Yet, in the midst of this pervasive and devastating string of consequences, God makes a promise that theologians commonly call the protoevangelion, or the “first good news.” Genesis 3:15 reads, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” In these condemning words to the Serpent, God would offer hope of a future Rescuer who would in John’s interpretation, “destroy the works of the devil” (1 John