2:2,3 where it is recorded that God 'rested' on the sabbath day from all His

work.  This association of the six days' work followed by the seventh day

rest, foreshadows the true sabbath yet to be enjoyed (Heb. 4:9), namely the

Millennial kingdom when the Devil shall be 'stilled' and transgression

'restrained'; a sabbath before the day of God dawns.  See Millennial Studies9

for this element of restraint.

It is not without intentional parallel, that we find the same word

shabath translated 'cause to cease' in Daniel 9:27.  Here at the time of the

end, anticipating as it were the day fast approaching when God will 'still'

the enemy, we find the Antichrist causing 'sacrifice and oblation to cease'

(Dan. 9:27).  It is a far cry from Genesis 3 to Romans 16, but the apostle,

who declares that Adam was a figure of Him that was to come, associates the

redeemed with the ultimate triumph of the woman's seed, saying:

'The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly' (Rom.

The word 'put' in the prophecy 'I will put enmity' is the Hebrew sheth,

which provided Eve with the name of her third son Seth.  'She called his name

Seth (Heb. sheth): For God, said she, hath appointed (Heb. sheth) me another

seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew' (Gen. 4:25).  Here we have both the

enmity exhibited between the two seeds, 'Abel, whom Cain slew', and the way

in which that enmity will be overcome, by the 'substitutionary' sacrifice of

the Son of God 'appointed instead'.  This stilling of the enemy gives point

and purpose to the whole series of 'sevens' that are found in the Old

Testament, from the initial six days with their sabbath of Genesis 1 and 2,

up to the 70 x 7 of Daniel 9, and also to the recurring sevens that

characterize the book of the Revelation.  As we trace the purpose of the ages

through the Scriptures, we find that two parallel and opposing lines of

prophecy flow out from this primeval prophecy of Genesis 3.15.  We must be

satisfied here with a mere list of these parallels, but under different

headings the reader will find a number of them are given exposition in the

various articles of this analysis.

Two Seeds

'Her seed'

(Gen. 3:15).

'Thy seed'

(Matt. 13:25).

'Harvest ... gather

(Matt. 13:24 -30;

'Harvest ... gather

Rev. 14:15 -20).

Two Cities

(Gen. 10:8 -10; 14:18;

Rev. 14:8; Isa. 52:1).

Two Mysteries

(1 Tim. 3:16;