The Gospel and Its Influence Article 20 Part 1A

In this first part of Article 20, we discuss the Proto- Evangelion the First Gospel in Scripture and why it was necessary.

1. The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable for life, God was pleased to promise Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect and bringing to life within them faith and repentance.
   (proto-Evangelion)
   Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

In this promise the substance of the Gospel was revealed and shown to be the effectual for the conversion and salvation of sinners.

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.