Today we read Genesis 3, one of the most important chapters in the Bible because, tragically, sin enters into the world. But in this chapter God also has a plan to fix this problem: a Savior will come thousands of years later. That will be Jesus Christ. *** With the words that God speaks to the serpent, to Eve, and to Adam after their disobedience, He sets the course for the rest of biblical history. Here there is judgment for sin, but also the first hint that the effects of the fall will one day be undone. There is no way back to Eden. The only way for Adam and Eve and their descendants is forward to the cross. The long story culminates in Jesus Christ, the Seed of the woman, but it does not end there. Today, we are part of the unfolding story. We have received God’s grace through the Seed of the woman, and now we are sent out to the ends of the earth to bear witness to the completion of God’s plan of redemption and to offer His grace in Jesus Christ to all the descendants of Adam and Eve. • O Savior, write our names into Your story, into the Lamb’s Book of Life. Amen.
Various Authors. The Lutheran Study Bible (pp. 616-617). (Function). Kindle Edition.