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== ''Proto-Evangelium'' == | |||
The first ("proto-") announcement of the promises of Salvation in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/3?15 Genesis 3:15]:<pre> | |||
I will put enmity between you and the woman, | |||
and between your offspring and hers; | |||
They will strike at your head, | |||
while you strike at their heel. | |||
</pre>The "you" is the snake, or the devil, and "the woman" is the Second Eve and mother of the Messiah, Mary. As the USCCB online Bible explains in the [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/3?15=#01003015 footnote to Gen 3:15]:<pre> | |||
The snake was identified with the devil (Wis 2:24; Jn 8:44; Rev 12:9; 20:2), whose eventual defeat seemed implied in the verse. Because “the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil” (1 Jn 3:8), the passage was understood as the first promise of a redeemer for fallen humankind, the protoevangelium | |||
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in Jerome’s Vulgate. “She” was thought to refer to Mary, the mother of the messiah. In Christian art Mary is sometimes depicted with her foot on the head of the serpent. | |||
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== Scripture on the History of Salvation == | |||
As always, we want to start with Holy Scripture, the Word of the Lord. | |||
Genesis 1:26-2:24 | |||
Gen 9:1-17 | |||
Gen 12:1-3; 17:1-21 | |||
Exodus 19:3-20:17, | |||
2 Samuel 7:8-29 | |||
Jeremiah 31:31-41 | |||
Luke 22: 14-20 | |||
= Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | = Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | ||