It does not say, ‘And to descendants,’ as referring to many, but as referring to one, ‘And to your descendant,’ who is Christ.” This is explained by Saint Paul in Galatians 3, 16: “Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. That seed is Christ, who comes to the world through Mary. The seed of the woman is also the seed of Abraham, the father of all the faithful. In this small verse we find the first sign of the Gospel’s promise. She is the one who is going to bring the divine punishment upon the father of the “brood of vipers” (Matthew 12, 34) those whom Jesus refers to as “sons of your father, the Devil” (John 8, 44). When the Hebrew scholars of ancient times translated this verse into the Greek language, they used the word gunai (woman, lady). She is the one who will inflict a mortal wound on the head of the original serpent. In Genesis 3, 15 we find the first prophecy about Mary. Genesis 3, 15 - «I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.» In the Old Testament we read about Our Blessed Mother in the prophecies and prophetic models used by God to teach us about her qualities.
The Bible relates the story of the Virgin Mary in both the Old and the New Testament.
The young maiden announced in the prophecy of Isaiah delivered the Blessed Son, Emmanuel, God with us. That mystery was finally unveiled the first Christmas in Bethlehem. Both the Messiah and his Mother were a mystery for many, many centuries. This meditation shows how the Old Testament gradually reveals the many qualities of the woman mentioned in Genesis 3:15. This is a good time for a simple meditation on the many women of God who prefigured the perfection of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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