Upon This Rock (11): Robbing Christ of His Honor (3)
This article examines Genesis 3:15 (the Protevangelion) as the foundational gospel promise given to Adam and Eve after the Fall, demonstrating how their awareness of their corrupted natures and need for covering prefigures Christ's redemptive work. Doezema argues that the entire gospel—including perpetual spiritual warfare and Christ's ultimate victory—is contained in embryonic form in this "mother promise," showing how God's plan of salvation in Christ was present from the beginning of human history.
Previous article in this series: May 1, 2013, p. 355. We left Adam and Eve, last time, clothed in the fig leaves they had sewed together to cover their nakedness -- their nakedness, that is, before God. The deepest cause of their fear and of their shame (cf. Gen. 3:11) came from their awareness of their guilt and of the corruption of their natures. Yes, the corruption of their natures. They could feel it. They did not have to be told that by their disobedience and fall they had rendered...
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