The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall crush your head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.” Genesis 3:14-15..
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
When Adam rejected My Word as the truth, He rejected Me. He accepted a lie as the truth and thus separated from Me to submit to the lies of the devil. The incorruptible seed of the Word that made him was uprooted and the corruptible seed of the lie that destroyed his destiny took root in him. And death entered the world. Since all his descendants were born of his corrupted seed death descended to all.
He murdered the divine life that was in him.
I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. John 8:37.
His judgement was in keeping with the sin. Eternal life was no longer for him unless the judgment was paid—an eternal life for the eternal life lost. But there was no one who could pay the price, for no one born of Adam’s corrupted seed had an eternal life in the flesh (sin is of the flesh) to give. You needed a kinsman redeemer, a blood brother, who could pay. But there was no one of Adam’s seed who qualified.
No man can by any means redeem his brother or give to God a ransom for him. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and he should cease trying forever, that he should live on eternally, that he should not undergo decay. Psalm 49:7-9.
I looked down all the ages, at even the very best, and there was no one that had an eternal life to offer. It was time for Me to come down and save you. Only I could work the mission impossible. I took responsibility for saving you because I was the only one that had the ability to respond to the need with an imperishable seed.
And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no one to intercede; then His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness upheld Him. He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head. Isaiah 59:16-17.
When Adam rejected Me, he lost authority, but I foretold a seed that would save every nation and greed. And that seed was My Son, the Word become flesh. So let us study the plan of redemption for that is the plan that goes with the purpose of Love, which is who I AM. You have been redeemed.
It all started on the dark day in the Garden of Eden when the first man and woman sold their birthright for the promise of being like Me without Me. For the glory of the world they gave up the glory that comes from Me. But I spoke the first prophecy of Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God and Son of Man, that fateful day and it turned the path to destruction into a path to Salvation. Yeshuah. I am Jezreel, the LORD who sows seed.
Adam and the devil fell together but the devil was craftier than Adam and though he pulled Adam into his plan like a partner, he took over his identity as his master. And Adam submitted his authority to the devil. But I had the answer:
The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall crush your head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.” Genesis 3:14-15.
I had promised the seed that would be virgin born with no stain of Adam’s corrupted seed of death in Him so that He could be the unblemished lamb of sacrifice to atone for and bear all your sins, accounting all to him as if you had never sinned. He was to undo the works of the devil. He would pay your judgment and satisfy your sentence.
And what was the sentence?
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; and you will eat the plants of the field; by the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:17-19.
Eternal death if you could not give an eternal life for the life you lost.
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 1 John 5:11-12.
Then he said, “Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well? Therefore the Lord (Adonai) Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:13-14.
And who was that seed?
“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11.
And who is that Word?
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14.
In the beginning I spoke the Word that would save you: the imperishable seed. Let us now follow the seed that would save you and birth you again from above.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:11-13.
For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. 1 Peter 1:23.
And the seed found a root in a family of faith, the line of Abraham, My friend.
Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of HIS enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 22:15-18.
You notice I am specifying one descendant that would possess the gates of the enemy.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ. Galatians 3:16.
He would crush the head (authority) of Satan under His feet.
The LORD (Yahavah) says to my Lord (Adonai), “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” Psalm 110:1-2.
And within Abraham’s line I chose the line of Judah to carry that seed to birth. Why? Judah (Yehudah) was the son born in praise. The first person to praise Me in the Bible is Leah, the unloved wife of Jacob who loved Me and learned to praise and rejoice in Me even in the face of rejection.
And Leah conceived again and bore a son and said, “This time I will praise (Yadah (ידה)) the LORD (יהוה).” Therefore she named him Judah (Yehudah (יהודה)). Genesis 29:35.
And Jacob prophesied over Judah at his death who as yet did not have any idea that kings would come from his line, let alone the King of kings.
“Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion, who dares rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. He ties his foal to the vine, and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, and his robes in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth white from milk.” Genesis 49:8-12.
And then I narrowed the plan and rooted and grounded it in the line of a descendant of Judah, the sweet psalmist of Israel, a man after My own heart. Jesus is the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” 2 Samuel 7:11-15.
The throne of David shall be established forever.
The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” Luke 1:30-33.
And from the root, up came the shoot!
And there shall come forth a shoot (choter (חֹטֵר): shoot) from the stump (geza (גֶּזַע): stem, stock, trunk) of Jesse (Jesse, the father of David) and a shoot (netser (נֵצֶר): shoot, sprout) out of his root (shoresh ( שֶׁרֶשׁ): root, roots) shall bear fruit (parah (פָרָה): to bear fruit, be fruitful). And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him; the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. He will delight in obeying the LORD. Isaiah 11:1-3.
And that shoot would flower in your world and bring the sweet aroma of His sacrifice to My throne.
But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.” Therefore He will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren will return to the sons of Israel. And He will arise and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, because at that time He will be great to the ends of the earth. This One will be our peace. Micah 5:2-5.
Peace shall flower in His time.
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isaiah 9:6-7.
The flower bloomed among you, He healed, blessed, loved, forgave, provided, and gave you everything He had. He saved you.
And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1:16-18.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17.
So you have followed the seed, the root, the shoot, the flower and next comes the fruit.
“This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” John 6:50-51.
Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is [k]food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.” John 6:54-58.
And it was the fruit of the tree of life, His body that hung upon the tree paying the judgment for all your sins in your place for you. He took your sins, your pains, your grief, your diseases and illnesses, your poverty, your shame, your guilt, and your blame and lifted them off of you.
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.
The fruit of His death and resurrection is eternal life for you with Heaven open and the Kingdom is yours. He is the firstfruits of all, 1 Corinthians 15:20, and in Him I raised you up and seated you with Him in Heaven. Ephesians 2:6. And in Him, as a branch attached to the vine, you too can bear much fruit, fruit that will endure.
In Christ all My magnificent promises, as many as they be, are “yes” to you in Him, making you partakers of My divine nature in Him. Taste and see My goodness, walk with Me and be free. Love sets you free to be the YOU that I made you to be.
I love you. Now do you see why Jesus calls Himself the “Root and offspring of David?” There He put His roots and there blossomed the fruit.