After his fall, man was not abanDoned by God. On the Contrary, God calls him and in a mysterious way heralds the Coming victory over Evil and his restoration from his fall. 304 This passage in Genesis is called the Protoevangelium ("first Gospel"): the first announcement of the Messiah and Redeemer, of a battle between the serpent and the Woman, and of the Final victory of a descendant of hers.