首先，女人的后裔是基督。这基督是从女人而生，且是从童女所生（赛七14，太一23，加四4）。这女人的后裔在地上的时候，祂捆绑了那壮者，就是蛇（太十二29）。当主耶稣在地上时，那蛇撒但就是那壮者，而主运用祂的权柄捆绑了他。耶稣，就是女人的后裔，捆绑了蛇并抢夺他一切的财产。在约翰十四章三十节祂告诉门徒，那蛇，就是这世界的王，在祂里面亳无所有。虽然蛇尽了全力，但在女人的后裔身上却找不到一点地位。
当主耶稣上到十字架时，祂伤了蛇的头，全然毁坏了他。因此，希伯来二章十四节说，基督藉着死废除了那掌死权的魔鬼。基督已消除了魔鬼的作为（约壹三8）。将来基督要用铁杖辖管万国（诗二8～9，启十二5）。
关于基督是女人后裔的这一切，实在是美妙，但还是在我们身外。祂尚未进到我们里面。然而，主耶稣出生之后，捆绑了那壮者，丝毫不给这世界的王余地，并且在十字架上毁坏了仇敌，然后祂复活了，且在复活里成为赐生命的灵（林前十五45）。无论何时何地有人说，“主耶稣！”这赐生命的灵就立刻进到他里面。这是一个奥秘，却是事实。基督藉着成为赐生命的灵进到信徒里面，而把祂自己作为得胜的种子种到信徒里面。
马太十三章撒种之人的比喻，表明这位基督已把祂自己当作种子种到我们心里。结果，我们得着重生。彼得说，我们重生不是由于能坏的种子，乃是由于不能坏的种子，是藉着神活而常存的话（彼前一23）。这活的话就是基督，而基督就是那种子。
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The Seed of the Woman (1) – Rom. 16:20
First, the seed of the woman is Christ. This Christ was born of a woman, and specifically of a virgin (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Gal. 4:4). While He was on earth, this seed of the woman bound the strong man, who is the serpent (Matt. 12:29). During the Lord Jesus’s time on earth, Satan — the serpent — was the strong man, and the Lord exercised His authority to bind him. Jesus, the seed of the woman, bound the serpent and plundered all his possessions. In John 14:30, He told His disciples that the serpent, the ruler of this world, had nothing in Him. Although the serpent tried everything, he could not find any ground in the seed of the woman.
When the Lord Jesus went to the cross, He bruised the serpent’s head and completely destroyed him. Therefore, Hebrews 2:14 says that Christ, through death, rendered powerless the devil who had the power of death. Christ has nullified the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). In the future, Christ will rule all the nations with a rod of iron (Psa. 2:8–9; Rev. 12:5).
All these truths about Christ as the seed of the woman are wonderful, but they are still outside of us. Christ had not yet entered into us. However, after the Lord Jesus was born, bound the strong man, gave no ground to the ruler of this world, and destroyed the enemy on the cross, He resurrected! In resurrection, He became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). Whenever and wherever someone calls, “Lord Jesus!” this life-giving Spirit immediately enters into them. This is a mystery, but it is also a fact. By becoming the life-giving Spirit, Christ comes into the believers and sows Himself as the victorious seed into them.
The parable of the sower in Matthew 13 shows that this Christ has sown Himself as a seed into our hearts. As a result, we are born again. Peter said that we are born again not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible seed, through the living and enduring word of God (1 Peter 1:23). This living word is Christ, and Christ is the seed.