All the Families of the Earth Will Be Blessed

1. Read: 2 Peter 1:20-21 – “knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”

2. About the Text:

1) God knows the future before it happens.

2) He revealed it through His prophets in the Old Testament.

3) These messianic prophecies have their fulfillment in Jesus.

3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.

1. Background

1) The serpent tempted Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

2) Adam also ate.

3) God discovered they had eaten this fruit.

4) They were cursed as a result.

2. The prophecy itself.

1) “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

2) The prophecy seems to be discussing mankind’s distrust of snakes.

3) They wound mankind by biting the feet and legs.

4) Humans wound them back by crushing their heads.

3. There is more to this prophecy.

1) However, it is Satan who was behind the temptation.

2) This is God’s promise that Satan’s efforts will not come to fruition.

3) Satan’s efforts caused a temporary setback; God will provide a permanent solution.

4. The fulfillment of the prophecy.

1) Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the seed of woman about whom God spoke.

2) Satan used all his power to kill Jesus.

3) This did not stop Him; God raised Him from the dead.

4) Satan achieved some temporary successes, but he ultimately loses.

5) “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand” (Isaiah 53:10).

6) “Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it” (Acts 2:23-24).

1. Background

1) God called Abram to leave his father’s house.

2) He had traveled to Haran with his nephew, Lot.

3) His destination was the land of Canaan.

2. The prophecy itself.

1) Read Genesis 12:1-3

2) This is around 2000 years before Christ.

3) God promises to make Abram a great nation.

4) God says that he will bless him and make his name great.

5) God says that he will bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him.

6) Ultimately, God says that all the families of the earth will be blessed.

7) This promise is repeated to Abraham in Genesis 18:18, and 22:18.

3. There is more to this prophecy.

1) It was repeated to Isaac in Genesis 26:4

2) It was repeated to Jacob in Genesis 28:14.

3) This prophecy is sung about in Psalm 72:17 “His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed.”

4) Isaiah 53:10 makes reference to it: “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.”

4. The prophecy fulfilled.

1) “You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”” (Acts 3:25-26).

2) “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:13-14).

3) “Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ” (Galatians 3:16).

1. The background.

1) Jacob was about to die.

2) He sought to bless his children.

3) These blessings were prophetic of the future.

4) He says some very special things about Judah.

2. The prophecy

1) Read Genesis 49:8-12.

2) The rest of Jacob’s children would bow down to him.

3) The scepter will not depart from Judah.

4) To Shiloh shall be the obedience of the people.

5) He washed his garments in wine.

3. There is more to this prophecy.

1) They would not bow down to him in his lifetime, because Joseph was in charge.

2) Judah was not a king at this time, yet he would be the kingly tribe of David.

3) Shiloh is an ancient word for peace; Jesus is the prince of peace.

4) Wine/Blood of grapes is symbolic of blood itself.

5) His garments would show bloodshed.

4. The prophecy fulfilled.

1) “Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name” (Romans 1:5).

2) “But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”” (Hebrews 1:8-9).

3) “He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God” (Revelation 19:3).

1. We have looked at three Messianic prophecies in Genesis.

1) God’s Prophecy to the Serpent

2) God’s Prophecy to Abram

3) God’s Prophecy to Judah

2. Invitation