Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Monday, October 04, 2010 9:28:29 AM
“…you won't be able to reverse the curse…” –Marvin Olasky
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2010/10/03/thorns_and_thistles/
Mr. Olasky is right that we cannot reverse the curse. Part of the curse is that autonomous man rejects the biblical doctrine of sin and its effects and thinks that he can be perfected through human effort alone. The other part is rejecting the gracious provision given by God to deal with man’s sin problem. When the curse was pronounced, the provision was introduced in these words of God to the serpent…
“I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel” [Genesis 3:15].
The prophet Isaiah speaks of the Seed of the woman who would be bruised for the sons of Adam…
‘He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…
He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed’ [Isaiah 53:3-5].
Christ came to destroy the works of the devil [1 John 3:8]. In His death and resurrection the power of sin and death are broken. In Christ there is freedom from our captivity and bondage to the failed wisdom of men; there is liberty and blessing in the Law of God as demonstrated in the founding of America. Christ has redeemed those under the curse, having become a curse for us [Galatians 3:13].