Daily Discipleship - Day 351: He Shall Bruise Your Head

May 3, 2026

Daily Discipleship • Day 351 • Friday, April 16, 2027

He Shall Bruise Your Head

Genesis 3:15

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Scripture

Genesis 3:15 (LXX / ESV) καὶ ἔχθραν θήσω ἀνὰ μέσον σου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς γυναικὸς, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματός σου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῆς· αὐτός σου τηρήσει κεφαλήν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Author & Audience

BibleProject — Tim Mackie and Jon Collins' biblical literacy platform, whose visual tracing of the seed-of-the-woman theme from Genesis 3 through Revelation helps readers see the whole Bible as one story pointing to Christ.

Word Study

σπέρματος

spermatos · Greek LXX

“seed / offspring / descendant”

sperma can refer to a collective seed-line or a single individual descendant. Galatians 3:16 explicitly identifies the singular 'seed' as Christ: 'He does not say, "and to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "and to your offspring," who is Christ.' Genesis 3:15 is thus the first messianic promise—the proto-evangelium, the first gospel.

Reflection

From the writers we read together

BibleProject

Tim Mackie & Jon Collins; Portland, OR

“The whole Bible is the story of God keeping this one promise.” — BibleProject The Story of the Bible series

In the moment of humanity's deepest failure, God makes a promise. Before the consequences of the fall are fully pronounced, the rescue plan is announced: a seed of the woman will crush the serpent's head. The rest of the Bible—every covenant, every king, every prophet, every sacrifice—is the unfolding of this one promise.

BibleProject traces how the seed-line moves through Abel, Seth, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, David, and finally to Jesus—born of a woman, who crushed the serpent's head at the cross and was bruised (crucified) in the process. You are living in the era of the fulfilled promise. The victory is won; the serpent is under foot.

Deut 32 LensDeuteronomy 32:32–33 describes the enemies of God as the vine of Sodom—their offspring is venom and their clusters poison. Genesis 3:15 sets the serpent-seed in permanent enmity against the woman-seed; Deuteronomy 32 confirms that the adversary's 'fruit' is death. Christ's victory over the serpent is the ultimate answer to Deuteronomy's lament over the consequences of the enemy's poison.

Continue your study: Discipleship School — Trace the messianic promise from Genesis to Revelation in our Discipleship School curriculum.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, King of the Universe, Lord Jesus, You are the seed of the woman who crushed the serpent's head. The promise made in the garden is fulfilled in You. Thank You for the victory that is already won. Amen.

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