A Promise Fulfilled

Ever since the promise of Genesis 3:15 that the offspring of the woman would crush the serpent's head, God's people had been looking and waiting for this One to be born. The story of the Old Testament shows how sin, violence, infertility and the hostility of earthly rulers all seem to be working against this promise. God repeated His promise time and time again. This is especially so in the passage quoted by Matthew from Isaiah 7:14. In Jesus Christ we see that God's purposes were neither threatened nor delayed. He arrived ‘when the fullness of time had come' (Gal 4:4) — not a moment too late or early.