Yesterday we saw that God had established the promise of the seed. You could take this to mean a general sense of being a descendant about him and Eve. As we continue reading, we find that this term is meant to be selective. Jump forward a little bit and you’ll find that after Cain killed Abel, God again communicates something to Adam and Eve.
A new child was born and notice what the Bible tells us about that child,
Genesis 4:25 (KJV) And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.Cain was still alive. In the literal sense the seed of Eve was still being passed on, but noticed that God specifically bypasses him and goes to Seth. We will see this pattern down through the years. It’s not that every descendant of Eve is considered in the path of the seed. That would mean the entire world is the Messiah and we know it was only Jesus.
Keep in mind that God plans ahead and, even though some people deny the possibility, He can adjust His plans to meet the ways in which human beings respond to His overtures.
Merry Christmas. Be grateful that Seth stepped up to the plate.
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