‘Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.’ Genesis 3:14-15 (NKJV) v Four Consequences of Sin:

SHAME “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.” Genesis 3:7 (NKJV) “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” Genesis 2:25 (NKJV) “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness…” Isaiah 61:10a (NKJV) GUILT “And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:8 (NKJV) FEAR “Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ So he said, ‘I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.’” Genesis 3:9-10 (NKJV) DEATH ‘…but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’ Genesis 2:17 (NKJV) “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.” Romans 5:12 (NIV) Ø Genesis: 3:15 is often called ‘proto-euangelion’ meaning FIRST-GOSPEL. v The First Gospel in the Garden Included: 1. A JUDGMENT ON SATAN. “So the Lord God said to the serpent: ‘Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.” Genesis 3:14 (NKJV)

2. A STATEMENT OF WAR. ‘And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.’ Genesis 3:15 (NKJV) “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 3. AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF HOPE. ‘…between your seed and her Seed…’ Genesis 3:15b (NKJV) “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) 4. A PRONOUNCEMENT OF VICTORY. ‘…He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15c (NKJV) “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities…” Isaiah 53:5a (NKJV) “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8b (NKJV) “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” Romans 16:20a (NIV) “The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” Genesis 3:21 (NIV)