创三15　　我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇，你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇；女人的后裔要伤你的头，你要伤他的脚跟。

　　启十二1~2 天上现出大异象来，有一个妇人身披日头，脚踏月亮，头戴十二星的冠冕。她怀了孕，忍受产难，疼痛要生，就呼叫。

　　女人的后裔主耶稣已经伤了蛇的头，祂已经毁坏那掌死权的撒但。

　　当主耶稣在十字架上毁坏蛇的时候，蛇也伤了祂的脚跟。这是指撒但借着把主耶稣的脚钉在十字架上而伤了祂（诗二二16）。

　　创世记三章十五节的女人首先是指夏娃，其次是指所有属神的人，包括夏娃所表征的童女马利亚。因此，女人的后裔主要是指从马利亚生的主耶稣。然而，在启示录十二章，还有更多关于女人后裔的记载。启示录十二章所描绘，创世记三章十五节所表征的女人，是一位宇宙的妇人，在她里面有一部分称为男孩子（启十二1~2、5）。按圣经的意义，女人代表软弱，因为女人是较软弱的器皿（彼前三7）。男人，特别是男孩子，代表刚强。启示录十二章的宇宙妇人有两部分：外面的部分是这妇人本身，里面的部分是男孩子。……所有属神的人合起来就是那多少有些软弱的妇人，但其中有一部分是较刚强的男孩子，就是得胜者。……男孩子也是女人后裔的一部分（创世记生命读经，三一○至三一一页）。

　　Gen. 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed; he will bruise you on the head, but you will bruise him on the heel.

　　Rev. 12:1-2 And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon underneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child, and she cried out, travailing in birth and being in pain to bring forth.

　　The Lord Jesus, the seed of the woman, has bruised the head of the serpent. The Lord has destroyed Satan, the one who holds the power of death. While the Lord Jesus was destroying the serpent on the cross, the serpent bruised His heel. This means that Satan wounded the Lord Jesus by nailing His feet to the cross (Psa. 22:16).

　　The woman in Genesis 3:15 first is Eve and second is all the people of God, including the virgin Mary, as signified by Eve. Hence, the seed of the woman is mainly the Lord Jesus who was born of Mary. However, more regarding the seed of the woman can be seen in Revelation 12. The woman depicted in Revelation 12 and signified in Genesis 3:15 is a universal woman, and within her is a part called the man-child (Rev. 12:1, 2, 5). In a biblical sense, woman represents weakness, for the woman is the weaker vessel (1 Pet. 3:7). The man, especially the man-child, represents strength. The universal woman of Revelation 12 has two parts: the outer part, which is the woman herself, and the inner part, which is the man-child…. All the people of God are the woman, who is somewhat weak, but among all the people of God is a stronger part, which is the man-child, the overcomers….The man-child is also a part of the seed of the woman. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 252-253)

　　男孩子并不是个人的，乃是团体的。既然妇人本身不是个人的，乃是宇宙的，团体的，她的孩子也必是宇宙的，团体的。这团体的男孩子包括作他元首、中心、实际、生命和性情的主耶稣。这有圣经可证。诗篇二篇八至九节预言主耶稣，神的受膏者，要用铁杖辖管列国；启示录二章二十六至二十七节说，召会中的得胜者要用铁杖辖管列国；而十二章五节告诉我们，男孩子要用铁杖辖管万国。因此，按照圣经的记载，主耶稣自己和祂的得胜者都要用铁杖辖管万国。所以，启示录十二章五节的男孩子，包括主耶稣和召会中的得胜者。此外，二十章四节说，基督和复活的得胜者要作王掌权一千年。因此，十二章的男孩子，既不是指个人的主耶稣，也不是指与祂分开的得胜者，乃是指主耶稣连同得胜者。基督自己是头一位得胜者（三21）。祂这位领头的得胜者，乃是众得胜者的元首、中心、实际、生命和性情。在地上属神的人中间，有一部分是刚强的，包括主耶稣和得胜者。因此，男孩子是由主耶稣和祂的得胜者组成的。

　　一面说，我们是女人；另一面说，我们是女人的后裔。我们是信靠神的人，这是我们的源头；我们也是从这信靠神的源头而出的后裔。因此，我们能刚强。唯有从信靠神的源头而出的后裔才能刚强，他们不是在自己里面刚强，乃是在神里面刚强。主耶稣自己领头作这样的人。祂是男孩子的元首；现在祂也是男孩子的中心、实际、生命和性情。仇敌撒但对这男孩子有何等的攻击！（创世记生命读经，三一二、三一四页）

　　参读：创世记生命读经，第十九至二十篇；启示录生命读经，第三十四至三十五篇。

　　This man-child is not individual; he is corporate. Since the woman herself is not individual, but universal and corporate, her child must also be universal and corporate. This corporate man-child includes the Lord Jesus as the Head, center, reality, life, and nature of the man-child. This can be proved from the Scriptures. Psalm 2:8-9 prophesies that the Lord Jesus, God’s Anointed One, will rule the nations with a rod of iron. Revelation 2:26-27 says that the overcomers in the churches will rule over the nations with a rod of iron. Now in Revelation 12:5 we are told that the man-child will rule all nations with a rod of iron. Therefore, according to the record of the Bible, both the Lord Jesus Himself and His overcomers will rule over the nations with a rod of iron. Thus, the man-child in Revelation 12:5 includes both the Lord Jesus and the overcomers in the churches. Furthermore, Revelation 20:4 says that Christ and the resurrected overcomers will reign as kings for a thousand years. Hence, the man-child in Revelation 12 is neither the Lord Jesus individually nor the overcomers separate from Him, but the Lord Jesus with the overcomers. Christ Himself is the foremost overcomer (Rev. 3:21). As the leading overcomer He is the Head, center, reality, life, and nature of the overcomers. Among the people of God on earth there is a stronger part which includes the Lord Jesus and the overcomers. Thus, the Lord Jesus and His overcomers compose the man-child.

　　On the one hand, we are the woman; on the other hand, we are the seed of the woman. We are the ones who trust in God: this is our source. We also are the seed of this source that trusts in God. Therefore, we can become strong. Only the seed of the source trusting in God can be strong, not strong in themselves, but strong in God. The Lord Jesus Himself took the lead to be such a person. He is the Head of the man-child. Now He is also the center, reality, life, and nature of the man-child. How the enemy, Satan, fights against this man-child! (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 253-255)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 19-20; Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 34-35