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crush the snake’s head

A venomous snake cannot hurt anyone after its head has been crushed. To crush the snake’s head is to completely destroy the snake.

the snake who deceived Eve was Satan

Satan spoke to Eve in the form of a snake. This does not mean that he is a snake now.

deceived Eve

The snake deceived Eve by making her doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.

21-02

through him

The blessing that would come to all the people groups would be through Abraham because it would come through one of Abraham’s descendants.

21-03

prophet like Moses

To be like Moses, the future prophet would need to have great authority from God to lead and rescue his people.

21-05

a New Covenant

The New Covenant would be truly effective. People really would know God. They would truly live as his people. And God would forgive their sins completely. God would make this New Covenant because the Messiah would die as a sacrifice for all who would believe in him.

writing his law on their hearts

This is in contrast with the way God had written his law on stone tablets for the Israelites.

21-07

in place of God punishing the people

The people sin, but God would punish the Messiah for their sins. In this way, God would not need to punish anyone who believes in the Messiah.

the perfect high priest

The sacrifices the Israelite priests kept making were never good enough because the priests sinned. The Messiah would never sin. Therefore, his sacrifice was perfect and would satisfy God completely.

the perfect high priest

The sacrifices the Israelite priests kept making were never good enough because the priests sinned. The Messiah would never sin. Therefore, his sacrifice was perfect and would satisfy God completely.

offer himself

The Messiah would offer himself as a sacrifice by allowing himself to be killed.

a perfect sacrifice

There was no fault or imperfection in the Messiah’s sacrifice.

21-09

Malachi

Malachi was the last prophet in the Old Testament.

Micah

Micah was an Old Testament prophet of God who, like Isaiah, spoke his messages from God almost 800 years before the Messiah came.

21-10

set prisoners free

This means he would set free those who have unjustly been put into prison. This could also refer to setting people free from the bondage of sin.

21-11

Zechariah

Zechariah was an Old Testament prophet who spoke to God’s people after they returned to the Promised Land from the Exile in Babylon. This was about 500 years before the Messiah came.

30 silver coins

At the time, each of these coins was worth the amount of money a person could earn in four days.

21-15

at exactly the right time

God decided that he would send the Messiah at a specific time in history. God prepared everything so that the events his prophets spoke about would happen at that time.