but according to God's will. We see this when God made

it clear that His promises would pass to Isaac and not to Ishmael, Jacob, and not to Esau

(Genesis 28:1-5, 10-15 and Genesis 35:9-13). God had predetermined which son would carry

the bloodline of the coming Messiah and the Abrahamic Covenant promises. God's will

prevailed, although human will tried to thwart His predetermined plan at every turn.

God changed Jacob's name to Israel, and each of Jacob's 12 sons became a tribe of God's

chosen people. Jacob prophesied that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah. He

said, "the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until

Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples" (Genesis 49:10). As he

prophesied, the bloodline of Jesus and the Abrahamic covenant promises continued to pass

through Judah's descendants.

Davidic Covenant

King David, son of Jesse, a descendant of Judah, received additional promises from God, the

Davidic Covenant. These promises were unconditional, meaning that their fulfillment did not

depend on David's or any of his ancestor's obedience to God.

This covenant centered on several promises God made to David. First, God promised David

that Israel's people would possess their land and live undisturbed. Second, God promised

that He would establish a Kingdom for David's descendant. Third, God promised David that

his descendant would build a house for God's name and rule over this Kingdom forever (2

Samuel 7:8-17).

God continued to speak through the Prophet Nathan, telling David that "Your house and

your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever" (2

Samuel 7:16). The keywords in this prophecy are "house," "kingdom," "throne," and

"forever." The term "house" indicates that there will be a lineage of kings that come from the

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line of David; the word "kingdom" shows there will be people ruled over by a King; the term

"throne" underlines the legal right of the King to rule, and finally, the word "eternal" specifies

the eternal nature of this rule.

These promises are significant because they demonstrate that the Messiah will come from

David's line and that this Son will establish an eternal kingdom. David's son Solomon partially

fulfilled this prophecy. He built the Temple, a house for God, and ruled over the Kingdom of

Israel during his lifetime. However, his throne was not eternal; it ended when he died. This

partial fulfillment showed that there would be another Son of David, a Son who would

completely fulfill this prophecy.

When we look at Christ's

genealogy, we see that

He descended through

David legally through

both Mary and Joseph.

Recognizing that the

Messiah would be a Son

of David, Jesus is

referred to as the "Son of

David" throughout the

New Testament. Jesus

completely fulfills the

prophecy that Solomon

and no other son of David

could. In His first coming,

He established a

spiritual, eternal

kingdom of believers.

During, His second

coming, He will establish

an eternal physical

kingdom.

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JOURNALING YOUR RESPONSE

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