“…He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
Genesis 3:15
Satan bruised Christ and His Church, but he can never defeat them.
The Christmas story actually began in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. But we are going to focus on Eve because of her dialogue with the Serpent.
Genesis 3:1-15
Most people don’t connect Eve to the Christmas story. But the introduction of sin into the world created the need for a Savior.
It really was Eve’s choice to sin. Yet, we need to be cautious about looking down on her, because we would have failed, too. That’s every person’s weakness. We are sinners because we choose to be.
Just because Satan was a clever liar does not give Eve a pass for her sin. Eve initially answered Satan’s challenge correctly.
Genesis 3:1-3
But then, Satan persists with his treachery, and Eve begins to want what she can’t have. She allows the tempter to talk. Instead of turning away, she thought about what the serpent had to say.
Eve probably wondered, “What’s so bad about it?“
We often allow ourselves a second or two to think about sin’s offer. Our Savior modeled the perfect response when faced with temptation. While Jesus lived on earth as a man, Satan dogged our Savior’s footsteps repeatedly. Read Matthew 4:1-11. See Christ’s perfect response to these Satanic attacks in the link.
As her story continues, Eve not only disobeys God’s warning, but she also doesn’t accept that her sin was her choice. She tells God, essentially, “the Devil made me do it.”
The narrative shows the sins of pride, lust, self-indulgence, secrets, lies, deception, and fear—each rebellion against God.
Thankfully, God allows our fallen couple to know shame. Without remorse, repentance will never occur.
Why do you think God asked Adam and Eve questions about what they had done?
God knew the answer anyway. So, why?
This was God’s offer of confession and repentance for the two sinners whom He loved. These are the first necessary steps to salvation for you and me, too.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Have you ever stopped to think about this?
Jesus, co-creator with God, gave Himself for our salvation, fully aware that
“…Jesus will be “bruised” (the cross) by Satan.
Jesus defeated Satan, death and sin long before the cross. That’s why the passage in Genesis 3:15 says “…He will crush your (Satan’s) head.”
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
So, the introduction of Jesus and the outcome of the Christmas story is in the book of Genesis. Adam and Eve were the first people to ever be offered the plan of salvation. And, that plan is still available for you and me.
The angel, Gabriel, tells of the Promise that evil could not destroy:
Matthew 1:20-23
1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay,
remember Christ our Savior
was born on Christmas Day
to save us all from Satan’s pow’r
when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
English Carol 18th Century
Public Domain
Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13 
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