TheDoct

ri
neoft
heOri
ginal
Sin
and
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heSer
pentSeed.
..

St
.August
inet
houghthehadf
ound

Thesi
nbywhi
chmanki
ndi
sbound:

"
Itwasnot
,"sosai
dhe,

"
Thef
rui
tont
het
ree,

Butt
hel
ustoft
hepai
ront
hegr
ound.
"

Washer
ight
?

TheSer
pentSeed

THEORI
GINALSI
N

Aut
hor
:Ri
char
dl.
s.Gan

SECTI
ONI -
-- QUESTI
ON&ANSWERPRESENTATI
ONPar
t1-
2

WHATWASACTUALLYTHEORIGI
NALSI
N
THATBROUGHTABOUTTHEFALLOFMAN?

1. "
Fort
hisismybl
oodoft
henewt
est
ament
,whi
chi
sshedf
ormanyf
ort
her
emi
ssi
on
ofsi
ns.
"—Matthew26:
28

Whymustt hePr eci

ousBl oodofthesinl
essPer sonofJesusChr istbeshedt opur chaseour
salv
ationift heFallofManwascausedmer elybyAdam' sdisobediencet oacommandment ?
TheBi bl
esay sthat"asbyonemansi nent eredi ntotheworld,anddeat hbysi n,andsodeat h
passeduponal lmen,forthatal
lhavesinned"( Rom.5:12).Whymustsi nf al
lonev erymani n
everygener ati
on,whent heScri
ptur
escl ear
lyment i
on( i
nEx od.20:5;34: 7;Num.14: 18and
Deut.5:9)thatGodwoul dv i
si
t"t
heiniqui
tyoft hef at
hersupont hechildrenunt othet hir
dand
fourt
hgener ation"only?

Now,whatwasthei
niqui
ty,
orsin,ofourfat
herAdam andmot
herEv
ethati
tfel
lnotonl
yunt
o
t
hefour
thgener
ati
onbutonallgenerat
ions?

I
fyouweretostudyandmedit
ateforali
ttl
ewhil
e,youwillnot
icet
hatitmustbesomethi
ng
t
hatAdam andEvehadcommitt
edthatcouldbepasseddownfrom onegener
ati
onofpeopl
e
t
oanother
,anduponall
gener
ati
onsuptil
lthi
sti
me.

2. Whydi
dGodchooseHi
sOwnBLOOD;
whynotsomeot
hersubst
ance?

Tr
adi
ti
onalanddenomi
nat
ional
-mi
ndedpr
eacher
shav
emadepeopl
etobel
i
evet
hatt
heFal
l
ofmanki ndwasmer elyt heresultofdisobediencebyAdam andEv et oGod'
scommandment
nottoeat ,
orpar take,oft hefruitofaLITERALTREE.I ft
hecauseoftheFallwasthepar
taking
ofthef r
uitoft hef or biddenl i
ter
altreethenRedempt ionmustcomebyeat i
ngthefruitof
anotherlit
eraltreewhi chGodwoul dhavet opr ovi
de,forHisl
aw requir
esthus:"
thoushalt
gi
vel i
feforlif
e,ey ef orey e,toothfortooth,handf orhand,f
ootforfoot
,burni
ngforburni
ng,
woundf orwound, str
ipef orstri
pe"(Exod.21:23-25cf.Rev.
13:
10).

AsGoddi dnotpr ovi

deanot herl
iteralt r
eewher ebyAdam andEv emi ghteatofitsfrui
tf or
eternalli
fe,itstandst oreasont hati twasnott heeat ingoft hefruitofal i
ter
altreet hat
causedt heFalloft hewhol ehumanr ace.Trul
y ,itwasdi sobediencet oacommandmentof
God,butaser iousactwascommi ttedsucht hati twasnecessar yf ortheBloodofJesus
ChristtobeshedasaRemedyf ortheFal l.Thus,thebl oodofmanmusthav ebeeni nv
olvedi n
theFal lorelseGodwoul dnothav er equiredtheBLOODofANOTHERPERSON— Hi sOnl y
Begot t
enSon— t obeshedt oremi tthesi nsofmanki nd.(ReadHebr ews9:22andMat thew
26:28— bl oodf orblood.)Theref
or eitst andst of actthati ttakesthePur e,Sinl
ess,Eternal
LIFEBLOODofChr i
stJesust ocleanset heper verted,sinfulDEATH- BLOODEDNATUREi n
manki nd.Read1John1: 7;Romans3: 24-25.

3. LI
FEi
si ntheblood,orbl
oodisli
fe,accor
dingtoGenesi
s9:
4;Lev
iti
cus17:
4;
Deuter
onomy12:
23;John6: 53.Manwasori
ginal
lyordai
nedt
ohav eLI
FE(et
ernal
l
y)but
i
nsteadDEATHr
eignssupr
eme.ReadRomans5:12,
14,
17.

Why? How? Becauseasubstancet

otall
yforei
gn( notoft
hesameki
nd)t
othepur
ebl
ood
wasint
roducedi
ntot
hebodyofGod'
shighestcreat
ion—Man.Sincet
henDEATHhasaf
irm
gr
iponMan.

Anymi x t
ureofki ndsi scont rarytoGod' sl aw.Godhaspl acedal awi nHi screationt hatthe
earthwoul dbr i
ngf ort
ht hev egetation,fishes, bi
rdsandani mals"afterthei
rkind".Thi sphr ase
i
sr epeatedt ent i
mesi nf iv
ev ersesofGenesi s1( v
erses11, 12,
21,24,25).Togoagai nstt his
l
aw i stopr oducesomet hi
ngnotofi tsownki nd.Thi sissi nint heey esoft heLor dGod.
Hy br
idi
zingcausesdeat h.Itcannotr epr oduceLI FE. I nt heanimalki ngdom,sci encehas
crossedorhy bri
dizedt hemar eandt hedonkey ,producingt hemul e;thelionandt het igress,
producingthel i
ger; t
hezebr aandt heshe- ass,producingthez edonk: andallthesehy bridsare
steri
le(unfruitf
ul,wi t
houtl ife). Theycannotr eproducel i
fephy si
callybecauset heyar e
productswhi char eagai nstt henat urall aw ofGod.Ther eforedeath( steri
li
ty)rei
gnsi nt heir
ki
ndphy si
cally.(I
nt ype,wecanseewhyt hereisonl ydeathi nalldenomi nati
onalchur ches.
Theyhav ecommi t
tedspi ri
tualfornicat i
onbymi x i
ngt hePur eWor dofGodwi ththewor dsof
man- madecr eeds, dogmasandt raditi
ons. )

So,asaresul
tofthatsi
nfulactofper
version—t hei
ntr
oducti
onofasubstance,
notofitsown
ki
nd,intothebl
oodstream — DEATH r eignsinmankindspiri
tual
l
y.Thatsubstance,which
car
ried t
he Sat
anict r
ait
s,was t he blood gene ofthe Ser
pent(who was demoni call
y
i
nfl
uenced).

Note:Adam wasasonofGod, andhewast obr i

ngf ort
hsonsanddaught ersofGod" aft
erhis
ki
nd"unt oGod.Ther ewouldnotbe, norcouldtherebe, onebi tofSat an'
strai
ts,suchasl yi
ng
andmur der i
ng,i
nthem.Manwast heonl ycreaturecreatedint heimageandl i
kenessofGod.
Hiscreati
onwasi ntwophases.ReadGenesi s1:26-28v er
ycar efull
y.Adam wasf irstcreated
aspiri
tint heimageofGodandHi sHol yAngels.Hewasi nt hel i
kenessofGodandHi sHol y
Angelswhenhebecameal ivi
ngsoulaf terGodf ashionedhim abodyofdust( Gen. 2:7).And
asthecommandmentf orAdam toreplenishtheearthwasi ssuedt ohi mimmedi atelyafterhe
wascr eatedaspiri
t,i
tshowsust hatGoddeal twi t
hhim primar i
lyinhisstandi
ngasaspi ri
tual
bei
ng, asonofGod.Hence, whensi ncame, spir
itualdeathwasi mputeduponhi m.

Howtrueiti
sthatl
if
eisi
nt heblood. Allmanar
ebornsi
nner
sandhaveaperver
tednature.
Wel i
e,wecheat,wecov et.Wedoal lmannerofevi
lworks. Thisisbecauseoft he
ser
penti
nenatur
ethati
sint heblood. Weliv
easinf
ull
if
ebecauseoft
hesinf
ulnatur
eand
l
ifethati
si nthebl ood. Theref
ore,weneedt obeBORNAGAI NoftheSpir
itofJesusChrist
WhohadshedHi sPur eSi
nlessBloodf orus. Weneedt oappl
yHisBloodontoourheartso
thatHisLif
eisr eleasedonus. Onl ythenwoul dwechange. Wewouldhav eanewhear t
, a
newl i
fe(becauseofHi sBlood). TheLi feofChri
stcomesinandweliveanew.(That
'swhat
PaulteachesinRomans7and8. )Trul
y ,t
heLIFEisintheBLOOD. Hence,thesheddingof
theBloodofChr istisasanatonementofoursi ns.

4. "
Behol
dav
irgi
nshal
lconcei
ve,andbearason,andshal
lcal
lhi
snameI
mmanuel
.
"—
I
saiah7:
14

"Nowt hebi
rt
hofJesusChr
istwasont hi
swi
se;whenashismot
herMarywasespousedto
Joseph,bef
oret
heycametoget
her,shewasf
oundwithchi
l
doftheHol
yGhost.
"—Mat thew
1:18

WhymustJesusChr
istby
passor
dinar
yhumanconcept
ionandbeVi
rgi
nBor
n?

ManyChri
sti
ansdonotreal
lyknowtheanswertothequesti
on.Tot hem, i
tseemsthati
twas
"j
ustapr
oof"thatJesusChri
stwasaSonofGod.Nev er
theless,t
her easonshoul
dnow be
obvi
oust
oy ouify
ouhaveseri
ousl
ystudi
edtheprecedi
ngparagraphs.

Thebloodofmanwasi nvol
vedint heFal l.ThereforeGodhadt ochooseBLOOD i nhis
Redempti
onpl anasHi sOwnl aw requir
esi t(Gen.9:6;Exo.
21:23-
25cf.Heb. 13:12)
.Jesus
Chri
sthadt obypassor di
naryhumanconcept ionandbeVi rgi
nBor nbecauset hebloodof
mani ssinf
ul(poll
uted)befor
eGod.I fJesuswasbor nbyor di
naryhumanconcept i
on,He
wouldsurel
ybe" shapeninini
quit
y;andi nsin"(Psa.51:5)
.Thentheworkt oredeem mankind
wouldfai
l
, f
orGodr equi
resonlyPUREi nnocentBLOOD.

IntheOldTest
ament,Godrequir
edtheinnocentbl
oodofcer
tai
nanimalstobeshedf ort
he
atonementofthesoul
.ReadLev i
ti
cus17:10-
14.TheBLOODofJesusChr i
stmustneedbe
INNOCENTt obeaccept
edfortheatonementofoursoul
s(Mat.
27:
4;Eph.2:
13;Rom.
3:24,25;
1Jhn.1:
7).

BLASPHEMOUSTEACHI NG: Somedenomi nationalpr

eachersar etr
eadingondanger ous
groundi nt eachi
ngt hepeoplet obelievet hatJesuswasbor nofMar y'
seggandGod' s
sper matozoon.Theybel i
evethattobesobecauseJesuswasaGOD- MAN,propheticall
y
recognizedast he"seedoft hewoman" ,andhadanear t
hlygenealogyaswel l
;andbei nga
God- manHehadt obebor nofasper m cel lf
rom Godandaneggf r
om Mar y
.Now,ifthisbe
true,thenJesustheChr i
stwasi nsi
nfulf l
eshi nsteadofbeing"i
nt heli
kenessofsinf
ulflesh"
tobemadesi nforus( Rom.8:
3;2Cor .
5:21).Hewoul dthenbebor nasinnerbecauseev er
y
manbor nintothewor l
di sasinnerbyr easonoft heFallwhichtookplaceintheGar denof
Eden.Thus, ifMary'
seggwasi nvolvedint hecr eati
onoftheBodyofJesus, thenJesushada
sinfulnatur
e.

Howev er,thatcer t
ainlywasnotso! TheBodyofJesus,abodyofaman,wast hev ery
creationofGod.Godcr eat
edboththesperm cellandt heeggcel
l,andov er
shadowingMar y,
plantedt hef ert
il
izedSeedi nherwomb.Mar y
,blessedoft heLor d,wasappointedast he
mot hertobr ingtheSav i
ourint
otheworld.Asamot hershewastocr adl
e,suckl
eandnur t
ure
theHol yOne.Thet heologi
calter
m" seedoft hewoman"i sderivedfrom suchScr i
ptural
versesasGenesi s3: 15andI sai
ah7:14.Itreferstoaconcept i
onnotofmanbutofGod
(Luk.1:31,32,
34,35).

NotonlywasMar y'
seggnoti nvol
vedinthecr eationoftheBodyofJesus,hersinf
ulblood
alsodi
dnotcontaminatetheBLOODofJesuswhi leHewasababyi nherwomb.( Thebabyin
thewombofi t
smot herhashi sownbl oodcirculator
ysystem.Themother'
sblooddoesnot
passthr
oughtheplacentaint
ot hebaby
'sblood.)

Soweseet
hent
hatt
hewhol
egenet
icsbel
ongedt
oGodal
one.GodhadcausedJesust
obe
vi
rginbornforapur pose:thatHisBl oodmightbePur eandSinl
essinordertoredeem
mankind.I
twast ot
allyanewcr eat
ion,sotospeak,tobri
ngabouta"newhear
t"anda"new
spi
rit
"forther epentantsoulsaspr ophesi
edinEz eki
el36:
26-
27.JesusChri
stwasGod's
ul
timateconcepti
onint heMasterPlanofGod.

Andbecauseoft hepropheciesandpr
omisesofGodasspokenthr
oughHisprophet
s,God
provi
dedt hegenealogi
calrecordst
ocorr
ect
lyi
dent
if
ytheSavi
our
.That'
sthepur
poseofthe
genealogyofJesusChrist
.

5. Si
ncebloodwasi nv
olvedi
ntheFallofman,SEXmustbet hegatewaytoit
.IfSEXwas
notinvolvedinSIN,whydi dAdam andEv esew fi
gleav
est ogetherandmaket hemselves
apr
ont ocoverthei
rnakedness?(
Gen.3:
7).Andwhywast hef emalesexualor
gancur sedby
Godt hatherSORROW andCONCEPTI ONwer egreat
lymul
ti
pli
ed?(Gen.3:16)
.

Thoseofy ouwhobel ievethatSINcamebyt heeat ingofal i

teralfr
uit(whet herapple,pearor
what ever),havey ouev erwonderedwhyt hesex ualor ganwascov eredandcur sedratherthan
themout hi fitwasi ndeedt hemout hwhi chwasi nvolvedi ntheactofSI N? Wasnoti t
strangef orAdam andEv etocov ert
heirsex ualor gansi nsteadoft heirmout hs? I tcouldnot
beanycl earerthatthesexualor ganwast hegui lt
ymemberoft hebodyi nt heactofeat i
ngof
thatTr eeofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv il
! Andt heywer etryi
ngt ocov erupt heirguil
typar ts!
—" Whot oldtheet hatt houwastnaked?Hastt houeat enoft hetree,whereof Icommanded
theet hatt houshoul destnoteat ?"(Gen.3:11).Whydi dGod( andwhyshoul dHe)cur set he
femal esexual organwhent heactwast heeat i
ngofal i
ter
al f
ruit(i
fitwasi ndeedal it
eralfruit)
ast hedenomi nati
onal churcheswouldhav eyoubel iev e?

Man's sexualorgan was notcursed because "

Adam was notdecei ved"
.Ev e was the
tr
ansgr
essor(1Tim.2:
14).However
,thegroundwascur sedforAdam'ssake.Sincethenman
hastotoil
andtil
ltheground,
str
uggli
ngagainstt
hornsandthist
les,
forhi
sfood( Gen.
3:17-
19)
.

6. I
nGenesi
s3:
15,
Godhav
ingcur
sedt
heSer
pent
,sai
dtohi
m:

"AndIwillputenmit
ybetweentheeandt hewoman,andbet
weent
hyseedandherseed:i
t
shal
lbr
uisethyhead,andt
houshaltbr
uisehisheel
."

MostChr i
sti
ans,inspiri
tuali
zingGenesis3: 15,canonl yseet hat" herseed"pr opheti
call
y
ref
erstot he"seedofthewoman"— JesusChr i
stbornoft heVirginMar y,andt hatChri
st
wouldcr ushanddef eatSatanwhocoul donl ybri
ngtempor ar ysuf
feringtoHi m.Theyeither
fai
ltoseeorchooset odisregardthef i
rstpartofthisdualpr ophecy .Godhadputenmi t
y
betweent heSerpentandEv e,andalsohisseedandherseed—BOTHSEEDS, NATURALAND
PHYSICAL.( "
Thyseed"i swhatst umpedmanyChr ist
ians."Thyseed"i st he"seedoft he
Serpent"—Ser pent'
sSeed.TheSer penthadaseed! ) Ev ehadanat uralseed—" herseed"—
Abel,andsohadt heSerpenthisnat ur
alseed— " t
hyseed"— Cai n.Andt herewasenmi t
y
betweent hem concerni
ngtheirfai
thinGod.[SeeAppendi xA-1.]

7. Thegeneal ogyofaper soni stracedtothesi deoftheman( t

hef ather)becauset he
bloodline( ordescent)comest hrought hemal ecell.Butwhydoesnott heBi bletellusthat
Adam wast hefatherofalllivi
ngi nsteadofst at
ingt hatEvewas" themot herofal lli
vi
ng"?
(Gen.3:
20) .Doesnott hi
sshowt hatCai nwasnotachi ldofAdam butofEv eandt heSerpent?
Andconsi derwhyEv esonamedherf ir
stsonCai n.Cainmeansacqui sit
ion,becausehewas
notAdam' sbegottenson;hewasmer elyanacqui r
edson.Al so,Genesis4:1st atesonlyone
actofuni onbet weenAdam andEv e,buttwochildrenwer eborn.Yet,i
tdoesnotr ecordthe
twoast wins.Whenev ertwinsofthesamef at
herwer eborntheyarespeci fi
call
yst atedinthe
Script
ures.ReadGenesi s25:24;38:27.

Note: Allli
fe,bi
gorsmal
l,goodorevi
l
,comesfr
om God(
Isa.
45:
7).Thus,Ev
ewasabl
eto
saythatshehad"got
tenamanf r
om t
heLor
d"(
Gen.
4:1)
.
Undoubt
edl
y,Cai
nwasnott
heseedofAdam.Hewascl
ear
lyt
heseedoft
heSer
pent
.

8. I
fCainwasasonofAdam, whowasasonofGod, whydidhekillAbel( Gen.4:8)si
nce
the charact
eri
stict rait
s ofGod ar er i
ghteous? Woul d God'sr i
ghteousness t urnto
unright
eousnessinCai ntokil
landt odestr
oyl i
fe? ReadLuke9:56;Gen.18:23-28;1John3:
15-16.(Remember :thel awofGodst at
esthatev er
yli
vi
ngseedshallbr
ingf ort
haf teritsown
kind(Gen.1:
11-12,21, 24-25cf
.1:26).

I
fCai
n'
smurderousactwasnotfr
om God,t
henfrom whom di
dCai
ninher
itt
hatt
rai
t?1John
3:
12r
eads"
..
.Cainwasofthatwi
ckedoneandsl
ewhisbrother
."

Whot henwast hewickedone,theori

ginat
orofmurder? Jesussaidt
hat"
thedevilwasa
murdererfr
om thebeginni
ng"(
Jhn.8:
44).Hewast heonewhoinject
edt
hemurderousspir
it
andotherevi
ltr
ait
sint
oCainthrought
heSer pent
.

9. WhataboutCai
n'
sli
e:"
Iknownot .
..
"?(
Gen.4:
9).Wheredi
ditcomefrom?John8:44
hast
heanswer:t
heDevi
list
hefat
herofl
ies. Al
sowher edi
dCaingethi
svi
olentt
empert
hat
hewi
thst
oodGodso—" Am Imybrot
her'
skeeper
?!"
?

NotonlydidCainshowthoset
wotrai
ts,butheal
somanif
esteda"NOREPENTANCE"nature
whi
ch furtherprov
ed t
hathisli
fe,priortothe mur
derous act
,musthave been qui
te
di
sobedient.

10. Thebi rt
hri
ghtbel ongst othefi
rstbor
nal one(Gen.43:
33;48:8-
19).WhywasCai n,who
wast hefir
stbor
n( Gen.4:1),notmentionedi nthebookoft hegenerationsofAdam (Gen.5)
andi nt
hegenealogyofJesusChr i
st(
Luk.3:23-38)
? ( Noti
ce:Esau,whowast hefi
rst
bornof
Isaac,wasnotment ionedi nthegenealogyJesusChr i
stbecausehesol dhisbi
rt
hri
ghtt o
Jacob—Genesi s25:29-34. Abelwasnotl istedbecausehewasmur dered(t
hatst
oppedthe
l
ineage),
andSet hwast hesubst i
tutet
obr i
ngaboutt hedescendantsoftheAdamicRace.)

Jude14statest
hatEnochwasthesevent
hfr
om Adam.I
fCai
nwasofAdam,
Enochcoul
dnot
havebeenthesevent
h;heshoul
dbetheei
ght
hcounti
ngfr
om Adam.

Howev
er,
nowher
eint
heBi
blei
sCai
nref
err
edt
oasasonofAdam.

Allt
heabovepoint
sconcl usiv
elyprovedthatnotonlywasthecommandmentofGodbroken,
butthatbl
oodwasal soinv ol
vedint heFallt
hroughsexualf
orni
cat
ionwhi
chresul
tedi
nthe
bi
rthoftheseedoft
he( Satan-possessed)Ser
pent—Cain.

Cai
nwasnott heseedofAdam;hewast rul
ytheseedoftheSer
pentasst
atedinthe
Scr
iptur
esi
nGenesi
s3:15and1John3:12.Hewasabastar
d.Hewasaseedthatwasnot
pl
antedbyt
heAlmi
ghtyGodbutSat
an.

Sexualforni
cationhaditsbegi
nningint heGardenofEden.Si ncet hen"fil
thy
"sexi srampant
every
wher e.SatanisaPerver
t("
Perverter")andfr
om hi m spr
angt hreegreatevi
lsthatbl
anket
thewholewor ldtoday—SexualPerversions,Li
es(includi
ngso- cal
ledwhiteli
es)andMur ders.
Theywer efoundmani fest
edinthelandofEden.Si ncethen,theyhav ebeenont heincrease,
withaddedev i
lattr
ibut
es,i
neverygeneration.

11. I ftheTr eeofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv ilwasal iteralfruittreefrom whi chthef ir

st
couplehadpar takenofi t
sf r
uitthatcausedtheFallofManki nd;andal so,iftheTr eeofLi fe
wasal i
ter
alfruittreethatmanmi ghtpart
aketohav eEternalLi f
e, t
henwher earebot hthese
treestoday,sinceGoddi dnotdest roythem? ( Thereisnor ecor dint heSacredScr iptures
thattheywer edest roy
ed.)Ifthetreeswereli
ter
al,i
twoul dbemostl ogicaltobelievethatt he
Tr eeofLif
eshoul dbeonear thsomewher eintheregionoft heGar denofEden( Gen.2:10-14)
sot hatmanmaypar t
akeofi tsfruit
sinordertohav eEternalLi fe,isn'
tit?Ifthatbeso,( a)
wher eisthatTreeofLi fe?and( b)whymustChr i
stdietogi veusl i
fet hr
ought hesheddi ngof
Hi
sBLOOD?

Not
e: InEgypt
ianmy
thol
ogy
,theTr
eeofLi
fei
sthef
igt
ree.Obv
iousl
y,y
oudonotbel
i
eve
t
hat
,ordoyou?

~~~~~~~~~~~

THESEEDOFTHESERPENT

AND

THESEEDOFADAM

I
ncheckingthe[t
wo]bl
oodlines(orl
ineages)ofAdam andt
heSer
pent
,wewi
l
lnot
icepl
ent
y
ofdi
ff
erencesbet
weenthei
rdescendants.

1. Genesi
s4: 2recordsthat"Cainwasat i
ll
eroftheground".Hewasj ustl
ikehisfather
,
theSerpent,whot il
l
edt hegr oundasaser v
antofAdam.Manwassai dto"ti
l
l"theground
(Gen.
2:5)onlythroughhisser vant
,theSer
pent.Noti
cethatManwascommandedbyGodt o
subduet heearthandt ohav edomi ni
onoverallcr
eatur
esoft heearththatGodhadpl aced
underhisauthori
ty(Gen.1:28). Aft
ertheFal
l,Adam hadtotil
lthegroundhimself(Gen.
3:23)
whenhel osthisSerpent-ser
vantwhom Godhadcur sedtobecomeasnake.[ SeeAppendi xA-
2.]

TheScr ipturescouldnotbeanycl earerindescr

ibingwhatt heSerpentor iginal
lywas.Yet , t
he
Truthi s act ual
l
yhi dden f r
om t he wise and the pr udentman ( Isa.29:14 cf.1Cor .1:19;
Luk.10:21).Obser v
et hatt heSerpentwast hehighestandmosti ntell
i
gentofal lbeasts.He
wasal somor esubtle.Hewasnotl oathsome.Ofal lcreaturesofthef i
eldt heSerpentwast he
onlybeastt hatcouldtalkandcommuni cat
ewithAdam andEv e( Gen.3:1).Undoubt edl
y ,He
wasanupr i
ghtcreature,verymuchl i
kemanbutwasnotcr eatedint heimageandl ikenessof
Godt obeasonofGodasAdam was( Gen.1:
26).Hewasundert hecont rolofAdam, asonof
God, t
odoasAdam commandedhi m.HewasAdam' sser v
ant.(Perhapst heSerpentwasl ike
thePr ehistoricMan,may bebetterlooking. ThePr ehist
oricManex i
st edlongbef or
et he
presentModer nMan( madei nGod'simageandl i
keness)wascr eat edsome6, 000y earsago. )

SoCainwaslikehisfather— theSerpent— at
il
lerofthegr
ound.But"
Abelwasakeeperof
sheep"(
Gen.
4:2)l
ikehisfatherAdam whokeptanimal
sunderhi
shand(thati
s,hi
saut
hor
it
y).

2. Abel
,bei
ngthesonofAdam,t hesonofGod,hadthetr
uer evel
ati
onoftheFal
l.That
revel
ati
onenabledhimt osacr
if
icethefir
stl
i
ngsofhisflock(
Gen. 4:
4).Heknew whathad
happenedintheGarden.Heknewthatbloodwasi
nvolvedandbloodmustbeshed.(Atleast
twoani malsweresacri
fi
cedbyGodWhomadecoat sofskinst oclot
heAdam andEv e
(Gen.
3:21).
)

Cain,bei
ngt hesonoft heSerpent
,hadnosuchr evelati
onasAbelhad;hebr
oughtfort
han
off
eringofv eget
ables,fr
uit
s,fl
owers,andsuchl
i
kepr oduct
soft
hegr ound(
Gen.
4:3).Now,
paganism canbetracedbacktoCain.Iti
sCai
n'sr
eli
gion.

3. Cai
nmanif
estedhisfat
her'
str
aitswhi
chwer
eder
ivedf
rom Sat
an—mur
der
,li
es,
and
vi
olentt
emper(
Gen.
4:8,
9).ReadJohn8:44.

4. Thegeneal
ogyofCai
nasr
ecor
dedi
nGenesi
s4:
16-
24,
showsuswhatki
ndofpeopl
e
theCai
nit
eswereli
ke.
Lamech,thegr eat,gr
eat,greatgrandsonofCainpr act
isedpolygamybyt aki
ngt wowiv
es
(Gen.
4:19).From whom orwher edi d hegetsuch a" rev
elat
ion"?(Read whatGod had
commandedt hroughtheprophecyofAdam i nGenesis2:23-
24concer ni
ngmar ri
age.
) Li
ke
hisgr
eat,great,
greatgrandf
atherCain,Lamechal
socommi tt
edmur der(Gen.
4:23).

Cai
n'speopl ewer egreatpeople.Theywer
eknowledgeableinthethi
ngsofthewor l
d,t
hey
wereinventors,bui
lder
sofgr eatci
ti
esandbigmonument s,andal
sogreatbusi
nessmen(cf
.
Gen.
4:17-22).

5. Aft
erEnoswasbor ntoSeth" t
henbeganment ocalluponthenameoft heLor d"
(Gen.4:26).Thisversehasof tenbeenmi sinter
pretedbymostBiblereaders.AncientJewish
recordsrender edthatthey(t
hatis,t
heCainites)"beganpr
ofanel
ytocalluponthenameoft he
Lord.Thisshowsust hattheCainicpeoplehaddr ift
edofff
rom whateverli
ttl
eknowl edgeof
thetruespi r
itofwor shi
p,whichtheymighthav elearnedf
rom t
heirf
atherCain,i
ntoidolatr
ous
worship.Theyi nv
okedt heHol yNameofJehov ahGodi ntheiri
dolwor shi
p.Idolwor shi
pi s
alsotracedbackt ot hatti
me.

6. Genesi s5recordsAdam'slineageri
ghtuptoNoah.Theywer esimplepeopl
e.They
maintai
nedt heirspir
itoft r
ueworshipofJehovah.Histor
yt el
lsust hattheyweremai nl
y
shepherds.InthisgenealogyofAdam,y ouwil
lnoti
cethatthereisnor ecor
dofanySat ani
c
tr
aitmanifestedinthedescendantsaseachf i
rst
bornwasapur ebloodedsonofAdam,t he
sonofGod.( Onlyfi
rstbor
nwer er
ecordedbecauseofthebir
thr
ight.[
SeeAppendixA-3.
])

Thereisalsonorecordofanypol
ygamousmarri
age,l
yi
ng,kil
li
ng,oranyotherevi
lwor
ksof
thefl
esh.Sinwasonlyimput
eduponAdam af
tert
heFall.Ther
efor
eheandal lhi
speopl
ehad
onlyi
mputedsin(DEATHpenalt
y)upont
hem.Theydidnotpossessanyinher
it
edevil
.

Quest
ions: Whatcoul dwesayabouttheevi
latt
ri
butesofCainandhisdescendants?Why
wasCain'sandhisdescendant
s'nat
uresovast
lydi
ffer
entf
rom Set
h'sandhisdescendant
s'i
f
t
heywer eall
from t
hesamest ock(t
hesamefather
,Adam)?

~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

APPENDI
CES

A-
1. THETWOPHYSI
CALANDNATURALSEEDSOFGENESI
S3:
15

Thewor d"seed"isf
rom theHebrew word" zer
a"whichmeans" seed,fr
uit
,plant,poster
it
y",
from "zara"meaning"bear,concei
veseed" .Thesamewor dinGr eekis" sperma",which
means" thatwhichissown,t hegerm ofany thi
ng,chil
dren,offspri
ng,posteri
ty,progeny,
descendant s"
.Thewor d"zera"i
st r
ansl
atedas" post
eri
ty"int heLamsaTr anslat
ion,and
"off
spring"intheAmpli
fi
edTransl
ati
onandt heNewBer kel
eyVer sion.

Moder ntheologi
ansmaymai nt
ainthatthewomandoesnothav eanyseedandt hati tis
biol
ogical
lyimpossibleforthewomani nGenesi s3:15tohav eanyseed.Yes, itisascientifi
c
factthatawomandoesnothav eanyseed.Howev er,
the"seed"inGenesis3:15r efer
stot hat
seed which thewoman had been i mpregnated withbyAdam asopposed t otheseed
i
mpl antedinherbyt heSer pent.BecauseEv ecamef or
thfrom Adam' sside,shewast husa
partofAdam.Ther efor
et hatwhi chwasAdam' sseedwasr i
ght
full
yalsoEv e'sseed,whi ch
wasAbel .AndCai n,whowasnotofAdam, wasnotherseedi nanyway .Hence,Evewasonl y
abletosayt hatshehad" gotten(notbegotten)amanf r
om t heLord"(Gen.4:
1).Cainwast he
seedoft heSerpent
.TheSerpent
,inseduci
ngEve,int
rudedonAdam' sgar
den(
cf.Songof
Solomon4: 12,
16;5:
1;6:
2)andi mplant
edthatphysi
calseed.Eve,i
neati
ngoftheTreeof
KnowledgeofGoodandEv i
l
,broughtfor
tht
hefrui
tofDeathfr
om herwomb.

Note: JesusChristwasneitherofMar y,norofJoseph.Jesuswasbor noft heVirginMar y

,
notbegott
enofMar y(cf.Mat
.1:16).Hewassupposedl ythesonofJoseph( cf.Luk.3:23).Our
LordJesuswasbegot t
enoftheAl mi ghtyGod, ourHeavenl
yFat her(
cf.Jhn.
1:14;Acts13: 33)
.
Hence,therev
elati
onthattheov um ofMar ywast otal
lybypassedtobr i
ngaboutt hesinless
nat
ureoft hebodyofChr i
stint heVi r
ginBirthistrue.Thewhol egeneti
csbel ongedt oGod
al
one;notasli
ghtestbi
twasoft hef all
ennat ur
eofMar y.

Thesubj ectoft hetwoseedsofGenesi s3cannotbesuppr essednorcanEv e'

sr el
ati
onand
connect ionwitht heSerpentbeev aded.Fori
ni twear eenlightenedont hetruedoct r
ineofthe
Ori
gi nalSin—t hatwhichbr oughtabouttheFal lofMan.Wecannotmi sswhatt heSpi r
ithad
wri
ttenconcer ni ngthewoman' ssorrow inconceptionandi nchi l
dbir
th;andt hatherdesire
woul dbet oherhusbandwhowoul dhenceforthrul
eov erher .I
nHi sdivi
nej udgement ,God
met edt hepunishmentt ofitthecrime.Whydi dGodempl oyt hepainofchildbirt
h?Whati sthe
purposeofusi ngt hewor d"concepti
on"?Howaboutt hewor d" desi
re"?Any onewhohast he
spi
ritofdi scer
nmentwoul dbeabl etoseeandunder st andwhatt hewholechapt erofGenesis
3isal labout.

Thereisgreatspir
it
ualblindnessamongmoder ntheologi
ans.Thoughtheydeclarethatthe
"seedofthewoman"( whowast heseedofpr omise)propheti
cal
l
yreferstoJesusChrist
,yet
theyrul
eoutanyprogenyf rom theSerpent.(
Theyar econsi
stenti
ninconsist
ency!
)Howcoul d
theydenythatt
heSer penthadhi sseedwhent heWordofGodspeci fi
cal
lystat
edthatboth—
theWomanandt heSerpent—hav ethei
rrespecti
veseeds? back.gif(
1332by t
es)

A-
2. THETI
LLI
NGOFTHEGROUND

I
ftheGar
denofEdenwasaparadi
sewhymustt
hegr
oundbet
il
led?Thi
squest
ionseemst
o
beint
hemindofsomepeopl
e.

TheBi bl
edoesnotgi veusapi ctur
eofaper f
ectearthwit
hagar denofparadisethatAdam
andhi swif
ewoul djustspendt hei
rti
mer oaminglei
surel
yaroundit,anddoingnothingbut
l
ux ur
iati
ngforal
leternit
y.Al
thoughmanwasnotsupposedt otoi
l,hewasr equir
edtowor k,
evenasGodwor ked( andissti
llworking)
.Hewascommandedt o"befrui
tfulandmulti
ply,
andrepleni
shtheearth,andsubdueit:andhav
edomi ni
onov er
"al
lthecreat
ures.

Wer eadintheScri
ptur
est hatGodr estedont hesev enthdayfr
om allHiswork.Eccl
esiast
es
chapter3tel
lsusthatthereisatimef orever yt
hing.Theheavenl
ybodyofl i
ghtisar egul
ator
ofseasonsf ort
heearth.Inthecomi ngMi llennialReignofourKing,theLordJesusChr i
st,
therewil
lbeworkforHi sBri
de(-
wife),t
heEl ect.Therewi l
lal
sobewor kforevery
onet odoi n
theNew Heav enandNew Ear t
h.Wor k( activi
ty)hasal way
sbeenapar tofGod' splanof
creati
on.

Adam wascommandedt osubduetheear th.Theeart

hmustbet i
l
led( orculti
vated)bef or
eit
couldbesubdued.Adam, asasonofGod, hadtheauthor
ityoveral
lthecr eat
uresoft heear t
h.
Adam wasnotcr eatedt obeat i
ll
eroft heground.AsonofGodi snotcr eatedtot oi
l;heisa
chi
ldofGod.TheSer pent-ki
ndwascr eatedtobesubjectedtohimt odot hetil
li
ng.Butwhen
si
nwasi mput eduponAdam,hel osthisaut hor
it
yandal lhispr i
vi
leges.Heal sol osthis
Serpent-
ser
vant .Toobt ai
nhi sf
ood,Adam notonl yhadtotil
lthegroundhi mself,butalsohad
totoilagai
nstt hethor nsandt hi
stleswhicht hegroundbroughtf ort
hasar esultofGod' s
curseuponit.back.gif(1332bytes)
A-
3. LI
STOFTHEPURESETHI
CFI
RSTBORN

ADAM andEv e =====> ABEL(mur

der
edbyCai
n)
\
\
`
`===>SETH+Sist
er

ENOS+Set
hicwi
fe

CAI
NAN+Set
hicwi
fe

MAHALALEEL+Set
hicwi
fe

JARED+Set
hicwi
fe

ENOCH+Set
hicwi
fe

METHUSELAH+Set
hicwi
fe

LAMECH+Set
hicwi
fe

Last =======>NOAH+Cai
nicwi
feorHybr
idwif
e
of the \\
PureSethi
c ``===> 3sons--mi
xedseeds-
-HYBRI
DS-
- Japhet
h,
Ham, Shem
Fi
rstbor
n

Hence,aft
ertheFlood,
God".
..
hathMADEOFONEBLOOD(
thati
s,t
heonebl
oodl
i
ne[
kinshi
p,
descent
]from Noahandhi
swi f
e)ALLNATI
ONSOFMENFORTODWELLONALLTHEFACE
OFTHEEARTH. .
."
-
-Acts17:26

I
nHisGr eatPl an,t
heWillofGod,whichwasfor
eordainedbefor
ethef oundati
onoft hewor l
d,
i
sexpressedt hus—" Forthecreat
urewasmadesubj ecttovani
ty,notwill
i
ngly,butbyreason
ofhim whohat hsubj
ectedthesamei nhope,becauset hecreatureitsel
falsoshal lbe
del
i
veredf rom thebondageofcor r
upti
onint
othegl ori
ousli
bert
yoft hechi l
drenofGod. "—
Romans8: 20-21

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