sinned, as recorded in the third chapter of Genesis, he died spiritually, and the penalty of spiritual death was upon him. However, in the same chapter God declares His intention to redeem mankind from this death (Gen. 3:15). This is the first verse of prophecy concerning the Messiah to be found in the Bible. This verse declares that Someone born of a woman would come into the world to defeat the old serpent, the devil. The Old Testament is a history of the Hebrew race through which this Person,