An Ancient Prophecy That affects You - WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THIS PROPHECY

 THE WOMAN

God's Word also helps us to identify the primary offspring of the woman. This offspring was to be a natural descendanrt of Abraham. (Read Genesis 22:15-18) True to the prophecy , Jesus was a direct descendant of that faithful patriarch. (Luke 3:23, 24) But th offspring would have to be more than human because he was to crush Satan the Devil out of existence. Accordingly,  when Jesus was about 30 years old, he was anointed as the spirit-begotten Son of God. At his anointing, Jesus became  the primary part of the offspring of the woman. (Galatians 3:16)  After Jesus' death and resurrection, God "crowned him  with glory and honor" and gave him "all authority "to break up the works of the devil." - HEBREWS 2:7; MATTHEW 28:18; 1JOHN 3:8.

THE OFFSPRING OF THE WOMAN

But there  would be a secondary part of the offspring. The  apostle Paul identified this part of the offspring when he told both Jewish and Gentile  anointed Christians: "If you belong to Christ, you are really Abraham's offspring, heirs with reference to a promise. " (Galatians 3:28, 29) When Jehovah anoints  a Christian with holy spirit, that person becomes part of the offspring  of the woman. So the offspring is made up of Jesus Christ and his 144,000 corulers. (Revelatians 14:1) All of these reflect the spirit of their Father, Jehovah God. 

Now that we have identified the characters mentioned at Genesis 3:15, let os briefly review how Jehovah has progressively been fulfilling this prohecy and how we are benefiting. 

Next time: An Ancint Prophecy That Affects You - HOW HAS THE PROPHECY BEENFULFILLED?

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