Time for a Twitter Bible study.
Let's begin with the first messianic prophecy in Scripture:
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring a and hers; he will CRUSH YOUR HEAD and you will [merely] strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15 NIV)
Let's begin with the first messianic prophecy in Scripture:
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring a and hers; he will CRUSH YOUR HEAD and you will [merely] strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15 NIV)
Balaam expanded upon the vision of the Crushing One:
"I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall CRUSH THE FOREHEAD of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth." (Numbers 24:17 ESV)
"I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall CRUSH THE FOREHEAD of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth." (Numbers 24:17 ESV)
Moses said when God comes, Israel will be saved and tread on her enemies:
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you?
A people saved by YHVH,
the shield of your help, the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies will come fawning to you,
and you'll TREAD UPON THEIR BACKS" (Dt 33:29)
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you?
A people saved by YHVH,
the shield of your help, the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies will come fawning to you,
and you'll TREAD UPON THEIR BACKS" (Dt 33:29)
Deborah also sang of God coming, and His victory over Sisera, commander of the Canaanites. She celebrated Jael, who:
"...struck Sisera;
she CRUSHED HIS HEAD;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
Between her feet
... where he sank,
there he fell—dead." (Jdg 5:26–27)
"...struck Sisera;
she CRUSHED HIS HEAD;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
Between her feet
... where he sank,
there he fell—dead." (Jdg 5:26–27)
David also sang of God who will come on His chariots:
"Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
But God will STRIKE THE HEADS OF HIS ENEMIES,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways". (Psalm 68:20–21 ESV)
"Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
But God will STRIKE THE HEADS OF HIS ENEMIES,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways". (Psalm 68:20–21 ESV)
And again, David sang of the Messiah, to whom God said:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool...
The Lord ...will SHATTER KINGS on the day of his wrath.
He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses..." (Ps 110:5–6 ESV)
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool...
The Lord ...will SHATTER KINGS on the day of his wrath.
He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses..." (Ps 110:5–6 ESV)
The Prophet Joel spoke of the Day of the Lord:
"Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
GO IN, TREAD,
for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great." (Joel 3:13)
"Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
GO IN, TREAD,
for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great." (Joel 3:13)
Like Moses and Deborah, Isaiah also spoke of God marching forward through the land of Edom, who declares:
“I have trodden the winepress...
I TROD THEM IN MY ANGER
AND TRAMPLED THEM IN MY WRATH;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel." (Is 63:3)
“I have trodden the winepress...
I TROD THEM IN MY ANGER
AND TRAMPLED THEM IN MY WRATH;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel." (Is 63:3)
Habakkuk also spoke of God coming, and marching through Edom:
"You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
YOU CRUSHED THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,
laying him open from thigh to neck.
Selah (Hab 3:13).
"You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
YOU CRUSHED THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,
laying him open from thigh to neck.
Selah (Hab 3:13).
Malachi also prophesied concerning the Messiah:
"...the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. YOU SHALL TREAD DOWN THE WICKED. They'll be ashes under your feet, on the day I act, says the LORD" (Mal 4:2–3)
"...the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. YOU SHALL TREAD DOWN THE WICKED. They'll be ashes under your feet, on the day I act, says the LORD" (Mal 4:2–3)
Paul the apostle assured the people of God that:
"The God of peace will SOON CRUSH SATAN UNDER YOUR FEET. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:20).
"The God of peace will SOON CRUSH SATAN UNDER YOUR FEET. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:20).
The author of the Letter to the Hebrews said that Jesus after Jesus offered a single and final sacrifice, is presently in heaven, waiting:
"he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time UNTIL HIS ENEMIES SHOULD BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. (Heb 10:12–13).
"he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time UNTIL HIS ENEMIES SHOULD BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. (Heb 10:12–13).
Thankfully, the day is soon coming when heaven will be opened, and Jesus will come:
From his mouth comes a sharp sword to STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS, and he'll rule them with a rod of iron. He will TREAD THE WINEPRESS OF THE FURY OF THE WRATH OF GOD Almighty. (Re 19:15–16)
From his mouth comes a sharp sword to STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS, and he'll rule them with a rod of iron. He will TREAD THE WINEPRESS OF THE FURY OF THE WRATH OF GOD Almighty. (Re 19:15–16)
From Genesis to Revelation, Jesus is repeatedly and consistently identified as the One who is COMING to CRUSH His enemies. Jesus is both the Coming One and the Crushing One. Maranatha.
