DRAMA OF THE AGESFLY THROUGH HISTORY WITH THE ANCIENT BOOK

6. A WAY OUT IS OFFERED

Finally they answered the call and in response to God asking them what they had done, they blamed each other and

indirectly blamed God as well. 

Adam, who before he sinned thought he loved Eve more than life itself, now

blamed her, and she blamed the serpent and God for creating the serpent. 

Solemnly God pronounced a curse on the serpent, from then on it would crawl

legless upon the earth.

But in the curse there was a cryptic prophecy. The very first Messianic

promise. 

"And 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." Genesis 3:15 

Now why didn't they die on the spot?

Because the mysterious plan of Salvation, a secret known only to the

Godhead, was immediately

implemented. 

The plan was that the Creator Himself would be the surety for the fallen race. 

As soon as there was sin, there was a Savior! He was the Lamb slain from the foundation of

the world.

The Creator was now on death row

so they could have a second

chance to choose to obey.

Someday the Creator would be born as a

child of a woman. He would live a life of perfect obedience, then die as a law

breaker.

He would be the seed of the woman that would crush the serpent's head.

Anyone who chose to accept the provision could be forgiven of their past sins, and chose to return to perfect allegiance through the Divine power made available. 

God gave an object lesson to help them understand.

DRAMA OF THE AGESContinues:

7. A SHADOW PICTURE