What is the first OT prophesy?

[PeterK]

What is the first prophesy in the OT?
BTW …any prophesy - not necessarily exclusive to those concerning the Messiah.

Thanks,
Peter

 

[Chesster]

Gen 2:16-17, "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”

 

[NotWorthy]

The first Messianic prophecy is the Protoevangelium, found in Genesis 3:15 -*** I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel."***

 

[Deacon_Joseph]

The first Messianic prophecy is the Protoevangelium, found in Genesis 3:15 -*** I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel."***

My choice as the first as well!

 

[Gottle_of_Geer]

What is the first prophesy in the OT?
BTW …any prophesy - not necessarily exclusive to those concerning the Messiah.

Thanks,
Peter

First in being delivered, or first in appearance in the OT ?​

 

[NotWorthy]

First in being delivered, or first in appearance in the OT ?​

I think he means, as you read from Genesis to Malachi, what is the first prophecy you will come across.

 

[benedictgal]

The first Messianic prophecy is the Protoevangelium, found in Genesis 3:15 -*** I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel."***

Actually, a better translation is

I will put emnity between you and the woman, between her seed and your seed…

The reason I say this is because the RNAB translation loses the fact of Mary’s miraculous conception of Jesus. Because Jesus has no human father (the father is the seed, the mother the soil), Jesus is the fruit of Mary’s seed. Furthermore, another interesting point is that there is a tradition that the nails were driven through Jesus’ heel, which means that the serpent struck Jesus at the heel while Jesus struck it at the head.

Just had to throw in my two-cents regarding this passage.

 

[NotWorthy]

Actually, a better translation is

The reason I say this is because the RNAB translation loses the fact of Mary’s miraculous conception of Jesus. Because Jesus has no human father (the father is the seed, the mother the soil), Jesus is the fruit of Mary’s seed. Furthermore, another interesting point is that there is a tradition that the nails were driven through Jesus’ heel, which means that the serpent struck Jesus at the heel while Jesus struck it at the head.

Just had to throw in my two-cents regarding this passage.

Good point!!! I never heard that about the nail in the heel.