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GOD PROMISES US SALVATIONIsrael’s infidelities did not deter
God from assuring them of the salvation He promised. It only shows that God is faithful and
constant in His love.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
All throughout our lives, we make promises. Sadly, we make promises easily, but oftentimes
we do not keep them.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
All throughout our lives, we make promises. Sadly, we make promises easily, but oftentimes
we do not keep them.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
For God, a promise is sacred, therefore it should be faithfully
fulfilled.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
God’s promise of salvation is found in Genesis 3:15. In this passage, God told the serpent, “I will make you enemies, you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. He will
crush your head and you will strike his heel.”
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
This passage is called “Proto-evangelium.” Proto – “first”Evangelium – “good news.”Proto-evangelium then simply means “first gospel.”
It is the first announcement of the Messiah and Redeemer, of the battle between the serpent and
the woman, and of the final victory of a descendant of hers.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
The “woman” referred to in this
passage is the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary is called the “new Eve.”
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
This title is given to Mary because just as Eve, the
first woman “gave birth” in a way to the introduction of sin to the world, Mary, as the “new Eve” has given birth to Jesus who will
redeem the world.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
The passage is simply saying that Jesus, will overcome evil in the world. Thus, by this
passage, God shows that even if man disobeyed
Him, “he was not abandoned by God.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
“On the contrary, God calls him and in a mysterious way
heralds the coming victory over evil and his restoration from his fall” (CCC 410)
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
Despite the fact that man committed sin, it is still God who keeps on calling him to come back; promising him salvation. Through Jesus Christ, God does not only
speaks to man but seeks him out.
GOD PROMISES US SALVATION
Man allowed himself to be led away by God’s
enemy and to live in sin. God would like to persuade man to
overcome evil which is everywhere.
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