The Message of the Bible
Every great book has one main message or theme. This message connects the various chapters together into a unified whole. The Bible has one main message. The Gospel or Good News is that message.
From early in the book of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, to the end of Revelation, the last book in the Bible, the Gospel message is found. In a nutshell the Good News is that man can only have peace and fellowship with Almighty God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, who died for man's sin and rose from the dead.
The first time the Gospel is presented in the Bible is in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. After man had fallen into sin. God comes to the first man and woman and confronts them. He curses the snake that Satan used to deceive the woman. God says to the snake, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.''
The Seed of the Woman is the Messiah, Jesus Christ. He was the Seed of the Woman because He was virgin born. Satan, the one behind the snake's actions, bit the heel of Jesus by encouraging Judas to betray Him that He might be killed. Yet this was not a fatal wound because Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus in His death crushed the power of Satan by providing man with a way to escape slavery to Satan. This verse teaches us that Jesus died so that we can have freedom from Satan. In Jesus we can have victory.
The last time the Gospel is presented in the Bible is in Revelation chapter 22 verse 17. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is a thirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.''
To help us understand this verse we need to remember the words of Jesus to the woman at the well. Jesus said to her, "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.'' (John 4:14)
The water of life refers to salvation. It satisfies not a physical but a spiritual thirst. Water is essential to physical life. The water of life is essential to spiritual life. Yet the water of life is a free gift. It does not cost us anything. It is free for the asking.
Putting together these two verses, Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 22:17, the first and last presentation of the Gospel in the Bible. We have all the essential ingredients of the Gospel. Eternal life is a free gift. It was paid for when Jesus died on the cross. To receive it, we must come to Jesus.
From early in the book of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, to the end of Revelation, the last book in the Bible, the Gospel message is found. In a nutshell the Good News is that man can only have peace and fellowship with Almighty God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, who died for man's sin and rose from the dead.
The first time the Gospel is presented in the Bible is in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. After man had fallen into sin. God comes to the first man and woman and confronts them. He curses the snake that Satan used to deceive the woman. God says to the snake, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.''
The Seed of the Woman is the Messiah, Jesus Christ. He was the Seed of the Woman because He was virgin born. Satan, the one behind the snake's actions, bit the heel of Jesus by encouraging Judas to betray Him that He might be killed. Yet this was not a fatal wound because Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus in His death crushed the power of Satan by providing man with a way to escape slavery to Satan. This verse teaches us that Jesus died so that we can have freedom from Satan. In Jesus we can have victory.
The last time the Gospel is presented in the Bible is in Revelation chapter 22 verse 17. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is a thirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.''
To help us understand this verse we need to remember the words of Jesus to the woman at the well. Jesus said to her, "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.'' (John 4:14)
The water of life refers to salvation. It satisfies not a physical but a spiritual thirst. Water is essential to physical life. The water of life is essential to spiritual life. Yet the water of life is a free gift. It does not cost us anything. It is free for the asking.
Putting together these two verses, Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 22:17, the first and last presentation of the Gospel in the Bible. We have all the essential ingredients of the Gospel. Eternal life is a free gift. It was paid for when Jesus died on the cross. To receive it, we must come to Jesus.
posted by David Frank Wilson | 3:00 AM
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