Thursday, December 26, 2024
With a clear reference to “that ancient serpent” (Rev. 12:9; 20:2), the Scriptures conclude with the eschatological fulfillment of Genesis 3:15 in an apocalyptic manner. As the “Christ” (Rev. 20:4, 6), Jesus will bring Satan into forceful submission by binding him in Hades for a thousand years and then throwing him, with the wicked, into Gehenna forever (cf. Rev. 20:10, 14; 21:8;22:15). Moreover, Jesus identifies himself protologically as the “Alpha” (Rev.22:6, 13), who will “repay each one for what he has done” (v. 12). Thus we see the “living seed” of Genesis 3:15 (as Jewish theologian Adolph Saphir described it) finding full fruition in the day of the Lord, Gehenna, and the resurrection. In this way the messianic seed of Adam is understood to be the arbiter of God’s apocalyptic end. -John P. Harrigan, the Gospel of Christ Crucified, p.124
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