Prophetic Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Prophecy – Jesus Christ Is a Descendant of Adam

Date: 4000 B.C.

And I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head . . . Genesis 3:15 (NIV)

Fulfillment

Date: 2 B.C.

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman . . . to redeem those under law. Galatians 4:4 (NIV)

. . . So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers . . . Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—. Hebrews 2:11, 14 (NASB)

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Romans 16:20 (NASB)

Comment

This is the first prophecy about Jesus Christ. It prophesies that Jesus Christ would be a descendant of Adam and Eve. The prophecy said that Eve would give birth to a descendant that would defeat Satan (“crush your head”). Eve was the great, great, great . . . grandmother of the Messiah who is Jesus the Christ.