This Sunday we continued in Genesis 4, where Scripture introduces us to the offspring of the woman and the offspring of the serpent. We see the seed of the serpent in Cain, whose heart turns toward loving creation more than the Creator. And we see the seed of the woman in Abel, who worships God faithfully yet is attacked and struck down by the seed of the serpent.

Genesis reminds us that all of humanity ultimately falls into one of two lines—the seed of the woman or the seed of the serpent. This passage calls us to guard our hearts from loving the world more than we love God.

But it also points us toward hope. The story of paradise regained is true only through Christ. His blood speaks a better word than Abel's—crying out not for vengeance but declaring that justice has been accomplished on our behalf.