Woman Who Saved Christmas

August 23, 2015

Adult Bible Class lesson

2 Kings 11:1-3; 2 Chronicles 22:10-12

In 2 Kings 11 and 2 Chronicles 22 we see how close Satan came to wiping out the Messianic line. But God used a woman named Jehosheba to save the day!

After Adam sinned, God stated three things in Genesis 3:15:

He gave a PROMISE of a coming Messiah.
He made a PROPHECY of the virgin birth (“her seed”).
He spoke a PROCLAMATION of war. It marked the beginning of a bloody battle that would rage throughout the ages. Satan knew the only way to stop the coming of the Redeemer would be to destroy the “seed” of the woman.

I. First attempt—Cain slays Abel (Gen. 4:1-8).

Cain and Abel are born. But which one is the seed?
Their individual offerings reveals which one is of Satan (1 John 3:12, “Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”)
But God gave another seed instead of Abel whose name was Seth. (Gen. 4:25-26).

II. Second attempt—Corrupt the entire human race (Gen. 6:1-12).

As men began to multiply on the earth, Satan pulled out all the stops. He was determined to corrupt the entire human race. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6:5)

Because man was so corrupt, God was determined to destroy man from the face of the earth, but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Gen. 6:7-12).

After the flood, Noah’s sons spread out upon the face of the earth. God calls one of the descendants of Shem named Abraham 3. 4. and promises him a seed that will be a blessing to all the earth (Gen. 12). Now, God has narrowed the coming “seed” to the Jewish people. “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ” (Gal. 3:16).