Chapter 7-WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO SAVE MANKIND

CHOSEN FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE

As we have previously learned in this book, Jesus had a prehuman existence.  He is called God's "only begotten Son" because Jehovah created him directly.  God thereafter used Jesus to bring all other things into existence.  (John 3:18; Colossians 1:16)  Jesus was especially  fond of humankind.  (Proverbs 8:30, 31) No wonder Jehovah chose his only-begotten Son to serve a special purpose when mankind came under the condemnation of death! 

When pronouncing sentence on Adam, Eve and Satan in the garden of Eden, God spoke of the future Rescuer as a "seed."  This Seed, or offspring, would come to undo the terrible ills that Satan the Devil, "the original serpent,"  had brought about.  In fact, the promised Seed would crush Satan and all those who followed him. -Genesis 3:15; 1 John 3:8; Revelation 12:9.

Over the centuries, God gradually revealed more about the Seed, also called the Messiah.  

Next time: WHY THE MESSIAH WOULD DIE

The Book - KNOWLEDGE That Leads To Everlasting Life, 1995