ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate 3 Sanuali 2021 

her Seed...shall bruise your head

hono hako; ‘e laiki ‘e ia ho ‘ulu 

Senesi 3 (Genesis 3)

(v. 15) And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.

(v. 15) te u ‘ai ke mo fetāufehi‘a‘aki, ‘a koe mo e fefine, pea ko ho hako mo hono hako; ‘e laiki ‘e ia ho ‘ulu, pea te ke laiki ‘e koe ‘a hono muiva‘e.

*Commentary: The Reformation Bible*

I will put enmity. God graciously converts the depraved woman's affections from Satan to Himself.

te u ‘ai ke mo fetāufehi‘a‘aki. ‘I he anga fakatotoka ‘a e ‘Otua´, naʻa ne liliu ‘a e fehālaaki ‘a e ‘ofa ‘a e fefine´ kia Setane´, ‘o liliu ke ‘ofa ange kiate Ia.

your offspring and her offspring. Humanity is now divided into two communities; the redeemed, who love God, and the reprobate, who love self (John 8:33,44;1John 3:8). The division finds immediate expression in the hostility of Cain against Abel (ch. 4). This prophecy finds ultimate fulfillment in the triumph of the second Adam, and the community united with Him, over the forces of sin, death, and the devil (Dan.7:13, 14; Rom. 5:12-19, 16:20; 1 Cor. 15:45-49;Heb. 2:14, 15). The rest of Genesis traces the woman's offspring, beginning with Eve's son Seth, and ending with the sons of Jacob. Ultimately, this line of descendants leads to Jesus Christ (Luke 323-38).

ho hako mo hono hako. Kuo mavae ua ‘a e faʻahinga ‘o e tangata´, ki ha kakai (komiunitī) ‘e ua; kakai huhuʻi, ‘oku nau ‘ofa ki he ‘Otua´, mo e kakai hinga, ‘oku nau ‘ofa pe ‘i honau kita´ (Sione 8:33, 44; 1 Sione 3:8). Ko e mavae ua ko eni´, naʻe hā pe ia ‘i he fehiʻa ‘a Keini kia ‘Epeli´ (vahe 4). Ka ko e palofisai ko eni´ naʻe toki fakahoko ia ‘i he ‘Atama hono ua´, pea fakatahataha ‘a e komiunitī ko eni´ kiate Ia, ‘o nau ikunaʻi ‘a e kongakau ‘o e angahala´, mate mo e tevolo´ (Tani 7:13, 14; Lom 5:12-19, 16:20; 1 Cor. 15:45-49; Heb. 2:14, 15). ‘I he toenga ‘o e tohi Senesi´, ‘oku muimuiʻi ai ‘a e hako ‘o e fefine´, ‘o kamata ‘ia Seti ‘o ngata ‘i he ngaahi foha ‘o Sekope´. Ko e tumutumu ‘o e hako ko eni´, ‘a ‘ene aʻu kia Sisu Kalaisi´ (Luke 323-38).

bruise ... bruise. Before His glorious victory, the woman's seed must suffer to win the new community from the serpent's dominion (Is. 53:12; Luke 24:26, 46, 2 Cor. 1:5-7, Col. 1:24; 1 Pet. 1:11).

laiki . . .laiki. Ka kimuʻa pea hoko ‘a ‘ene ikuna fakatalutalu´, naʻe pau ke fakamamahiʻi ‘a e hako ‘o e fefine´ ke ne ikunaʻi ‘a e komiunitī foʻou´ mei he puleʻanga ‘o e ngata´ (‘Ais 53:12; Luke 24:26, 46, 2 Kol. 1:5-7, Kol. 1:24; 1 Pet. 1:11).

head... heel. The suffering Christ is victorious. He has already won the victory at the cross by providing atonement for the saints (Col. 2:13-15) and will consummate it at His second coming (2 Thess. 1:5-10).

‘ulu...muivaʻe. Ko e Kalaisi falenga mamahi´ kuo ikuna! Kuo ne ‘osi maʻu ‘a e ikuna´ ‘i he kolosi´ ‘o ne tokonaki ai ‘a e huhuʻi ‘o e kau tui´ / lotu moʻoni´ (Kolose 2:13-15) pea te ne silaʻi ‘a ‘ene ikuna´ ‘i heʻene haʻele ‘angaua´ (2 Tesal 1:5-10).

Due to the announcement of the defeat of the serpent by the seed of the woman, Jesus the Messiah, theologians have long referred to Gen. 3:15 as the protoevangelion, or "the first gospel." This verse is the first promise of redemption in Scripture.

Koeʻuhi´ ko hono talaki ‘o e ulungia ‘a e ngata´ ki he hako ‘o e fefine´, Sisu ko e Misaia´, ‘oku lau ‘e he kau faiako teolosia´ ‘a Senesi 3:15 ko e polotoʻevangelione, ko e “fuofua koosipeli.” Ko e veesi ko eni´, ko e fuofua palomesi ia ‘o e huhuʻi´ ‘i he Tohitapu´.

* study on the Attributes of God/ ako ki he natula (ngaahi 'ulungaanga) ‘o e ‘Otua *

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

Knowing God

As James Henley Thornwell says,

God is at once known and unknown. In His transcendent Being, as absolute and infinite, though a necessary object of faith, He cannot be an object of thought. We cannot represent Him to the understanding, nor think Him as He is in Himself. But in and through the finite He has given manifestations of His incomprehensible reality, which, though not sufficient to satisfy the demands of speculation, are amply adequate for all the ends of religion.

Naʻe pehē ‘e Semisi Henelī Toniuela (faifekau mo e faiako teolosia he senituli 19)

Ko e ‘Otua´ ‘oku ‘iloa mo teʻeki-ke-‘iloa he foʻi taimi tatau pe. Ko e Tokotaha taumaopeope atu, ‘ikai hano ngataʻanga pea tuʻuloa, pea neongo ko e taumuʻa ia ‘o ‘etau tui´, ka ‘oku taʻe malava ke ukufi ‘e heʻetau fakakaukau´. ‘Oku ‘ikai malava ke tau fakasino ia ki heʻetau ʻilo´, pe ke tau fakakaukau kiate Ia ‘i hono tuʻunga pe ‘oʻona´. Ka ‘oku fakafou mai ‘i he ngaahi tuʻunga fakangatangata ‘o e maama ko eni´, ‘a ‘Ene fakahāhā mai kiate kitautolu hono tuʻunga taʻefaʻalaua´, pea neongo ‘oku ‘ikai feʻunga ke fakafiemālieʻi ‘etau ngaahi fifili´, ka ‘oku feʻunga ‘ānoa mo e taumuʻa kotoa ‘o e lotu´.

 

Veesi Lauloto: Hosea 6:3

Pea ke tau ‘ilo; ke tau tuli ki he ‘ilo ‘o Sihova; ko ‘ene hopo hake kuo tu‘utu‘uni hangē ko e hengihengi: pea te ne ha‘u kiate kitautolu hangē ko e ‘uha, hangē ko e ‘uha mui, ko vaimui ‘ene mape‘epe‘e ki he fonua. (Molitoni)

Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Pea te tau toki ʻilo ʻoka tau ka muimui atu ke ʻilo ʻa Sihova: ko ʻene ʻalu atu ʻoku teuteu ʻo hangē ko e pongipongi; pea te ne hoko kiate kitautolu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha, ko e ʻuha mui mo e ʻuha muʻa ki he kelekele. (Uesi)