TheDoct

ri
neoft
heSer
pentSeed
and
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heOri
ginal
Sin.
..
(cont
'd)

TheSer
pentSeed

THEORI
GINALSI
N

Aut
hor
:Ri
char
dl.
s.Gan

SECTI
ONI-
--QUESTI
ON&ANSWERPRESENTATI
ONPar
t3-
7

THEI
NTERMARRI
AGEOFTHETWOPEOPLE

Genesi
s6:4statest hatthereweregiant
sinthosedaysbef
ore
and aft
ert he Flood.[ See Appendix 4.
]The giant
s,both
physi
caland intell
ectual,wereborn asar esultofgeneti
c
di
stur
bancescausedbyt hecohabi
tati
onbetweenthesonsof
God(Seth'
speopl e)andt hedaught
ersofmen( Cai
n'
speopl
e).
Sinceallt heAdami cf i
rst
bornwer ement ionedupt oNoah
(Gen.5),
wecanbev erysurethat,exceptforNoah,t hei
rwi ves
wereoft heirownbl oodli
ne( Seth'
s).Howev er,manyoft he
othersonsanddaught er
sofeachf i
rstbor
nhadbecomef all
en
sonsanddaught ersofGod.TheScr i
pturesst at
et hatt he
"sons ofGod"( Sethic men)t ook the "daught er
s ofmen"
(Caini
cwomen)becauset heywer ebeaut iful(cf
.Gen. 6:2).
Perhaps,t heSethicwomenmar r
iedtheCai nicmenbecause
theywer et al
landbrawny.Notonl ywer etheyunequal l
yy oked
withCain'speoplei ncohabit
ation,ormar riage,buttheyal so
tookt otheCai ni
te'
sev i
lwaysofl i
vi
ng,andhence,cor rupted
themselves.

~~~~~~~~~~~

THEFLOOD

The cont i
nuali ntermar r
iage oft he t wo lines caused t he
conditionofGenesi s6t opr ev ailtosuchanext entt hatGod
hadt oj udget hewor ldofitswi ckedness.TheFl oodcamei n
Noah'st i
me,butal lthepur eSet hi cf i
rstbor
nhadt oleavethe
scenebef orej udgementcoul d bepassed upont hewor ld.
(Thisty pesthe" Chur choft hef irstborn",whoar epur einthe
fai
th,the" fi
rstfruitsofhi scr eatures"t hatwi l
lbet akenof ft
he
wor l
d bef oret ribul ati
on set si n.)Ofal lthe sons ofGod
(chi
ldrenofSet h) ,onlyNoahwasaj ustandper fectman,who
walkedwi thGodandf oundGr acei nt heey esofGodt ogo
overt heFl oodwi thhi sfami ly.( WhyNoah,af irstborn,was
madet ogot hrought he" tr
ibulation"Fl ood,isdiscl osedinthe
foll
owingt opic.)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

DI
DTHESERPENTSEEDGETOVERTHEFLOOD?

Therewer eeightsoulsint heArk.Theywer eNoah( apure

Sethit
e)andMr s.
Noah,andShem,Ham,Japhet h,andt heir
wives.Wast her
eanypur edescendantofCaini
ntheAr k?Was
thereanyseedoft heSerpentcarr
iedovertheFl
ood?Howdi d
theserpent
inenaturegetovertheFlood?Andwhocar r
iedit?

SinceNoahwasapur eSet hit

eitonlyremai nsf ort heother
sevenmember stobei dentifi
ed.Alt
hought hepur eSet hi
tes
maybel edt opart
akeoft heCaini
cl i
festy l
e,theydi dnot
possess int heirblood the genes oft he Dev il
-possessed
Serpent.Itisclearf
rom Genesi s9:19thatev erypersonbor n
ont hi
sear t
hcanbet racedt ooneofthet hreesonsofNoah—
Shem, Ham, andJapheth—" Thesearethet hreesonsofNoah:
andoft hem wast hewhol eear t
hoverspread." Noahandhi s
wifedidnothav eanymor esonordaughter .TheScr i
ptur
esdo
notl i
e:Noahhadonl yShem,Ham andJaphet h.Hence,there
wasnotasi ngl
epureCai nit
eorseedoft heSer pentintheAr k.
[SeeAppendi x5.]

I
nGenesis9:20-
24itisr
ecordedthatHam commi tt
edincest
wi
thhismot her
,Mrs.Noah.Thisactwascommi ttedwhen
Noahwasdr unkandlyi
ngnakedi nhi
st ent.Bot
hHam and
Mrs.Noahweregui
lt
yofaperver
tedsexualact.

Note:Toyouwhodonotunder st
andtheterms"uncovered"
and"thenakednessofhi
sfat
her"
,Isuggestthatyoustudy
Lev
iti
cuschapters18and20.Thechapter
sdealwi t
hl aws
for
biddi
ngactsofi mmoral
i
tyandt hepenalt
iesfort
hosewho
commi t
tedanysuchact s.AccordingtoLev i
ti
cus18:8and
20:
11,amanwhol aywi
thhisfat
her'swif
ehaduncov er
edhis
fat
her'
s nakedness.Read also Deuter
onomy 22:30 and 1
Cori
nthi
ans5:1.[
SeeAppendix6.]

Thus, weseet hatbothpartiesmani f

est
edt hewr ongspi ri
t—a
traitt hatcoul donlycomef rom t heDevi
lhi mselft hr
ought he
Ser pent .Ther ef
oreMr s.Noahwasobv iouslyaCai niteora
hy brid.( Cert
ainJewi shwr i
tingsst at
ethatshewasaCai nite.
Also,i nt hegeneal ogyofCai n'sdescendants,awomanbyt he
name ofNaamah was ment i
oned — Genesi s 4:22.Int he
recor dofgeneal ogy,womenwer enotment i
onedunl esst hey
play edapar tinthehi st
oryoft hepeople.WasNaamaht he
wi feofNoah? )AndsinceshewasHam' smot her,Ham wi t
hout
cont rov ersymusthav einher i
ted the genet i
ct rait
s oft he
Ser pentf r
om her.Howev er,Ham wasnotaSer pentseedashe
wasnotaCai nit
e,butahal f-
breedSethite.Likewise,hist wo
brot hers,Shem andJaphet h,alsopossessedt heser pentine
traits.

So,wehav et her i
ghteousNoah( ofSet h'
sl i
neage)andhi s
Caini
corhy bridwi fewhogav ebir
tht ot hreesonsofmi xed
blood.Thesons, inturn,mostprobablymar riedCaini
cwomen
orwomenofmi xedbl oodbecause,duringtheirti
me,theear t
h
washeav il
ypopul atedbypeopl eofmi xedr acewhof il
ledthe
earth wit
h wi ckedness,ev il
,and violence( Genesis6: 1-
13).
Remembert heCai nicwomen— " daught ersofmen"wer efair
(t
hat is,sexy and seduct ive,perhaps l ike moder n day
Jezebels)
.Wi thsuchcondi ti
onspr evaili
ng,thetrue"sonsof
God"—Set hi
tesmusthav ebeenwatereddownt onothing.

Not
e:SomeChr
ist
iansbel
i
evet
hatNoahwasal
soami
xed
seedbecausehebecamedr
unkaf
tert
heFl
ood.

No,Noahwasapur eSethi
te.Hisdrunkennessdi dnotpr ove
other
wise.Dr unkennessisnotaneviltr
aitnori sitinher i
ted.I
t
wasnev erconsideredasinintheOldTest amentt i
mebutonl y
acur se( I
sa.5:
22-23;Prov.
23:19-
21).Int heNew Test ament
age,underGr ace,Paulhitoutatexcessivewi nedr inkingand
warnedt hatdrunkardscouldnotinheri
tt heKi ngdom ofGod
because,assai ntsofGod,ourbodiesar et het empl esoft he
HolySpirit
.Excessiv eal
coholwhent akeni ntot hebody ,not
onlynumbt hesenses,butgraduall
ydest royscer taintissues
ofthebody .(ReadEphesians5:18;1Timot hy3:3,8;Gal ati
ans
5:
16-26and1Cor i
nthi
ans6:9-
20.)

Noah' sindulgenceinexcessi v ewi nedr i

nkingcameuponhi m
mostpr obablyas a r esultoft he influence oft he mixed
populaceofhi sgener ati
onbef or etheFl ood.Hemusthav e
acquiredt heartofwi ne-maki nganddr inkingt hen.(Youmust
remembert hatt he peopl e ofAdam wer e simple people,
mai nl
ykeeper sofani mal s,andt hoseoft heSer pentwerenot
onlyt i
ll
ersoft hegroundbutal sogr eatachi eversinmany
fi
eldsofsci encebecauseoft heirimagi nati
v eandi nventi
ve
mi nds.)Noahbecameahusbandman,t ill
edt hegr oundand
plantedav i
neyardonlyaft ert
heFl ood(Gen. 9:20).

I
fNoahwasami xedseedt henhismot herwasei theraCai ni
c
womanoronewhowasami xedseed.Butt hegenealogyof
theAdamicfir
stborndidnotendwi thhisfather,Lamech.Read
Genesis5.Itendedwi thNoahwhowasment i
onedwi t
hhi s
threesonstogether,ratherthanwi thJaphet hhi sfi
rstborn
alone.Al
so,
Japhet hisplacedlastamongt hethreesons.Thus,
the lastofthe pur er i
ghteous f i
rst
born was Noah.[ See
Appendix7.
](Exami nethegeneal ogyofCai ni nGenesis4:16-
22andy oucanseet hatt helastofthepur eSer pentfirstborn
wasLamech.Lamechhadt hreesonsandadaught erbyhi s
twowi ves,AdahandZi llah.Jabalwast hef i
rst
bor nofLamech,
and" hewast hef at
herofsuchasdwel lintents,andofsuch
ashav ecat tl
e"(verse20) .Thisv er
seleadsust ounder stand
thatAdahcoul donlybeaSet hit
easev idencedbyt hel i
fest yl
e
ofJabal .Jabal '
sdomi nantSet hiccharacteri
sticscoul donl y
havecomef rom her.Incont rast,Adah'ssecondson,Jubal ,
i
nheritedadomi nantCainicnaturefor"hewast hefatherofal l
suchashandl etheharpandor gan"(Gen.4:21)
.Thet hreesons
ofCai nicLamech wer eoft hesamegener ation asSet hi
c
Enochwhom God had r aised up to prophesyagai nstt hat
wicked and ev ilgeneration oft hetwo peopl eswhen t hey
begant ointermarry.
)

Allthepur
erighteousfir
stbornofAdam' sbloodhadt opass
awayf r
om thewi cked wor l
d befor
eGod' sj udgementwas
pouredoutbecauseGoddoesnott r
eattherighteousandthe
wickedali
ke(Gen. 18:
23,25;Psa.
1:5-6)
.Met huselahwast he
ol
destandthelast(pre-
Flood)patr
iar
chtodie.

Thoughhewasapur eright
eousf i
rst
born,Noahhadt ogo
thr
ought hetri
bulat
ionoftheFloodbecausehewasunequal l
y
yokedi nmar r
iagewithawomanoft hewor l
d,sotospeak.
Howev er,hefoundGr aceintheey esofGod( Gen.
6:8,
9)to
survi
vet heFloodwi thhisfami l
y.(Noaht y
pest heFooli
sh
Vir
ginswhohav etoridethewav eoft heGr eatTr
ibul
ati
on
peri
odt hati
ssoont ocome.)

~~~~~~~~~~~

6
CONCLUSI
ON

In God' s ori
ginalpl an,Adam and Ev e were supposed t o
producesonsanddaught ersofGodunt oGod( cf.Gen.1:26- 28,
2:21-24).Howev er,Sat ansentt heSer penttoseduceEv eand
pervertedt hebl oodst r
eam byi nj
ectinghi sev i
ltraitsintot he
Serpent '
s seed whi ch f used wi th Ev e'
s egg ( ovum)and
producedCai n,whowashi sson, v i
cariously.Cai nbor ethef ul
l
spiri
tualchar acteristicsofSat anandt heani mal i
stic(sensual ,
fl
eshly)char acteristicsoft heSer pent .[SeeAppendi x8. ]Thus,
twobl oodl i
nes( thatofCai n,andSet hwhor eplacedAbel ;Set h
means" subst i
tute" )wer ethenpr esent ed.Theset wobl ood
l
ineswer edisti
nctupt ot heper i
odbef or etheFl ood.Noahwas
thelastoft hef i
rst bor nofSet h'sli
neage.Hi swi fewasei t
hera
Cainiteorahy brid.Shebor ehi mt hr eesons,Japhet h,Ham
andShem.And" thesewer et het hreesonsofNoahandof
them wast hewhol eear t
hov erspread"( Gen.9:19).

~~~~~~~~~~~

WHATWASTHEREFORETHEORI
GINALSI
N?

I
twasSat anwhopossessedt heSerpentwhopl antedhisseed
i
nEv ebysexualfor
nicati
onwithher.I
twasbyt hi
smeanst hat
Sataninj
ectedhisevilandsinfult
rai
tsi ntot hehumanr ace.
And itwast hatseed oftheSer pentwhi chhadcor rupted
mankindandcausedt heirrel
ati
onshi
pwi thGod,t heCr eator,
toplunget oadebasedl ev
el,bothphy sicall
yandspi ri
tually
.
Thatwast heORIGI
NALSI N.Allment odayar et r
acedbackt o
thethreesonsofNoahf ortheinheri
tanceoft heiracquired
Satani
ctrai
ts.
~~~~~~~~~~~

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

APPENDI
CES

A-
4. GI
ANTS—(
Hebr
ew:
Nephi
l
im)—GENESI
S6

Agr eatmanyt heol ogianspr opagat et hatt heGI ANTSwer ethe

offspring( oft heuni on)oft hef all
enangel sandt hewomenof
theear th.I tist aughtt hatt hefallenangel shadei therpr essed
themsel ves i nt o some men or somehow t r
ansf ormed
themsel vesi ntohumanbei ngsi nor dert ocohabi twi ththe
women.Butnoneoft heScr i
ptur esquot edt osuppor tthi
s
theoryi sconcl usiv eenought opr ovei tsv al
idity.Thet erm
"sonsofGod"i nt heScr ipturesdoesnot ,inanyway ,referto
theangel icbei ngs.Li ket heTr initari
answhouset heoneand
onlyv erse, Mat thew28: 19, tosuppor ttheirt heoryandf ormula
tobapt i
zeaconv erti nt het ri
unet i
tleofFat her,SonandHol y
Spiri
t,soar etheset heol ogiansusi ngt heoneandonl yv erse,
Job1: 6( Job2: 1i si dent i
cal)tosuppor tt het heor yt hatthe
term" sonsofGod"r efer
st oangel icbei ngs.Manypeopl ehave
misinterpr eted t he v erse and concl uded t hatt he angel i
c
beings one day ( suddenl y)came and st ood bef oret he
THRONE ofGod i n Heav en.I tt akes mor et han a casual
readingt or eallyunder st
andJob1: 6(alsoJob2: 1).Conf erJob
38:
7.TheeventofJob1:6(
andJob2:1)act
ual
lyspeaksoft
he
sai
ntsofGodcomi ngt
oget
hertoof
ferthemsel
vesbeforet
he
Lor
d.

Mostt heologianst eacht hattheFl oodwasmeantt odestroy

allthegiantswho,i nt hei
rt heory,wereprogeni
esoft hefal
len
angelic beings by t he nat uralwomen oft he earth.And
becauseoft hei rsininbr ingingf or
thgiantsint
ot hewor ld,
those" sexuall
yper verted"f al
lenangel swereimprisonedby
Godandr eserv edunt ojudgement( Jude6;2Pet.
2:4).Now,i f
thistheoryistrue,howcomet herewer egi
antsaft
ertheFlood?

The t erm " sons of God" act uall

y denot es the speci al
relat
ionshipofmant oGod—asHi schi l
dren.AndtheSet hi
t es
wer esuchapeopl e.Fur
thermor e,sucht ermsas" Father"and
"son"donotonl yshowt heex istenceofar elat
ionshi
pbutal so
theabi l
it
yt opr ocreate— "Bef r
uitf
ul,andmul ti
ply.
..
"Butt he
angelicbeingswer enotcreat edt opr ocreat
e.Beingspi rits,
theyar ealway spor tr
ayas" men" ,neveras" women"andt hey
areasexual ,sex l
ess( Mark12: 25).Int heScript
urest heyar e
oftencalled" stars"(Job38: 7;Dan. 8:10;Rev.1:
16a,cf .1:20;
8:12;9:1)
.

A-
5. NO MOREPHYSI
CALLYPURESERPENTRACEAFTER
THEFLOOD

Somesel f-
styl
edprophetsareteachingthatmorethaneight
personscameoutoft heAr kaftertheFlood.Such"wise"
preacher
s blatant
ly di
sregar
dt he Holy Word ofGod and
overri
deItwi t
ht hei
rso- cal
l
ed revel
ati
on.Even t
hough the
familyofNoahwasi nt heArkf oroney earandtenday s
(Gen. 7:11;8: 14)Gen. 8:18st atesv eryclear lyt hatnotmor e
thant hesameei ghtsoul s, whowenti ntotheAr k, cameoutof
theAr kont odr yland.Whi l
eonet eachi ngpr opagat est hatMr s.
Noah commi tted f ornicat i
on wi t
h a Cai nic man and was
i
mpr egnat edwi t
hhi sseedpr iortoent er
ingt heAr k,anot her
teachest hatNoahhadasecondwi f
e( hiddensomewher ein
thear k)whowasi mpr egnat edbyaCai ni
cman.Ot her st each
thatt hewi v esoft het hreesonsofNoahwer ei mpr egnat edby
fornicat i
ngwi thCai nicmen.Hence,byt heir" revel ation"t hey
believet hatapur eSer pentr aceofpeopl est il
lexi stst oday .
Someoft hesepr eacher s( whi chi ncludet hoseoft hesect
knownast he" Whi t
eChr i
stianPeopl e"ort he" Brit
ishI sraeli
s"
who bel iev et heyar et hepur eAdami cRace)poi ntt ot he
Negr oid,ort heJews,ast hepur eseeds( descendant s)oft he
Serpent ,wher east heot hersl etthewi ndsbl owev erwhi chway .
TheScr iptur esofJohn8: 37- 44andMat thew 13: 38-39ar e
usedt osuppor tthei rteachi ngs.Howev er,int hesepassages
ofScr i
pt ures,t heLor dJesuswasr eferri
ngt ot heat titudeof
ther eligi
ousJewst owar dsHi m andHi sdoct ri
nes.Hewasnot
sayingt hatt heywer eliteralSer pentseeds.Li keCai n,whose
revelationwascont r ar
yt oAbel '
s,whosoughtandki l
ledAbel ;
theJews, too, soughtt okilltheLor dJesus.

Asf or etoldbyGodi nGenesi s3: 15,theseScriptures( John

8:37-44andMat t
hew 13:38-39)speakoft heenmi tybet ween
thet wo" seedl i
nes",sometimesi denti
fi
edast hewheatand
thetar es.WhatwasJesusr eferringtowhenHesai d:"Ispeak
thatwhi chIhav eseenwi t
hmyFat her;
andy edot hatwhi chye
haveseenwi t
hy ourfather"
?( Andal so,inJohn8: 23:" Yeare
from beneat h;Iam f rom abov e:year eofthiswor l
d;Iam not
oft hiswor ld"?
)AsHe wasspeaki ng to hisenemi es,the
reli
giousandsel f-
ri
ghteousJews,i tisobv i
oust hatHewas
pointingt ot hatwhi chHehadl earnedandunder stoodf r
om
HisFat her— Yahweh;andt hatwhicht heJewshadl earned
andunder stoodf rom t
hei rfat
her—Sat an.Ofcourse,whatev er
theyhadr eceivedf rom theAdv er
sary
,whoi sthegodoft his
ev ilwor l
d, wasnotonl yagai nsttheTruthofGod, butt
heyal so
madet hemsel vesenemi esoft heChri
st.Hence,thereference
tot hem bei ngt he"childrenoft hewickedone"or" year eof
yourf athert hedev i
l"
.Remember ,t
heSer pentwasnott he
wi ckedone.Hewast hei nstr
umentoft hewickedonewho
vicar i
ouslyf atheredCain.

Not icet hedef enseoft hose" chi l

dr enoft hewi ckedone"i n
John8: 41:"Webenotbor noff ornicat i
on; wehav eoneFat her,
evenGod. "Thiscl earlytellsust hatt heJewsknewaboutt he
fornicat ionbet weenEv eandt heSer pentt hatt ookpl acei nt he
Gar denofEden,whi chr esultedi nt hebi rt
hofCai nwhose
rel
igi ousdoct ri
newasadi scr
epancyt ot het ruer evelationof
theWor dofGod.Si ncet hen,i nev eryage,t heDev ilhashi s
rel
igi ous" Serpentseed"peopl ewhowoul dbr ingal lsor tof
teachi ngscont rarytoGod' sTr ut h.Suchr eligious" vi
pers"( who
hav et wohands,t wof eet,butnot ail)asJesuscal ledt hem,
exist ednotonl yi nt het imeoft heOl dandNew Test ament s,
butal soi nourt i
me.Theyar elar gelyf oundi nandamongt he
organi zedr eli
gionofChr i
st i
anity( so- called) .Theser eli
gi ous
"snakes"wi thallthei rdegr eesi nt heol ogy ,whi chear nedt hem
fanci fult i
tl
es such as Ar chbishop,Hol y Rev erend,Ri ght
Honor abl e,Cardinal,Ver yRev erend,andetcet era,arehol ding
theTr uthi nunr ighteousness.Fordoct r
ines,t heywoul dt each
the t radi ti
ons ofmen,cr eeds and dogmas,begui l
ing t he
wor shi pper sintocommi t
t i
ngspi ri
tualf ornicat ionagai nstt he
veryWor dofGodwhi cht heycl aimt obel i
ev e! Jesusr ebuked
them say ing,"..
.fory ecompassseaandl andt omakeone
prosel y t
e,andwhenhei smade,y emakehi mt wof oldmor e
the chi ld ofhel lt han y ourselves"( Mat .23: 15).See,such
rel
igious l eader s ofor ganized Chr i
stiani
ty are" pr oducing"
chi
ldr enofhel l(childrenofSat an,theDev i
l)whoar et wice
wor set hant heyar e.Doy ounotknowt hatthedev il
sbel i
evein
oneGod,andt hatt heyt rembl e?ReadJames2: 19.Ther eare
many" dev il
s",wal kingont wof eeti nt hi
swor l
d,cl aimingt o
beli
ev ei nt heGodoft heBi bl
e,butwhot rembl ewhent hey
comef acet of acewi tht heWor dofTr uth.Theyar edecei vers!
Theyper petuallyhi ssatt heWor dofGodwi ththeirpoi sons!In
thi
sway ,theDev ilsoughtt odecei veandt odest royt hetrue
sonsofGod i n ev eryagej ustaswaspr ophesied byt he
Almi ghtyGodi nGenesi s3: 15.Howev er,Jesuspr omi sedt hat
Hisel ectwi l
l havenopr oblem handlingt hem andt heirpoi sons
(Mar k16: 18).

A-
6. GENESI
S9:
18-
27—THESI
NOFHAM

Foralongtime,
thesefewver sesofScri
ptur
eshav eremained
amy sterytomanyBiblestudents.Assuch,t herearethree
dif
fer
entv i
ewsconcerni
ngt hesinofHam.Thet wowi del
y
accept
edv i
ewsare:i
)thatHam simplyogledatNoah' snaked
body(andmadel i
ghtofittohi sbrother
s),andii)thatHam
commi t
ted ahomosexualactwi th hiscompl et
elydrunken
fat
her.

Note:Thi
sauthorfi
ndsitextremelyri
dicul
oustobeli
evethatit
i
sasi nforasont olookatt henakedbodyofhi sfather(or
per
haps,foradaught ertol ookatt henaked bodyofher
mother)unl
ess thereisl usti nthe mind.Inthe case of
homosexual
it
y,howcoul damancommi ttheactwit
hanot her
manwhoi sdeaddr unk( notj ustdr
unk)andwhoseev ery
memberofthebodyi sf
laccid?Ifso,t
hatwouldbear ape.
Ther
eareotherri
diculousvi
ews.OneisthatHam cast
rat
ed
Noahwhil
ehewasdr unk.Anot
heri
sthatitwasCanaanand
notHam t
hatcommi t
tedthesi
nagai
nstNoah.

Theleastunder stoodandgener al
lyr
ejectedviewi sthatHam
commi tt
edincestwi thhi
smot her,
Mrs.Noah.Yet ,i
tisnotonly
thetr
uei nt
erpretati
onbutitalsoshowst heper f
ectcont i
nuit
y
oftherevel
ationoft hedoctr
ineofTHEORI GI
NALSI Nwhichis
substant
iat
edbyt hesinf
ulnatur
eoffallenmanaf tertheFlood.

Not e:Theaut horwasoncesur prisedbyanexcl amat i

onmade
byaBi blest udent,whoi sagai nstt hi
st eachingofincestand
whobel ievesthatHam hadsi mpl yogledatNoah' snakedbody .
Hegasped: "What ?Let'
sbeser i
ous.Howcoul dyouaccuset he
wif eofamanofGod, l
i
keNoah, ofcommi tt
ingsuchanactof
sin? "Appar ently
,hisknowl edgeoft heBi blemusthav eflown
ov erhishead.Hemusthav et houghtt hatonlywi ckedmen
and women commi tsi ns.Justwhathas denomi nat
ional
teachingsdonet ohisment alf acult
y?" Sex"seemst obea
dirtythr ee-l
etterwor dtomanyChr i
sti
ansl ikehim,sot hey
tamet hecauseoft heFallofManandt hesinofHam wi th"It'
s
anappl e,orsomef rui
t"and" Ham ogl edathi sfather'
snaked
bodyandmadel i
ghtofit
".

Howev er,
thef
ewwhoagreethatt
hefiv
ev ersesr
efertoi
ncest
mayst i
llf
indi
thar
dtor
econcil
ecert
ainverseswiththewhole
passage.

GodhasHi smy st
eri
ouswaysofhi di
ngHisTr ut
hf r
om t he
wiseand prudent.OneofHi swaysi stheuseofv arious
part
icul
arexpr
essionsint
heBibl
e— i nHebrew,Aramaicand
Greek.Healsousesthenatur
alt
hingstotypethespiri
tual.I
f
your eal
i
zet
his,youmaythenincreasey
ourunderst
andi
ngof
str
angesentencesi
ntheScri
ptur
es.So,l
ookbeyondthel
it
eral
versesandr
eadbetweentheli
nes.

Now,irr
especti
veofwhatyoubel
i
ev e,her
eareafewthought
-
prov
okingpointsf
oryoutoexamine.Mayt heHol
ySpir
itgi
ve
youtheGracetoseetheLi
ght.

a)Consi dertheexpl icitstatement—" AndNoahbegant obea

husbandman,andhepl antedav i
ney ard:andhedr ankoft he
wine,.
..
"Thi saf fi
rmst hecur sethatwast ocomeuponNoah
forindulgingi nwi ne-maki ngandwi ne-dri
nking.Graduall
yHe
becameanal coholic,andonedaywhenhe" ...
wasdrunken;.
..
"
oneofhi ssons" uncov er
ed"and" saw"hi snakedness." And
Ham, .
..
saw t henakednessofhi sf at her
,.
..
"( Thekeywordt o
understanding t his my st
eryi s not" nakedness"as many
supposed, but" uncov ered".
)

b)Readt helawsasr ecor

dedinLev it
icus18and20,andnot e
thefol
lowingwordsandphr ases:"uncover
..
.nakedness"(
18:
6-
8), " l
ieth wi th.
..
uncover
ed..
.nakedness" ( 20:
11) and
"see.
..
nakedness"(20:
17).

Note:MoseswastheauthorofboththeBookofGenesi sand
theBookofLevi
ti
cus.Thewor dsandex pressionsheusedin
thetwobooksdonotdi ff
er,intheleast,int hei
rmeanings.
From t
heword"UNCOVERED"andt heexpr ession"SAW THE
NAKEDNESSOFHI SFATHER" ,wecanbev er
ysur ethatHam
hadLAINWITHHISFATHER' SWIFE.

c)Anyonewhobel i
evesthatHam ri
ghtl
ywarr
ant
edt hecurse
on his son,Canaan,fr
om hi sfathersi
mply because he
happenedtostumbleuponNoahl yi
ngnakedinhist entand
then told hi stwo brothers about t
he inci
dent has an
understandingthatisworsethanamul e'
s.JustreadGenesis
9:24car ef
ullyandyouwillseethatitcl
earl
yshowst hatHam
"haddone"somet hi
ngtoNoahandnotsi mplysawhi snaked
body.Hehadbr oughtshamet oNoahwhenhel aywithhis
mother― uncov eri
ng hisfather
'snakedness.Thiscaused
Noaht ocurseCanaan.

Butwhydi dNoahcur seCanaan?WhynotHam’ sothersons?

Doesi tjusti
fyNoaht ocur seCanaani fCanaanwast heseed
ofHam andhi swi fe(Mr s.Ham) ?Shoul dnotHam bet heone
cur sedi nstead?Foracur set obej usti
fi
able,Noahshoul d
eitherhav ecur sedHam' sey esbecauseheogl edathi snaked
body ,orcur sedhi sbr ain(ment alf
aculty)forhemadel ightof
hisdr unkennakedst ate.And, i
fHam hadf or
cedhi mselfupon
Noah when Noah was dr unk,then a cur se upon Ham' s
repr oduct iveor ganwoul dbej ust
ifi
ed.Remembert heWor d
say s:" Andi fanymi schi
eff ollow,thent houshaltgivel i
fefor
l
ife,ey ef orey e,toot hfort ooth,handf orhand,f ootforf oot
,
bur ning f orbur ning,wound f orwound,st ri
pe forst ri
pe"
(Exod. 21:23-25).

So,whyCanaan?Godemphat ical
lyment i
onedt henameof
Canaani nconnect i
onwi t
hHam’ ssi
n,inGen. 9:22,"AndHam,
thef at
herofCanaan, sawthenakednessofhi sfather,
andtold
hist wobr ethrenwi t
hout"andi nGen. 9:18,"Andt hesonsof
Noah,t hatwentf ort
hoft hear k,wereShem,andHam,and
Japhet h:andHam i sthefatherofCanaan" .Godcal l
stoour
attenti
ont hatCanaanwasaseedpr oducedoutoft hatactof
sin( "
uncovering.
..
sawt henakednessofhi sfather
")–sinofan
unhol yunion.CanaanwasaseednotofHam andhi swife
(Mr s.Ham)butofHam andhi smot her(Mr s.Noah).The
i
ncest uousactbr oughtforththatseed–Canaan.AndCanaan
broughtf or
thGIANTS,t
hissideoftheflood(Gen.10:15-19).He
wasanaccur sedseed,justasCai nwasabadseed.Hence,
Noahwasj usti
fi
edincur si
ngCanaan.I tcoul dnotbeany
plainer.ThisshowsthatHam' ssinwasnotsomet hi
ngel se,
l
ikemaki ngli
ghtofNoah'sdrunkennakedst ate.(Noticet hat
Mr s.Noahdi dnotbearanymor echi l
drenforNoahaf terher
i
ncest uousactwithHam whichresult
edinthebirthofCanaan. )

Iti
sobv i
ousthatHam andhi smotherhadcommittedincest
whil
eNoahwasdeaddr unkandlyi
ngnakedinhist
ent.Donot
thi
nkthattheill
i
citactwascommi tt
ed"onthespuroft he
moment "
.Themot herandthesonmusthavebeenfl
irt
ingwith
eachotherf
orsomet imebefor
ethat.

Not
e:I tisrecordedinanci
enthi
stor
ythatHam'
sgrandson,
Ni
mr od,wasj ustasperver
tedasHam.Hemar r
iedhi
sown
mother,Semiramis.

WhatwasNoah' si nterestaftert
heFl ood?Seesect i
ona)
above,andal soreadt hev ari
ousrecordsoft heScr ipt
uresto
seewhatdr unkennesscandot oaper son.Notonl ydoesit
debaseaper son; i
talsobr i
ngshim povert
y,pervertshissense
ofjusti
ce,br ings aboutdebaucher y,debil
it
y ,disorder,and
many ot hernegat ive effect
s upon hi slif
ei ncludi
ng his
rel
ati
onshipwi thhi
swi fe.

Notbeingapur eSet
hit
eandhav i
ngthenatur
eoft heSer
pent
,
Mr s.Noahbegant ostepoutofhermar ri
agebond.Noah's
stateofcomplet
edrunkennessthatdayprovi
dedherandHam
theopportuni
tyt
ocommi ttheshamefulandsinf
ulact.

d)Ver
se23isthemostdiff
icultver
set oreconci
l
ewi t
hthe
whol
epassageofGenesi
s9: 20-24regardi
ngincest
.Those
whobeliev
ethatHam mer el
ysawt henakedbodyofhisfat
her
wouldreadtheverseandsay,"See,Shem andJaphetht
ooka
garmentt o cover Noah;and in doing so,they walked
backwardssot hattheywouldnotseet hei
rfather
'snaked
body"
.

I
fiti
ssoeasytounderstandsuchexpr
essi
onoftheScr
ipt
ures
asyoudoyour'1+2+3'
,theworldofChri
sti
ani
tywoul
dnotbe
i
nsuchamessasi tistoday.

Godhaschosenmy st
eriouswayst
oconfoundthewiseand
prudent
.ButHealsorev eal
sHisTr
uthi
nsimpli
cit
ytobabes
andsuchthatwoul
dlearn.

TheJews,whower eGod' schosenpeopl e,couldnotev en

graspt heTruthofwhatt heLor dJesuswaspr esenti
ngt o
them whenHesai d(i
nJohn6)t hatamanmusteatofHi s
Flesh and drinkofHi sBl ood i
n ordert o have Lif
e.They
i
nt er
pret edHiswordsli
teral
lyandt houghtthattheLor dwas
encour agingthem t
obecanni balsorv ampires.Ont heother
hand, t
heRomanCat hol
icstaketheEucharistastherealFlesh
andBl oodofJesusChr i
st.

e)Let
'sexaminever
se23:"AndShem andJaphet
htooka
gar
ment,
andlaidi
tuponbot
hthei
rshoul
der
s,.
..
"

Now,i fyoui nt
erprett
hisverselit
eral
lywi t
houtregardt oany
hiddenspi r
it
ualmeaningbehi ndi
t,youarethenfacedwi ththis
question:"Whydi dShem andJaphet htakesuchal argeand
heavypi eceofgar mentinsteadofonet hatwasbi genough
andy etli
ght,tocoverthei
rfather
'snakedbody ?
"Thatpi eceof
garmentmustr eal
lybeal argeandv er
yheav yone,other wise
theywoul dnothaveusedBOTHTHEI RSHOULDERSt ocar ryit
.
I
fy ouwanttocov ersomeonewhoislyi
ngdown,wouldyou
use(l
et'
ssay)apieceofheavyr
ugwhichi
s6feetsquar
e,ora
pi
eceofordi
naryclothoft
hesamesi
ze?

f)Again,thev ersesays"AGARMENT"andnotapi eceoflarge

clot
h.Agar menti sanatti
reforthecov er
ingofthebody .(The
Aramaict ranslati
onoft hewor di sMANTLE. )So,how l arge
andheav ycoul dthatgarmentbet hatithadt obecar r
iedon
bothshoul dersoft women?Wasi tacl umsygarmentwor nby
Noahoroneofhi ssons?Ifnot ,theni tmustbej ustan
ordinar
ypi eceofgar ment--amant l
e.And,agar mentofan
ordinar
ysi zeandwei ghtonbot ht heshouldersoft women
walking backwar dswoul d mean t hattheyhad t o positi
on
themsel v
esshoul dertoshoulder.Andwoul dnotthatbeav er
y
stupidwayt odoso?( IfBi
bleBel i
everswouldonl yuset heir
brainsandt hink,ther
ewoul dnothav ebeensomany" hee-
haw"pr eachersandbel i
eversaround.)

g)Whenoner eali
zeshow Godhasusedcer tai
npart
icul
ar
expr
essi
onstohi detheTrut
handy etrev
eali
t,itwi
l
lnotbe
di
ffi
cul
tthent
oseet hetr
uepict
ureoft
heTrut
h.

Afterhavinghadcar nalrelat
ionwit
hhismother ,
Ham wasnot
ashamedt ot el
lhisbr othersabouti
t.Hewasj ustl i
ket he
adulter
ouswomanwho,af t
erpart
aki
ngofadul tery,daredt o
boastandsayt hatshehaddonenoev il
!(Pr
ov er
bs30: 20).He
didnott hinkoft heshamet hathewouldbringt ohi sfather
whowasatt hattimelyingnakedanddeaddr unkinhi stent.
(Cany ounotseet hewoet hatwasuponNoahasar esul
tof
hisindul
gencei nwine-dri
nking?)

Shem andJaphet
htookaGARMENT"
..
.andwentbackwar
d,
andcov eredt
henakednessoft heirfat
her;andt hei
rf aces
werebackward,
..
."Thiscover
ingupwasl i
teral
.Theparticul
ar
expressi
onusedher etell
sust hatbot ht hebrother
swer e
ashamedofwhathadhappened- -"thei
rfaceswerebackwar d"
--whentheywerecoveri
ngupt henakednessoft hei
rfather.

h)Checkt hrought heScr i

pturesregardi ngtheusageoft he
wor d"garment "andt heex pression"upont heshoul
der s".You
wi l
lnoticethatthe"gar ment"( notjustapi eceofcloth)wasa
COVERI NG.TheScr ipturesstatet hatt hebr ot
hers" LAIDI T
UPON BOTH THEI R SHOULDERS" .I tmeanst hattheybot h
tooki tupont hemsel vest oBEARTHEYOKEandcov eredup
theshame.Buti twasaRESPONSI BI
LITYt hatwashar dt o
bear .Fornotl ongaf t
erwards,Noah" awokef rom hiswi ne"
(thatis,aft
erbeingl ongi nat ousledst ateofmi ndNoahwas
enlightenedtoawar eness)andf oundoutwhatanev i
lt hing
thatHam haddonet ohi m.

i
)" .
..
andtheysaw notthei
rfather'snakedness.
"Thisisan
emphaticstat
ementwhich showst hatShem and Japhet
h
werenotinvol
vedinanyill
i
citaffairwiththei
rmotherwhen
thei
rfat
herwasundert
hecurseofi nt
ox i
cat
ingdri
nk.

A-
7. NOAH,
THELASTOFTHEPURESETHI
CFI
RSTBORN

Allthe genealogicalr ecords i

nt he Hol y Script
ures are
arr
angedi nanor derl
ymanner .Goddi dnotwr it
eHi sBook
i
ndiscri
minatel
y.Not i
ceGenesi s5.Itiscalled"thebookoft he
generat
ionsofAdam" .Inverse3,i
tst atesthatAdam " begata
soninhi sownlikeness,afterhisimage;andcal l
edhi sname
Seth"
.So, f
orafirstborntobeputont hatrecord,hemustbea
directdescendantofSet hwhobor et hei mageandl ikenessof
Adam.( Onl yal lt hef ir
stbor
nwer er ecor ded. )Andsi ncethe
recor dendswi thNoah' sname, hemustbet hel astoft hepure
Set hicf i
rstbor n,ashi sf i
rst
bornsonandhi sot hert wosons
wer ehy bridsbyhi smi xedmar ri
age.Al t
houghJaphet hwas
Noah' sf i
rstbor n,hedi dnotbeart hel ikenessandi mageof
Adam,t herefor ehi snamewasnotl i
st edi nt hegeneal ogyof
Adam.Not i
cet hathi snamei sev en pl aced af t
erhi st wo
younger br other s,Shem and Ham ( Gen. 5:32) .Hence,a
differentgeneal ogyofeachoft het hreesonsofNoahwas
recor ded.Not ehow t heHolyScr iptur esr ecor dit:"Thesear e
thet hreesonsofNoah:andoft hem wast hewhol eear t
h
over spread"( Gen. 9:19);"Nowthesear ethegener ati
onsoft he
sonsofNoah,Shem,Ham,andJaphet h:andunt othem wer e
sonsbor naf tert hef lood"(Gen.10:1).Ther ei snor ecordofa
geneal ogyofNoah.Why ?Becausenoneofhi ssonsbor ehis
i
mageandl ikeness( oft heSethicr ace) .Andev eni fJapheth
did, hisnamewoul dber ecor
dedi nthegeneal ogyofAdam.

NoticethatNoah'sfir
stsonwasbor nwhenhewas500y ears
old.Theot herf
ir
stborn( oft heAdami crace)bef or
ehi m had
thei
rsbeforetheywer e190y earsold.Whywast heret hi
sbi g
gapi nage?Ther easoni sappar entwhenwer eali
zet hatby
thet i
meNoah wasbor n,t heCai ni
tes'i
nfluenceupon t he
Sethit
eswassost rongt hatal lexceptNoahwer edr awni nto
thenetoft heCainit
es'lifestyle.ButNoahgr ew upt obea
ri
ghteousmanandhewal kedwi thGodandwast heonl y
Sethit
e,amonghispeopl e,whof oundgraceintheeyesofGod.

Bythet
imeNoahwasol denought
ogetawi f
e,hecouldnot
fi
ndasi
ngl
eSethicwoman,amongt
hedwi ndl
i
ngnumber ,who
waswil
l
ingtol
iveright
eousl
yandwal
kt hewayofSet hwith
hi
m.TheCaini
tes'waywasmor eatt
racti
vetot hem asthe
l
ightofacandl eist omot hs, orast hel i
ghtofHol l
ywoodi sto
someChr isti
anst oday .TheBi bletel l
sust hatthepeopl eofhi s
generat
ionwasso cor rupted and wi cked thatGod had t o
destr
oyt hem.Thi s era ofgr eatev i
lhad begun f r
om t he
generat
ionofEnos,whi chsawt heCai nicracef ir
stpr ofaning
theNameofJehov ahint hei rwor shi p( Genesi s4:26).Ast he
Sethi
tesandt heCai ni
tessl owlybegant omi xandi ntermar ry,
hybri
dswer ebor n.Andsuchof fspr ingofmi xedmar riages
weregener all
ymor ewi ckedandev il.Thi swasoneofSat an'
s
manycunni ng schemes t o dest r oyAdam' sr ace.As t ime
conti
nued,Godr aisedupEnocht opr ophesyt ohi sgener at i
on
aboutthei mpendi ngj udgementofGodupont heircorrupt i
on
and wickedness ( Jude 14- 16).Gr adual ly,the ev ilofmen
becameso gr eatt hatGod had t o cal litto a hal ti nt he
generat
ionofNoah( Gen.6:5,11).

Noah'sownbr othersandsi ster

s,unclesandaunt s,nephews
andni eces,cousins,andot herr el
ati
ves,alsosuccumbedt o
the eviland wi cked i
nfluence ofCai n's peoplet hatt hey
i
ndulged themsel vesini dolatr
y,debaucher yand ot herev i
l
deeds.Althoughgenet i
call
yt heywerepureSet hit
es,theywer e
nolongerr i
ghteousinthesi ghtofGod.Theywer ef all
ensons
anddaught ersofGod,f ortheyhadal lgonet hewayoft he
Serpentkind,thewayofCai n.Theyhadl eftthefaithoft hei
r
for
efatherAdam.Hence,Godwasnotobl igat
edt ot akethem
i
ntotheAr k

Howev er
,allthewhil
e,Noahcont inuedtoli
veandwalkwit
h
Godunt i
lhewasal most500y earsoldwhenhef i
nal
lyhadt
o
sett
ledownandst ar
tafami l
yinor dert
ocarryonhisfami
l
y
name,sot ospeak.Now,i
nanyr ace, t
her
emustbesomeGod-
fear
ingpeople.Wit
houtexcepti
ont heremustbesomeamong
theCaini
tesandsomeoft hemi xedseeds.Ift
herewasno
Sethicwomanwhowaswi ll
i
ngt owalkthewayofSet hwi t
h
him,Noahhadt opickonefrom theotherpeopl
ewhowas
wil
lingtowor
shi
phisGodandf ol
l
owt hewayofTruththathi
s
forefat
her
shaddone.Somehow thatwasthepermissi
vewill
ofGod.

ThoughNoahmar riedanon- Set

hicwif
e,hedidnotcorr
upthi
s
l
ife.Hewal kedwi thGodj ustasEnochdi d.Hekepthimself
awayf r
om allwickednessandev i
lwhi
chwer esorampant.I
n
themi dstofmor aldarkness,Noah'sli
fewasr adiantwit
h
ri
ghteousness(Gen.6:9;
7:1).

Note:Althoughitisnotexpr
essl
yst atedintheBi
ble,Noah
musthav emarri
edNaamah,adaught erofCaini
cLamech
(Gen.
4:22).Awoman' snameisment ionedinagenealogyif
she had a signi
fi
cantrol
eint he histor
yofmanki nd (
cf.
Matt.
1:5,
16).]

"Noahwasaj ustmanandper f
ecti nhi sgener ations,and
Noahwal kedwi thGod"( Gen.
6:9b) .Thisverset el
lsust heki nd
ofper sont hatNoahwas.Nowonder" Noahf oundgr acei nt he
ey es of t he Lor d" ( Gen.6:8).[ Pl
ease consul t St r
ong' s
Concor dance,2580f ort hewor dgr ace."Grace"inHebr ew i s
"chen",meani ng gr aciousness,ki ndness,f avor,pl easant ,
precious,wel l-f
avour ed,f r
om 2603,chanan,t o st oop i n
kindnesst oani nferi
or ;tofavor,best ow;toi mplore.]Notonl y
washeaj ust(righteous)man, buthewasal soper fect ,andHe
wal kedwi thGod.Thewor d" perfect"usedi nt hisv er sei s
translated f r
om t he Hebr ew wor d" t
amim"whi ch means
"wi t
houtbl emish"i nt er
msofbr eedorpedi gree.Hence,t he
Scr i
ptures clearlyshow us t hatNoah was a " pur e br eed"
Set hi
tes,andnotahy br i
d.
Howev er,becauseofhi smar r
iaget oaCai niteorahy br i
d
woman,Noahcoul donlyhavethreesons.Al lSethi
cf i
rstbor n
bef ore him had sons and daught ers because alloft hem
mar r
iedSet hi
cwomen.Thi si sduet otwor easons.One,t hat
i
nt ermar r
iagealway sresul
tsingenet i
cdi sturbances.Hence,
Noahhadsonsandnodaught er.Two,t hati twasapl anof
Godt obr i
ngaboutanew or derthrought hej udgmentbyt he
Flood, t
hatt hethreesonsofNoahwoul dbet hepr ogenit
or sof
thehumanr ace(Gen.9:
19)

A-8. LI
TERAL SEED OF SERPENT,SPI
RITUAL SEED OF
SATAN

Satan,ofcour se,couldnotcr eatenorpr ocr eate.Howev er,he

couldi mper sonat eand per v ertwhat everGod hascr eated.
CainwasaSer pent-
man.Hewasphy sicallythesonoft he
Serpent; but,hewasv icari
ouslythesonofSat an.Forinstance,
Paulcal l
edt hemanofsi n,the" sonofper dit
ion"(2Thes.2:3)
;
Jesuscal l
edJudasI scar i
ot,"adev il"(John6: 70);andoft he
theologiansofHi sday s,theLor dt oldthem," Yeareofy our
fatherthedev i
l"(John8: 44).Yes,t heWor dofGodi sclear—
theywer espi ri
tuall
yt hechi l
drenoft hedev il
!Theypossessed
theirfat
her '
s( thatis,thedev il'
s)spirit
ualgenesandacqui red
hisev i
lattri
butes.

NEXT: SECTI
ON I
I - DOCTRI
NAL PRESENTATI
ON: THE
SERPENTSEED
BACKTO"
THEORI
GINALSI
N"MAI
NPAGE

TheDoct
ri
neoft
heSer
pentSeedandtheOri
ginal
Sin
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heSer
pentSeed
and
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heOri
ginal
Sin.
..
TheSer
pentSeed
THEORIGI
NALSIN

Aut
hor: Richar
d l .
s.GanSECTI
ON II -- DOCTRINAL
PRESENTATI
ON* THEDOCTRINEOFTHESERPENTSEED

"AndtheLor dGodsai dunt ot heSer pent,Becauset

houhast
donethis,t
houar tcur
sedabov eallcatt
le,
andabov eeverybeastofthef iel
d;upont hybell
yshal
tthougo,
anddustshal tthoueatal ltheday soft hylif
e:andIwi l
lput
enmit
ybet weent heeandt hewoman,andbet weenthyseed
andherseed;
i
tshal
l brui
sethyhead, andt houshallbruisehi
sheel.
"
—Genesi s3:14,
15

MAN' SDOMI NIONOVERANI MALS

Genesis,theBookofBegi nnings,recordst heCreati
onofthe
heavenandt heear t
h.Manwast helastofal lt
hecreati
onof
God.Andl i
ket heangelshewascr eatedi ntheimageand
l
ikenessofGod.Adam,t hesonofGod,wasnotonl yt
oldto
"befrui
tful,andmul ti
ply,andr epleni
sht heear t
h,andsubdue
i
t"buthewasal socommi ssionedbyGodt ohavedomi ni
on
overallt hel i
vingthingsoft heear th( Gen.
1:26,
28).Sowe
real
izethatAdam wast hehi ghestofallthecreati
onofGod.
LAW OFREPRODUCTI ON
Now,i tis st ated in Genesi
s 1:11,12 and 24 t hatGod
commandedev eryspeciesofli
fe,whetherpl antoranimalli
fe,
tobringf orthseedaf teri
tsownki nd.Ther eforetohy br
idi
ze
two differentspeci es ofanimalsi st o go agai nstGod's
commandmentandl awofreproducti
on.( Keept hi
slawofGod
i
nmi ndsot haty oumayunder st
andl aterhow,andwhy ,the
hybri
dizi
ngofManki ndwit
htheSerpent-kindhadbr oughtfor
th
thesinthatcoul dbepasseddownt oallment oday.
)

EVERYNATURALTREEGROWNI SGOODFORFOOD
Hav i
ngcr eat edal lthingsandr estedont hef i
rstSabbat hday ,
"Godf ormedmanoft hedustoft hegr ound, andbr eat hedi nto
hisnost ri
lst hebr eathofl i
fe;andmanbecameal ivingsoul "
(Gen. 2:7).ThenGodputAdam i nagar deni nEdent odr essi t.
Andoutoft hegr oundGodcausedt ogr owEVERYTREEt hat
wasgoodf orf oodf orAdam t oeat( orpar take) .Twoot her
treeswer eal soment ioned.Theywer ecal l
edt heTr eeofLi fe
and t he Tr ee ofKnowl edge ofGood and Ev i
l.The car nal
mi nded peopl e woul d give t hese t wo t rees a car nal
i
nt erpretationt hatt heywer et wor ealliteralnat uralfruittrees.
Buti ftheTr eeofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv i
lwasar eallit
er al
tree,itwoul dcer tai
nlybecont radictoryt oGod' sownwor dsi n
Genesi s2:9i fi
tsf ruitscouldnotbeeat en— " Andoutoft he
groundmadet heLor dGodt ogrowev eryt reet hatispl easant
tot hesi ght ,andgoodf orfood"See!Ev eryt reebear i
ngf r
ui t
s
wasgoodf orf ood!Hence,t heTr eeofLi feandt heTr eeof
Knowl edge ofGood and Ev ilwer e somet hing ot hert han
nat uralt r
eesast heydi d notgr ow outoft hegr ound ( cf.
Gen. 2:9b-" t
het reeofl i
fealsoi nthemi dstoft hegar den,and
thet reeofknowl edgeofgoodandev i
l"
, aphr asei nterposedt o
hideat ruth.)
CARNALI NTERPRETATI ON
Thecar nalmi ndedpeopl eal
way sgivetheBi bl
et hei
rcarnal
i
nterpretat
ionsbasedonper sonalopi ni
on,churcht heol
ogy,
tr
aditi
onsofman, or"mychurchteachessomeot herway "
.To
understandt hemy st
eryofGod'sWor dwehav etoputaway
suchchi l
dishatti
tudes,andbemat ur
eandl ear
nwi sel
y.

UNDERSTANDI NG TERMI NOLOGI ESPl ease not e t hat t he

doct ri
neoft heSer pentSeed( ort hedoct ri
neoft heOr iginal
Sin)i snei theranal legory,amy th,al egend,noraf abl e,buti s
basedonl iteralhi stor i
calf act ssetf ort handemphasi zedby
theuseofcer tainpar t
icularexpr essi onsorf i
guresofspeech.
A par t
icularexpr essi on orf i
gur eofspeech i snev erused
exceptf ort hepur poseofemphasi zingandi ntensify i
ng,and
calli
ngat tent iont o,t her ealityof ,thel i
teralsense.I tisGod' s
wayofhi dingTr uthwhi l
str ev ealingI t.Lookatt hesecondhal f
ofGenesi s2: 9:"thet r
eeofl ifeal soi nt hemi dstoft hegar den,
and t he t ree ofknowl edge ofgood and ev i
l."Thi si s an
i
nt erj
ect i
ont ocal ly ourat tent iont osomet hingdiffer ent .Thi s
par t
icularexpr essioncoul donl ybeunder st
oodbyanal y zing
themeani ngsoft hev ari
oust er mi nol ogi
esusedandot her
termi nologi eswhi char erelat edt oi t.Hence, tounder standt he
doct ri
ne oft he Ser pentSeed,we mustf ir
stanal yse t he
meani ngsoft hef ol l
owi ngt ermi nologi es:" TreeofLi fe" ,"Tr ee
ofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv i
l","I
nt hemi dstoft hegar den",
"Eat"and" Fr uit".
Thewor d" tree"i susedi nt heBi blet osy mbol izedi ffer ent
things.OurLor dJesususedi tf ornat ion( Luk.21:29) ,wher eas
thebl indmanwhom Heheal edi nBet hsaidausedi tf orman
(Mar k8: 24) .I ntheOl dTest amentt het ermi susedf oraki ng
(Dan.4: 10),wi
sdom ( Prov.3:
18)besidesothers.InGenesi s2
and3,t heword" t
ree"hasbeenusedf ort
wodi ff
erentthings.
Onepoi ntstothatwhi chgr ew "outoftheground"— nat ural
trees;andt heotherpointst othatwhichwere" i
nthemi dstof
thegar den"—butwhatwer ethey?Hence,notallt
he"trees"(in
Scriptures)wereli
teraltrees,neit
herweretheythesamet y
pe
of" t
rees".

Likewi sethewor d" garden"doesnotnecessar ymeanal it

er al
gar den.Itcoul d symbol i
set hesoul( Jer.31: 12),theshr ine
(Isa.65:3),ort hehumanbody( SongsofSol omon4- 8).The
basi cmeani ngof" gar den"whet herlit
eral,symbol icorspi ri
tual,
i
sanencl osur ei)wher easeedcanbepl ant edt or eproduce
i
tsel f;i
i)culti
v at
edf orpubl i
cenj oy ment .Whi let heGar denof
Edeni sal i
teralgar den,t he" garden"ment i
onedi nGenesi s
2:9bi snott hatGar denofEden.
Thewor d"eat "tomanysi mpl ymeanst oconsumef oodwi th
themout h."Toeat "means" topar t
ake" .Prov erbs30: 20gi vesa
goodr enditi
onoft hewor d.Itt el
lsofanadul t
erouswoman
whohadpar takenadul tery(thati s,shel aywi t
hamanwho
wasnotherhusband)andt hensai dt hatshehaddonenoev il
.
Readal soPsal m 127: 2;Prov erbs1: 31;13: 2;Jer emi ah15: 16;
Hosea10: 13; John6: 56.

Not e:Amongot herusesoft hewor d"eat"inHebr ew i

s"lay"
(seeSt r
ong'sConcor dance:398akal [l
i
t.orfig.]
.Seealso5060,
naga, t
ranslat
ed" t
ouch"i nGenesis3:3,awor daddedi nbyEv e
towhatGodhadsai dtoAdam i nGenesis2: 17.Nagameans,
i
neuphemi sm, t
ol i
ewi thawoman) .TheoriginalHebrewwor d
"food"("maakal")comesf r
om t hesamer ootmeani ngast he
wor d"eat"
;andi nGenesi s3:6thesetwowor dsareinter
wov en
togethertohi deandy etrevealthemy steryoft heactt hat
broughtaboutt heOr i
ginalSin.
Toal mostal lBiblereaders,thewor d"fr
uit
"issimpl yal iteral
fr
uitsuchasanappl eorapear .Howev er,accordingt ot he
Scriptures,the wor d"frui
t"( Hebr ew:"peri
y")maybe used
l
it
er all
yorf i
gurativel
y(seeSt rong'sConcor dance:6529per iy;
fr
om 6509f rui
t[li
t.orf i
g.]
).Forexampl ereadDeut eronomy
28:4;Psal m 127:3;Proverb18:20;Luke1: 42.Hence,t hewor d
"f
ruit"doesnotal waysrefertot heliter
alfr
uit.
Now wehav eabackgr oundt ot hedoct r
ineoft heSer pent
Seedandofhowmanf ellf
rom hisf ir
stest
ateintosin.

SERPENT—UPRI GHTCREATURE
"Nowtheser
pentwasmoresubti
l
ethananybeastoft
hef
iel
d
whicht
heLordGodhadmade."—Genesi
s3:
1

Thewor d" serpent"camef rom t heHebr ew wor d" nachash"

andhast hef oll
owingmeani ngs:" hiss",thati s,"whispera
(magi c)spel l
";"adi vi
neenchant er";"useenchant ment "
;"l
earn
byexper ience" ."Subti
le"isnotj ustcunni ngbutal sowi seand
i
ntelli
gent ,havingaknowl edgeoft heunder standingofl if
eas
wel l
.
TheSer pentwast hehi ghestofal ltheani mal sandwast he
l
astt obecr eatedbef oreAdam.OFALLTHEANI MALSHE
WASTHEONLYSPECI ESTHATCOULDTALK!I ftheSer pent
doesexi stt odayhecer t
ainlywoul dst il
lbeabl et otalk.Some
mayar guet hathewasabl et otalkbecausehewaspossessed
bySat anj ustl i
ket hedemon- possessedmanatGadar enes
(Luk.8:26-33),orj ustli
ket heasswhi chGodusedt ospeakt o
Balaam ( Number s22:28- 30),Sat anmi ghthav edonet hesame
withtheSer pent.Butnot ethef actthatitwast heSer pentwho
beguiledEv e,andnotSat an.So,i twasnotSat anspeaki ng
throught heSer pent.Andwhodi dGodj udge— Sat anort he
Serpent ?
TheSer pentno l ongerex istst odaybecausehehad been
cursed and t ransf ormed int o asnake- -amemberoft he
l
owestoft heani malki ngdom.Hewasor iginal l
ynotr el
atedt o
snakeswhat soev er,butnowwhenwesay" ser pent",wewoul d
gener all
y pi ctur eal ong sl imy wr iggl y snake. Traditi
onal
theologyhassonumbedt hemi ndsofpeopl et hati tcauses
them t obel i
ev et hatt heSer pentwasor iginal lyasnakewi thout
l
imbsandwhi chst oodoni tst ail!Somedar et oinsinuatet hat
hewascr eat edt ost ayonl yont reesandnotont hegr ound!
Regar dlessofal lt hose' chur chylogy 'nonsensei nt hewor ldof
Christianity,i tiscl earlystat edi nt heBi blet hatt heSer pent
wasor i
ginallyanupr ightcr eat ure!Weknowt hatt hepr imat es
wer eoft hehi ghestor derofani mal swhi chGodhascr eat ed.
Andnot i
cet hatt heyhav et wohandsandt hatt heyst andon
twof eet!Andsi ncet heBi blest atest hat" theSer pentwas
mor esubt let hananybeastoft hef i
eld"hehadt obeamong
thet opor deroft hepr i
mat eswi thAdam r ulingov erhi m!He
couldnotbeasl i
mywr i
ggl ysnakef orsnakesar eoft he
repti
liancl ass,andr eptil
esar er ankedl owesti nt heani mal
kingdom.
Being t he l astoft he ani mal s cr eat ed bef ore Adam,t he
Serpentwasr ankednextt omanandl ookedv erymuchl i
kea
man.Wecanact ual l
ysayt hathei st he" mi ssi ngl i
nk"bet ween
theani mal sandt hehumanr ace.[ SeeAppendi x9. ]Sci ence
may name t he di ff
erentspeci es of" early men"such as
Neander thal man, Pekingman, Cr o-Magnonman, etcet era, but
theonet hatwascr eatedt obet heser vantofAdam was
namedSer pentbyAdam.TheBi blet el lsust hatal lthi ngs,
i
ncludi ngt heSer pent,thatGodhadcr eat edwer egood,v ery
goodi ndeed.Al thoughhel ookedl i
keamanandcoul dtalkand
communi cat el ikeone,t heSer pentwasnotcr eat edi nt he
i
mageandl i
kenessofGodasAdam was.TheSer pentdi dnot
haveaspi rit
ual soul .
Not e:Adam was cr eat ed a f ul
lgr own man wi th per fect
i
ntel l
ect .He must hav e possessed a cer tain pr ophet i
c
revelationt onamet heSer pentassuch,f ort hatnamehas
beenassoci atedwi ththeev ilone( Sat an)t hroughoutt heBi ble
whi chGodhadcausedI ttobewr i
ttenl ateraf tert heFal l.The
nameSer penthasbecomesy nony mouswi ththenameSat an,
as Sat an had compl ete cont rolov ert he Ser pentand hi s
reasoni ngpower ; thatwaswhyhecoul dbesoper suasivet hat
Evesuccumbedt ohi sseduct i
on.
CERTAI NSEEDSCOULDCROSSBREEDTheseedoft heSer pent
coul df usewi tht heeggoft hewoman.Thi sseemsv eryfar-
fetchedt omostpeopl e.Butj ustl ookatwhatsomemenhav e
donewi thsomeoft heani mal s.Theyhav epr oducedal i
ger ,a
crossbet weenal i
onandat igr ess; az edonk, ahy bridbet ween
azebr aandashe- ass.Themostcommonhy bridt hatweknow
i
st he mul e whi ch i s a mi x ture oft he donkey and t he
mar e.Sci entists hav et ri
ed t o commi ngle beastand man
withoutsuccess.Beastand man cannoti nt ermi ngle and
reproduce.Butt hechemi calaf f
initybet ween t hem pr ov es
theircl oser elationshi p.Howev er
,t hei nter mingl ingbet ween
anani mal( Serpent )andawoman( Ev e)didt akepl acei nt he
Gar den ofEden.ButGod had compl etely dest royed t hat
patternoft heSer pent , andnoot herbeastcancommi nglewi th
managai n.
Now Goddi dnotcr eateal lt hosehy brids.Hecommanded
each speci es ofl i
ving t hings t o br ing f ort
hi t
s own ki nd
(Gen. 1:11,24) .Butmanhascausedt heseedsofsomeoft he
animal st omi xresul tingi nt hedeat hoft heseed,t hatis,t he
hybr i
di sst eri
le;i tcannotbr ing for thl i
fe.Thepenal tyf or
tamper ingwi t
ht hel awofGodi sDeat h.[SeeAppendi x10.]

CAI
N--AHYBRI
D
Whent heDev il
-possessedSer pentcommi tt
edfor nicati
onwith
thewoman,t hatani mal'sseedwaspl antedinherwomband
becamef usedwi thhereggr esulti
ngi nthebirt
hofahy br
id—
Cain— aper vertedseed!Anddeat hcamei nt
ot hewor l
d!Yet
DEATH was noti nt he seed NATURAL,buti nt he seed
SPIRI
TUAL,f ormanor iginal
l
ywascr eatedaspi ritbeingfir
st
andlat
erputi ntoabodyofcl ay( Gen.1:
26-27;2:
7).

Mendel 'sl aw st atest hat"everyi ndiv i

duali sthesum t otalof
the char acteristics, r ecessive or domi nant ,i n its two
i
mmedi atepr ogeni tors.Ther ei snot hingi nanyi ndivi
dualthat
wasnoti nthef atherormot heroft hatper son,andev er
y t
hing
thatwasi nthef atherandmot heri si nt heof fspring."
Beingacr oss-br eedoft heSer pentandt hewoman,Cai n,the
sonoft heSer pent ,inheritedapar tofEv e'snat ure,thenature
oftheSpi ri
tofGodwhi chwasi nAdam.Remembert hatAdam
andEv e,whower ecr eatedi nt hei mageandl i
kenessofGod,
hadsi ni mput edupont hem af tert heFal l
.Thei mageand
l
ikenessofGodi nthem wer ethus" stained"bysi n, sotospeak.
Hence,Set h( who was a subst i
tut ef orAbel )and al lhis
descendant scoul donl ybeart hei mageandl ikenessofAdam
(Gen.5:3).Howev er,Cai n,bei ng a hy brid,di d notbeart he
i
mageandl i
kenessofAdam, whowasasonofGod.Hewasa
mongr elwi t
hamar red( ordamaged)i mageandl i
kenessof
manki nd.Fal lingshor toft hatgl oriousi mageofGodmeans
spir
it
ual death.

SINOFDISOBEDIENCE
Thefor
nicat
ionoft hewomanwi t
ht heSerpenthadbr ought
for
thDEATHt otheworld.Itwasactual
lyEve'
sdisobedience
toGod'
scommandmentnott oeatofthatTreeofKnowl edge
ofGoodandEvil
.[SeeAppendi
x11.]
TERMI NOLOGI ESAPPLI ED
Let'
st akethoset erms- -"TreeofLi f
e","
Tr eeofKnowl edgeof
GoodandEv il
"," I
nt hemi dstoft hegar den" ,and" Eat ",and
MEDI TATEupont hem f orawhi l
e.Wewi l
lunder st
andt hatt he
humanbodyi st hegar den,andi nthemi dstoft hegar deni s
the sexualr eproduct i
v e organ.And t wo l aws gov ernt hat
sexualreproduct i
v eorgan.( Remember ,twot r eesstoodi nt he
midstoft hegar den, notsi debysideGen. 2:9).TheDi v i
neWay
orLawofLi f
ei ssy mbol isedbyt heTreeofLi fe.ThePer verted
WayorLawofDeat hissy mboli
sedbyt heTr eeofKnowl edge
ofGoodandEv il.Theset woLaws( Trees)ar ediamet ricall
y
opposedt oeachot her.Whenonekeepsorbr eakst heLawof
God,one wi lland mustr eap itsf r
uitaccor dingl y.[ See
Appendi x12.]

LIFEANDDEATH
Divine Li fe and Tr uth come f r
om God and ar e et ernal
.
Perv ertedKnowl edgeandWay scomef r
om t heDev ilandt hey
l
eadt oDeat h.Sat anhasalwaysbeenopposi ngGod.Hehas
alway sbeen per ver
ti
ng God'swayofLi f
e.Ezeki el28 and
Isai
ah 14: 12-15 tellus aboutSat an'
s position in heav enly
placesbef orehisf all
.HewasknownasLuci f erthen.Hewas
thesealofwi sdom andcr ownofbeaut y.Notbei ngcont ented
withhi sst atusandpossessi ons,heusedhi sknowl edget o
exalthi mselft o be like t
he MostHi gh.He per verted the
knowl edget hatwasgi ventohim andthusf ellf
r om hi sfir
st
estat e.Sincet henhehasbeent heoppositiont ot heWay ,the
Truthandt heLi fe.

ALLTHINGSCREATEDFORAPURPOSE
Thereisapur poseinever
ythi
ngt
hatGodhadcr eat
ed;and
thatistobri
nggl or
ytoHimself(
Eph.3:
11cf
.Eccle.
3:1,17;
I
sa.14:
26-27)
.Likewi
se,t
hereisapur
poseineachandev ery
memberofthehumanbody .Themisuseofanymemberi ssi
n
i
n God's eye.Read Mat thew 18:8-9;James 3: 10-12.The
commandmenti sclear
:manmustobeyt heDiv
ineLawofLi f
e
andPurposeoft heCreator.Disobedienceisat r
ansgressi
on
ofthedi
vinecommandmentwhi chleadst otheperversi
onof
theDi
vi
neTr ut
handPur poseoft heCreator.

THEPURPOSEOFTHEREPRODUCTI VEORGAN
Withoutcont r
ov er
syt hepur poseoft her eproductiv
eor gani s
tobringf or
thli
fe.Thewomanwasgi ventoAdam t oreproduce
himself.Accordingt ot hedi v
inepl anofGod,Adam andhi s
wifewer eexpect edt ocomet ogetheratt heappoi nt
edt ime
andseasonofl if
e( Eccle.3:
1-8)t oeat( partake)oft hef r
uit
(eff
ect,reward)oft heTr eeofLi feint hemi dstofthegar den.
Theef fectofsuchpar t
akingwoul dbr ingf orth(fr
uit
s,rewards
of)sonsanddaught ersofGodwi thet ernal l
ife.

REPRODUCTI VEORGANMI SUSED

Howev er,Satan,throught heSerpent,musthav ehad,ata
certainpointint i
me,i ndoct
ri
natedEveaboutpartakingoft he
othert r
ee, t
heTr eeofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv i
l,andf i
nall
y
tempt edhert oeatofi t."
Andwhent hewomansaw t hatthe
treewasgoodf orfood,andt hatitwaspleasanttot heey es,
andat reetobedesi redtomakeonewi se,shetookoft hefruit
thereof,anddi deat,andgav ealsountoherhusbandwi t
hher :
andhedi deat"(Gen.3:6).
Insteadofeat ingoft heTreeofLifei
nthemi dstofthegar den
attheappoi ntedt i
meandseason, Adam andhiswife,partook
oftheTr eeofKnowl edgeofGoodandEv il(
whichwasal soin
themi dstoft hegar den)ofwhichGodhadcommandedt hem
nott odoso.

"
Woeunt
othem t
hatcal
lev
ilgood.
..
!Woeunt
othem t
hatar
e
wi
seinthei
rowneyes,
andpr
udenti
nthei
rownsi
ght
!"
—Isai
ah5:20a,
21

Andsowi thcar nalreasoningtheSerpentdecei vedthewoman

i
nt othi
nkingt hatshewoul dbewi serbypar takingoft hefrui
t
oftheforbiddent reethatwaspleasanttotheey es—adel ight
,
grati
fyi
ngt ot hephy si
calandsensualdesi r
es,l usty— ast he
treewasgoodf orfoodt omakeonewi se( discerning)
.(That
treemighthav elookedgoodf orfoodbuti tcer tai
nlywasnot
thekindoff oodf orthespi
rit
ualsoul
.)[SeeAppendi x13. ]

The frui
tofdi sobedience,t he part
aking oft he Tree of
KnowledgeofGoodandEv il
,wastheconcept i
onofCai n.Cain
wasahy br
idinawor ld whereallli
ving thingswer epur e
breeds.Hewasadi screpancywhodi sr
upt edtheor derofGod.
Hewast heseedoft heSer pent(
Gen.3:
15)andt he"son"ofthe
WickedOne— Sat an( 1Jhn.3:
12).Hewasapar tofSatan's
pl
ant odest
royt
hePl anofGod.

Evewasapar tofAdam becauseshewast akenoutofAdam.

AndAdam wassupposedt oj oinhi msel ft oEv et hatt hey
shouldbecomeonef lesh.Butbef oreAdam coul dcopul ate
with Eve,t he Dev ilhad caused hert of ornicate wi t
ht he
Serpent.Ev e broke God’ s divine commandmentwhen she
usedhersexualor ganf orpleasur einherf ornicationwi ththe
Serpent.Bei ng def i
led,Ev e was no l ongersui tablet o be
Adam’ swife.Adam knewt hathewoul dl oseEv ef oreverwhen
Godshoul dpassj udgementuponher .Ther efore,inor derto
"r
edeem"Ev e,Adam musti dentifywithEv ewhi l
eshewasy et
i
nhersi n( and" t
hewagesofsi ni sdeat h"–Rom. 6:23).Adam
hadt ojoinhimsel ftoEv e,whowasapar tofhi msel f
,inorder
toidentif
ywi thhersexualpassi onev ent houghheknew t hat
shewasdef i
led.Howev er,"Adam wasnotdecei ved,butt he
womanbei ngdecei v
edwasi nthetransgression"(1Tim.2:
14) .
Letmeemphasi zeagai n.TheWomanwasdecei vednoti nto
fornicat i
onpersebutt hepar t
akingoft heTr eeofKnowl edge
ofGoodandEv ilwhi chshet hengav eittotheMan.So,what
thenwasi tt hatAdam at e?Hepar t ookoft hesamet hatEv e
partook— per v
er tedknowl edge.Adam knew Ev ehaddone
wrong.Heknew t hatGodwoul dt akeheri ndeat handt hat
woul dmeanAdam woul dlosehismat e,hi
sboneofhi sbones
andf l
eshofhi sf lesh.Whent hathappenedhewoul dhav eno
oneel set ospendhi slif
ewi t
hont heear t
hexcepthav i
ngt he
animal s,bi r
ds and ot hercr eatur
es f orcompani ons What
woul d Adam do?Si mple.He woul d havet o do whatHi s
Heav enl yFat herexpect edhi mt odo.Li keChr i
stJesus,Adam
hadt or edeem hi swi fe,hisboneofhi sbonesandf l
eshofhi s
fl
esh.Sohehadt oi denti
fywithhersi n,broughtaboutbyt he
partaki ng of t he Tr ee of Knowl edge of Good and Ev i
l
(Perv ertedKnowl edge) .Adam wasr eall
ytakingthebl amef or
hiswi fe.

Note:JesusChr i
st,thesecondMan,t ypedAdam whenHe
camet oidenti
fywi t
hus.For" whilewewer ey etsi nners,Christ
diedforus"( Rom. 5:
8).Hecame" inthelikenessofsi nfulf l
esh,
andf orsi n,condemnedsi ni nthef l
esh"( Rom. 8:3)."Forwe
havenotanhi ghpr i
estwhi chcannotbet ouchedwi t
ht he
feel
ingofouri nfi
rmiti
es;butwasi nallpoint stempt edl i
keas
wear e, y
etwithoutsin"(Heb.4:15cf.Isa.53:5).
When Adam and hi s wife had par taken oft he Tr ee of
Knowl edgeofGoodandEv i
l,sinwasi mput edupont hem and
theresul twasDEATH.Si ncet heychoset hisf orbiddent reeof
pervertedknowl edge,theyhadt oreapi tsr esultanddr inkof
thebittercup.[SeeAppendi x14. ]

Ther
efor
etheDi
vi
neTr
eeofLi
fe(
thePer
fectLaw ofGod)
whichgov ernedt heper fectpur poseoft her elat
ionofl ifein
theDivinePl anofGodwasnev erallowedt omani fest.God
hadkepti t(Genesi s3: 22-24)butbr oughtitfor thabout4000
yearslaterint hePer sonofJesusChr i
st.ChristJesusi st he
veryPersonificati
onoft heDi vi
neLi feandPur poseofGod—
theWay ,theTr uth,and t heLi fe.Hei stheTr ueWi sdom
(1Cor.
1:24cf .Prov .
3:13,18, 19).Whosoev ereat s(par
takes)of
Him shallhav eEternalLif e( Jhn.6:47-58).Withoutt hi
sr elat
ion
toHim ast heTr eeofLi fet hereisnoEt ernalLife.

COVERINGUP
"
Andtheey esofthem bothwer
eopenedandtheyknew t
hat
theywerenaked;andt heysewedfi
gleavestoget
her
,and
madethemselvesapr
ons."
—Genesis3:7

Why ?Becauset heirey eswer eopenedt otheirguilt

,andt hey
realizedt hatt heywer enaked,so t heyt r
iedt o cov ertheir
sexualpar t
s!Theywer eashamedofi t!(I
feat i
ngappl esor
pear soranypar ticularf r
uithadcausedt hef i
rstcoupl et o
realizet hatt heywer enaked,t hent hesef rui
tsoughtt obe
passedamongt hosehal f
-nakedf emalesi nt hestreetsand
beachest oday .)God' squest iont oAdam," Whosai dy ouwer e
naked? "
,shows t hatAdam was cov ering up a gui l
ty act
commi t
tedbyhi ssexualor gan.( ReadMat thew 5:29-30.)Ifit
wast hemout h,Adam woul dhav ecov eredit,andper hapsGod
woul dhav equest ionedhi mt hus: "Whoaskedt heetocov erthy
mout h?What '
swr ongwi thi t?Di dt houeatormunchatt he
forbidden f ruit?"( You pr obabl y hav e seen peopl e who,
unint enti
onal l
y ,sai daf oulwor dt hattheywent" Oophs! "and
cov eredt heirmout hswi ththei rhands.)

Not
e:Thewor
d"naked"usedi
nGenesi
s2:
25i
sdi
ff
erentf
rom
thatf oundi nGenesis3: 7-
11.Thel atterist r
anslatedf r
om the
Hebr ewwor d"eyr
om" ,whichcomesf rom ther ootwor d"aram",
usedonl yinaderogatorysense.
Howev er
,itwasnotgoodenoughf orAdam andEv etomer el
y
cov ert hemselveswithv eget
ablel eav es.Whatt heyneeded
wasanat onement.Bloodwasi nv
olv edi nEve'sactofsi n.The
bloodofmanki ndwasi nfi
lt
rat
edbyaf orei
gnsubst ancewhich
resultedi ntheproductionofahy brid—adebasedcr eatur
e—
Cai n.(Remembert hatAdam ( Man)wasGod' shi ghestcreati
on.
Hewascr eatedinGod' simageandl ikeness.Thati magewas
"stained"wi th si
n when he f el
l
.Howev er
,t he image and
l
ikenessofGodbecamemar r
edwhenAdam' sdescendant s
i
nt ermi ngl
ed wi t
ht he descendant s of Cai n.Thencef ort
h
manki ndbecamepar tandpar celoft heani mal ki
ngdom. )

Godhadt osl ayinnocentani malstomakecoat sofski nto

clothetheManandhi sWoman,andi nt heprocessbl oodwas
shed( Gen.
3:21).ReadLev i
ti
cus4; Hebr ews9: 22;2Cor i
nthi
ans
5:21.See,itwasnott hefruitofal it
eraltreet hatAdam and
Ev ehadpartaken.Ifi
twasal i
ter
alfruitthattheyhadpar taken,
Adam andEv eshoul
dhav ecov eredt heirmout hsr atherthan
theirphysi
calnakedness.Ev eninHi scov enantwi thAbr aham,
God' srequirementwas st il
lblood — f rom t he f or
eskin!
(Considerthesequestions:i)Wher edidsi nbegi n?ii)Whyt he
circumcisi
onoft heheartintheNewCov enant?)

I
ti str
uet hatAdam and Ev elosttheirr
ight
eousnessand
becamespiri
tuall
ynakedi nthesightofGod.Howev er
,itwas
thei
rphysi
calnakednesst hatcausedthem t
obeashamedof
thei
rsi
nandt ocov ert
heirsexualrepr
oduct
iveorganswithf
ig
l
eaves,andtohidefrom God.

GOD'
SJUSTI
CE&JUDGEMENT
"I
fanymischi
effollow,t
henthoushaltgi
velif
ef orli
fe,eyef
or
eye,t
oothfortooth,handforhand,footforfoot,burningf
or
burni
ng,
woundf orwound,str
ipeforst
ri
pe.
"
—Exodus21:23-25

".
..andev er
yt r
ansgr essi
onanddi sobediencer ecei
vedaj ust
recompenseofr ewar d.
"
--Hebr ews 2:2b (See al so Rev .
13:10.)FROM SERPENT TO
SNAKE
Inpassi ngHi sjudgment ,Goddi dnotdest royt heSer pent,
whoseheadwast heDev il
.InsteadHecur sedhi m aboveal l
the creatures oft he field.The Ser pentwas cur sed and
transf
ormedf rom anupr i
ghtani malt oabel l
ycr awl
ingreptil
e
—asnake!Wi thouthi sli
mbs, dustwoul dbecomeapar tofhis
dieteverytimehef eedshi mself— "dustshal tt houeatallthe
day soft hyli
fe".Thecur seofsi nont heSer penthasev en
causedal lsnakestobearhi sname— ser pentine!Remember ,
hewentonhi sbel lyaf terthecur se,andnotbef ore![See
Appendi x15.]

I
nGenesi s3:15,Godprophesied,"
Iwillputenmi
tybetween
theeandt hewoman,andbet weent hyseedandherseed."
Thisconcl
usivel
yprov
edthattheSerpentwoul
dhavehisseed
asthewomanwoul dhavehers.

WOMAN' SCURSE
"
Unt
ot hewomanHesai d,
Iwillgr
eatlymult
ipl
ythysorr
owand
t
hyconcepti
on;insor
row t
houshal tbr
ingfort
hchil
dren;and
t
hydesir
eshall
betothyhusband,andheshallrul
eoverthee.
"
—Genesis3:
16

Thefir
stpar
tofthi
sver
seshoul
dalsocauseustounder
stand
thatt
hesexualor
ganwast
heguil
tymemberofthebodyinthe
actofsi n.I twast hatpar toft hewomanwhi chGodhad
cursed.Heal soi ncr easedt henumberofherconcept ions.( A
studyofani malsshowst hatt hehi ghert heani mal thel esseri s
thenumberofi t
sconcept ions.Thewoman' sconcept ionand
sorrow ar eGREATLYMULTI PLI ED.)Si ncet henev erywoman
hasherconcept i
onper i
odataboutev er y28day sor13t i
mes
ay ear .Andcoupl edwi theachper i
odt her ei st hatgr eatsor row
ofphy sicalandemot ionalt ensi on.Tr uly ,"ev erytransgr ession
and di sobedience r ecei ved a j ustr ecompense ofr ewar d"
(Heb. 2:2b) .
Allthese woul d hav e been av oided ifEv e had
partakenoft heDi v i
neTr eeofLi feint hemi dstoft hegar den
i
nst eadoft heper vertedandpl easur ableTr eeofKnowl edgeof
GoodandEv i
lwhi chwasi nt hemi dstoft hesamegar den.The
women' ssor r
owandconcept i
onwer emul tipli
edasar esul tof
theactofpl easurabl esexwhi chwascont rar ytotheDi vinewi l
l
andpur poseofGod.[ SeeAppendi x14. ]Thephr ase:" t
hydesi re
shal lbet othyhusband" ,cer tainlyalludest ot hef actt hatEv e
musthav eear l
iersubj ect edherdesi ret osomeoneel se.I t
coul dnotbepl ainert hatEv ehadf i
rstsubj ectedherdesi r
et o
theSer pentwhenshe" saw t hatt het reewasgoodf orf ood,
andt hatitwaspl easantt ot heey es,andat reetobedesi r
edt o
makeonewi se,shet ookoft hef r
uitt her eof,anddi deat ,
...
"
(Gen. 3:6).St.
Paul,i n hist eachi ng concer ning the st at e of
vir
gi nityoft heChur ch,madement i
onoft heseduct ionofEv e
byt heSer pentwhenhesai d,i n2Cor i
nt hi ans11: 2-3:"ForIam
j
eal ousov ery ouwi t
hgodl yj ealousl y:forIhav eespousedy ou
toonehusband, thatImaypr esenty ou
asachast ev i
rgint oChr ist.ButIf ear ,lestbyanymeans,as
theser pentbegui led
(Greek: exapatao[ notapat ao] ;thatis, thor oughl yseduced)Ev e
throughhi ssubt i
lty,
soy ourmi ndsshoul dbecor rupt edf rom t hesi mpl icit
yt hati s
i
nChr i
st .
"
Yes,Adam' swifewast horoughlydeceiv edandseducedbyt he
Serpent!Shesol dthewomendownt her iver
,sotospeak,by
herdisobedience.Evennow,t hosewhoar ebornoft heSpiri
t
ofGod,mustsubmi tthemsel v
est ot heirhusbands,asunt o
theLord,forthemani stheheadoft hewoman, evenasChr i
st
i
st heHeadofHi sChurch( Eph.5:
22- 24).Thosewiv eswho
despiseanddi sobeytheirhusbands, anddomi neeroverthem,
areviol
ati
ngadi vinel
awofGod.

ADAM' SCURSEThej udgmentt hatGodhadpr onouncedupon

Adam wasacur seont hegr ound( Genesi s3:17-19)andnot
uponhi sreproductiveor ganbecauseAdam wasnotdecei v ed
i
ntot ransgressingt hel aw.Ev ewas.( 1Tim. 2:
14).ButAdam
l
istenedt oherandj oi nedheri nhersi n.Adam knew whathe
wasdoi ngwhenhehear kenedt ohiswi fe.Bei ngtakenf r
om
hisside,shewasapar tofhi m.Heknew shewoul dbel ost
becauseofhersi n.Ther efore,i
nor dert or edeem her ,hemust
i
dent i
fyhimselfwi t
hhersi n.So, Adam knowi nglyjoinedEvei n
hersin.Andhi sactbr oughtDEATHi ntot hewor l
d.
"Wheref or
e,asbyonemansi nent eredi nt
ot hewor l
d,and
deathbysi n;andsodeat hpasseduponal lmen,f orthatall
havesi nned:Forunt ilt hel aw sinwasi nt hewor l
d:butsini s
notimput edwhent her ei snol aw.Nev er thelessdeat hrei
gned
fr
om Adam t oMoses,ev enov erthem t hathadnotsi nned
aft
erthesi mili
tudeofAdam' stransgression,
WHOI STHEFI GUREOFHI M THATWASTOCOME. "
—Romans5: 12-14

ADAM ISTHEFI GUREOFHI M THATWASTOCOME.How i s

thatso? Adam r edeemed his wi f
e back t o hi
mself by
i
denti
fyi
nghimselfwithhertransgression.Remember ,Adam
hadnoformerlustandknewnosi n.Similar
ly,
JesusChrist
,the
l
astAdam, i
denti
fi
edHimselfwithHisf al
lenBrideandbecame
sinforhert hatshemi ghtbecomet her i
ghteousnessofGod.
Butini denti
fyi
ngHimselfwi t
hfall
enman,t heredempt i
veact
ofthel astAdam ( JesusChr i
st)broughtLI FEbackt oman.
Witht heWat erandt heBl oodthatflowedf r
om t hesideof
JesusChr i
statCal vary
,GodmadeaBr i
def orHim.Read
Romans5: 12-21;1Cor i
nthi
ans15:21,22,
45.Amen!( Ty
peand
anti
type—not hi
ngcouldbeanycl earer!
)Wear ereconci
ledto
theLivingTreeofLife,notaf r
uitt
reebutt heLi vi
ngandWi se
God!

Themanandhi swif
ewer ethendri
venoutoft heGar denof
Eden.TheGardenofEdenwasGod' sdelight
.Any t
hingnotin
accor
dancewithGod'slaw — God'
sharmony— coul dnotbe
bornther
e.Hence,asahy bri
dwasbei ngconcei vedinthe
wombofEv e,thecouplehadtobedr i
venoutoft heGar den.
Thehybri
dwast heSer
pent'
sseed,aseedofdiscrepancy.

SincetheFall,manhasbeent oil
i
ngbyt i
ll
i
ngt heear
thand
weedingoffthor
nsandthi
stl
estoobt ainhi
sfood.Hehadlost
hishousehol
dser v
ant
,theSerpent-
kind,whowast het
il
lerof
theground.

MOTHER OFALLLI VI
NGGenesi s3: 20i sav er yinteresting
versethatmostChr ist
iansov erl
ook.Ashor tst at
ementsuch
as this would have gi ven many an under standi ng oft he
SerpentSeeddoct ri
neift heyhadpai dcloseat t
ent i
ont oitand
meditatedoni t.Unfort
unat el
y,manysi mplyby passedi t.
"And
Adam calledhiswife'
snameEv e;.
..
"
Thenamewasgi venonl yafterthecur sewaspr onounced.
Beforethat,shewascal ledWoman( Gen.2:
23).Ev emeansl i
f e-
giv
er;li
fegi vi
ng;"becauseshewast hemot herofal lli
ving"
(Gen.3:
20b).Shewast hemot herofCai nandAbel ,herf i
rst
twosons.Butonl yoneoft hem wasofAdam.I ftheywer e
bothofAdam,Adam woul dnothavenamedhi swifeEv
e.The
reason:t
heseed comesf rom themale.Rightl
yso,Adam
shouldbecall
edt hefatherofallli
vi
ng.ButCainwasnothis
seed;Adam di
dnotf atherhi m.TheSerpentdi
d.ThusAdam
wasnotthefatherofall
livi
ng!

GENESI S 4One v erse whi ch confoundsmanyChr i

stiansi s
Genesis4:1."AndAdam knewEv ehiswi f
e;andsheconcei v ed,
andbar eCain, andsai d,Ihav egot t
enamanf rom t heLor d."It
appearst othem t hatCai nwast hesonofAdam.Butadeeper
studyoft hechapt ergivesusabet terl i
ghttot hev erse.The
word" knew"i nv erses1 and 25 meanshav i
ng aposi tiv
e
knowledgeofconcept i
on.Adam " knew"Ev etwiceonl y(verses
1and25)butbr oughtf ort
ht hreesons.Yet ,whenwest udyt he
restofchapt er4,wer eali
z ethatthev erychar act er
sofCai n
andAbelwer eext r
emel ydi ff
erent.Ther efore,oneoft hem
couldnotbeasonofAdam.
Alll
if
e,goodorev i
l,comesf rom God( Isaiah45: 7; Acts17: 28).
AndEv ecoul dnotbemor erightwhenshesai d:" Ihavegot t
en
amanf r
om t heLor d.
"[SeeAppendi x1i nSECTI ON I-Q&A
Presentati
onPar t1-2.]

THERELI GIONOFCAI NANDABEL

"Andinthepr ocessofti
mei tcamet opass,t
hatCai
nbrought
ofthefr
ui tofthegroundanof fer
inguntotheLor
d.AndAbel,
healsobr oughtoft hefir
stl
ingsofhisf l
ockandofthef at
ther
eof.
"
—Genesi s4:3-4a

Abelpossessedtherevelat
ion(
from God)oft
heev ent
swhich
tr
anspi
redintheGardenofEdent hatledt
otheFall
ofmankind
whenhesl ew thefi
rstbornofhisflockandoffer
edt hem t
o
God.Godhaddonet hesamewhenHeshedt hebloodoftwo
ani mal st ocov ert hesi nandgui ltofhi spar ent s,Adam and
Ev e.Abel 's offer i
ng was a r ighteous one whi ch pl eased
God. Ont heot herhand,Cai n,bei ngt hesonoft heSer pent ,did
notpossesssuch a r ev elati
on.Though he wasr aised up
toget herwi thAbelandt aughtt hesameTr uthandKnowl edge
ofGodbyAdam andEv e,henev err eallypossessedt hef ul
l
rev elati
onofi t
.( Truer ev el
at i
onofGod' sTr uthscanonl ybe
recei vedbysonsanddaught ersofGod. )Likehi sdaddy ,Cai n
wasat il
leroft hegr oundandhebr oughtunt oGodanof fering
oft hef ruitoft hegr ound.Thef r
uitoft hecur sedgr oundwas
hisachi evementandpr ide.I nt hesweatofhi sbr owandwi th
hisownhandshehadt i
ll
edt hegr oundt oobt ainwhathe
thoughtwoul dpl easeGod.Hi swor kswer eev ilint hatt hey
wer e sel f-
righteous ( 1Jhn. 3:12;I sa.64:6). Cai n was not
spi ri
tual,buthe was cer tainlyr eligious.The pr esentday '
s
paganr eligions, orwor shi ps,whi chpr acti
set heof feri
ngoft he
fruitsoft hegr ound,suchasf ruit
s,f l
ower sorv egetabl es,ar e
tracedt oCai nast hef ounder .
Abelpr act i
sedt het ruer el i
gion( f
rom r e-
li
go— t obi ndback) .
Heknew byr evelationwhoGodwasandwhatGodexpect ed
ofhi m.Tr uewor shipper swor shi pGod,byr evelat i
on,inspi ri
t
andi ntruth( Jhn.4:22- 24) .

THESATANI C TRAITSOFCAI NI nthemur derofAbel ,three

devi
li
shtrait
swer emani fest
edi nCain,thesonoft heSer pent.
ReadGenesi s4:8-9.Themur derousorl yi
ngnat uredoesnot
come from God;i tcomes f rom Sat an (Jhn.10:10;11: 25;
Num.23:19).Jesussai dthatSat an"wasamur dererfr
om t he
begi
nning"andthat" heisaliar,andthef at
herofi t
"(Jhn.8:44).
Hisrebell
i
ousnat urewasmani fest
edinCai nwhenhe( Cai n)
defi
antl
yshoutedatGod, sayi
ng: "Am Imybr other'
skeeper ?!"
Thesetrai
tsalonear eenoughpr oofsthatCainwasnotason
ofAdam whowasasonofGod.
CAIN'SPEOPLE
Genesis4: 16-24ist her ecordofCai n'
sowngeneal ogy.Hi s
wasagr eatpeople,f ullofintel
lectualknowledge.Theybui l
t
cit
ies,theymadeweaponsandt heywer egreatinvent or
s.I n
theirday s,they wer ear enowned peopl e — giant s,bot h
ment al
ly and phy sically. The r ecord also cont ains t he
mur derousactofLamech,t hegreat,great,greatgrandsonof
Cain.Hewast hefirstper sont ogoagai nstGod' swi l
lofone
man, one wi fe (Gen. 2:23-24). He mar ri
ed t wo wi ves.
(Polygamywasper mi ttedofGodonl yaftertheFloodwhent he
seedsofAdam ( t
hroughSet h)andCai nwer ealreadymi xed.
Undert hepr esentGr aceAge,Bi bl
eBel i
everswhopr actise
polygamyar eguiltyofcommi tt
ingadul t
ery.ReadMat thew
19:9;Luke16:18.)

SETH'SPEOPLE
Thedescendant sofSethf rom EnostoNoahasr ecor
dedin
Genesis5:6-32wer edif
ferentfrom t
heCai ni
tes.Theywere
si
mplef ol
ks,mai nl
yshepherdsandgoatherds.Therewasnot
anyli
ar,murdererorpol
ygami stamongthem.

THEI NTERMARRI AGEOFTHESEEDS

"Therewer egi
antsi nt
heeart
hi nt
hosedays;andalsoaf
ter
that,
whent hesonsofGodcamei nunt
othedaught
ersofmen,
andt heybarechil
drent
othem,thesamebecamemi ght
ymen
whichwer eofold,menofr
enown."
—Genesi s6:4

Asthepopulati
onoft hetwopeoplesincreased,thesonsof
God(Sethi
cmen)wer etempt
edbyt heseduct i
vebeautyofthe
daught
ersofmen( Caini
cwomen)t hattheytooktheseCai ni
c
womenast heydesi
redandcohabi
tedwit hthem (
Gen.6:1-
2).
Because oft he genet ic disturbances resulting f r
om t hese
i
ntermi ngli
ng bet ween t he f all
en chil
dren ofGod and t he
chil
dren of men,many gi antof f
spri
ng wer e bor n.[See
Appendi x4i nSECTI ON I-Q&A Pr esentat
ionPar t3-7.]The
wor d"giants"doesnotmeant hatthepeoplewer et allandbig
i
nsi ze;manywer e" gi
ant s"int houghtsandi ntellectaswel l
.
Thuswer et heycal l"mightymen" ,"
menofr enown" .Butthe
"everyimagi nati
onoft het hought sofhi shear twasonl yevi
l
continuall
y"( Gen.6:5).They wer e desperat ely wi cked and
corrupted,and" theear thisf il
ledwi t
hv i
olencet hrought hem"
(Gen.6:13).Mor eover,theNameofJehov ahmusthav ebeen
muchmor epr ofanedi nt heiridolatr
ouswor shipt hanwasi n
Enos'gener at
ion.AndEnoch,t heseventhf r om Adam,was
rai
sedupt opr ophesyagai nstt heseungodl i
ness( Jude14, 15)
.

ONEFLESH—TWOPEOPLE
The cr ossing oft he t wo lines ofpeopl e,gener ati
on af t
er
gener ati
on,f rom Enoch t o Noah,nat ur all
y caused t he
bloodst r
eam oft hesonsofGodt obeper vertedwi ththeev il
natureoft heSer pentseed.Thespi ri
tualqual ityofdi v i
ne
revelati
onwi thinthem gr adual l
ybecamewat ereddown.Ev il
attr
ibutes wer e bred ( i
ncreased)whi lethe r i
ght eous trai
ts
diminished( decr eased)t hroughoutt hosegener ationsuntilthe
twopeopl esbecameonef l
esh.Thei ntermingl i
ngoft heseeds
wassocompl eteint hegener ati
onpr i
ortot heFl oodt hatal l
thepeopl eoft heear thwer ei nvolved.Noah,whowast helast
ofthepur er i
ghteousf i
rstbornoft heSethicl i
ne( Gen.5:
28-29) ,
alsot ookt owi feaCai nite,orawomanofmi xedseed.

PURESERPENTRACEDESTROYEDI NFLOOD
AllpureSerpent
-peopl
e(pur
eCaini
tes)weredestr
oyedint
he
Fl
ood along wit
ht hehybri
drace.OnlyNoah'sf ami
lywas
sparedbytheGraceofGoduponNoah( Gen.
6:8,
18)
.
SERPENTNATURELI VESI NALLFLESHShor tl
yaftert heFlood
theser penti
nenat urebegant omani festi tsel
f.Andoft he
thr
eesonsofNoah,i twasmani f est
edmor emar kedlyi nHam
whocommi t
tedincest( aper ver tedsex ual act)withhismot her.
Noahwasatt hattimedeaddr unkandl yi
ngnakedi nhi stent.
ReadGenesi s9: 20-23,Lev it
icuschapt ers18and20,andpay
specialattenti
on t o 18:6- 8;20: 11,17.[ See Appendi x6 i n
SECTI ONI-Q&APr esent ationPar t3-7.]Noahdi dnotbearany
mor eseedot hert hanJaphet h,Ham andShem," andoft hem
wast hewhol eear thov er spread"( Gen. 9:18-19).Thus,ev ery
personbor nintot hewor ldsi ncet heni st r
acedbackt othese
thr
eesonsf ort hei nher i
tanceoft heSer pentnat ure.[See
Appendi x3inSECTI ONI-Q&APr esentationPar t1-2.]
Everyonepossessespar toft heAdami cnat ur ewhichi sgodl y
andpar toft heser penti
nenat ur ewhi chi sbeast lyandev i
l.
Everyonei sahy brid.Wear eal lmadeofonebl ood( Acts
17:26).And" allhav esinned,andcomeshor toft hegl oryof
God"( Rom.3:23).For t hi s cause God r equir
ed i nnocent
animals as sacr i
fi
ces f ort he at onementofman' s soul
thr
oughoutt he Ol d Test amenter a.( Read Lev iti
cus 17: 11;
Hebrews9: 22.)

GOD'SWAYOFRESTORATI ON OFMANKI ND However"itis

notpossibl
ethatthebl oodofbul l
sandofgoatsshouldtake
awaysins"(Heb.10:
4)becauset heycoul
dnotper f
ectthose
whoof f
eredthem (Hebr ews10:1-3)
.Thel
ifeofthesacri
ficial
animalcoul
dnotr eturnt operf
ectthebel
iever
,thesacri
fi
cer .
Andso a bettersacr i
fi
ce was needed.Ther eis a bet t
er
sacri
fi
ce!Thepr omisedseedoft hewomani nGenesis3: 15
hascome.JesusChr ist,theSonofGod,wasbor ntobr uise
theheadoft heSerpentWhowasnoneot herthantheDev il
.
Satan,t
headv er
saryofGod,coul donlybr
uisetheheelofour
LordJesus,t ohinderHi swor kbutcoul dnev erdest royHi m.
TheLor dJesus,Whowasbor noft heVi rgi
nMar y ,wasGod
manifesti nf l
esh.Heby passedt heser penti
nenat urewhi ch
wasi nt hedegr adedbl oodofMar y,asi nner.Ther efore,Hi s
Bloodwaspur eandsi nl
ess.He" isthemedi atorofabet ter
covenant "(Heb.8:6)"bywhi chwi llwear esanct if
iedt hrough
the offering oft he body ofJesus Chr i
stonce f oral l
"
(Heb.10:10),"forbyoneof feri
nghehat hper fectedf orever
them thatar esanct i
fi
ed"(Heb.10:14).
Butwecannotbesanct ifi
edunt ilwear ebor nagai noft he
Spiri
t of God ( Jhn. 3:
3-8;11: 25,26;1Pet .
1:2;Rom. 3:26;
1Jhn.1:9).Wi t
houtt heBapt i
sm oft heHol ySpi r
it,whichi sthe
NewBi r
th,wecannotent erintotheKi ngdom ofGodandsee
LIFE,forwear ebor nofsi nfulflesh,comi ngi ntot hewor ld
speaking lies,hating,cov et
ing,hav ing sensualdesi r
esand
doingev eryevilwor k.

"YEMUSTBEBORNAGAI N"Soweneedt obebor nagai noft he

Spiritoft hel astAdam ( theSeedofGod)andl etHi sSeed
(Spirit
)" de-hybr i
dize"t heser pentinenat ureoutofusbyHi s
Wor d.ReadJohn6: 63;1Cor inthi
ans15: 45;1John3: 9.Then
theLI FEoft hatLambofGodwoul dreturnupont heBel ieverto
perfecthi m.Thus," i
fChr i
stbe i ny ou,t he bodyi s dead
becauseofsi n;butt heSpi ri
ti slif
ebecauseofr i
ghteousness"
(Romans8: 10) .
"Andy ouhat hHequi ckened, whower edeadi ntrespassesand
sins;wher ei
ni ntimepasty ewal kedaccor dingt othecour se
oft hiswor l
d,accor di ngt ot hepr inceoft hepoweroft heair
,
thespi ri
tthatnowwor kethint hechi l
drenofdi sobedience:
amongwhom al soweal lhadourconv ersati
oni ntimespasti n
thel ustsofourf lesh,
fulf
illi
ngt hedesi r
esoft hefleshandoft hemi nd;andwer eby
natur ethechi ldrenofwr ath,ev enasot her s.
ButGod,whoi sr i
chi nmercy
,forhi
sgreatl
ovewher
ewi
thhe
l
ov edus,
evenwhenwewer edeadi nsi
ns,
hathquickenedustogetherwit
hChri
st,
(bygracey ear
esav ed)"
—Ephesi ans2:1-
5

~~~~~~~~~~~
A-9. "MI SSI NGLI NK"
This"mi ssingl i
nk"cer t
ainlydoesnotf i
tintoChar lesDar wi n'
s
theoryofev oluti
on.Animal sdi dnotevol
vef rom al owerf or m
ofli
fe,nei t
herdi dManev olvefrom themonkey .TheBi bl
esay s
thateachspeci esofcr eatureswascr eatedsepar atelyand
dist
inctivelyf r
om t heot hers.ExceptfortheSer pent ,allthe
otheranimal sexi sttodayint hesamef ormi nwhicht heyhav e
beencr eatedsi ncet hebegi nningofti
me.Thebi rdsbui l
dt heir
nestsandr aiset hei
ry oungast heyalwayshav e.Thebees
constructt heirhoneycombsast heyalway shav edone.The
beaversbui ldt heirdams.Butonl yManal onehast hef acul t
y
ofimpr ovinghi slot.

Accordi
ngt otheaccountintheBookofGenesi s,Godcr eated
theli
vi
ngthingsbeginni
ngfrom thel owesttot hehighestform.
Forexampl e,Hecr eated t
hef rog bef orethemonkey ;the
chimpanzeebeforetheSerpent,andf inall
yHecr eatedMant o
havedomi ni
onov eral
lthecreatures.Andsi ncetheSer pentis
nolongerinitsorigi
nalfor
mi nwhi chhewascr eatedbef ore
hewascur sed,t
hereisa"missingl i
nk".
A-10. HYBRI D—STERI LE—DEATH

Bearinmindthatther
ei sav astdif
fer
encebet
weenanimals
and man.Man has a " spi
ri
tualsoul"butani
mals do not.
Animal
swer ecreated dir
ect
lyf r
om thedustoftheear th,
wher easManwasf irstcreat
edaspi ri
t,whi chwast hei mage
ofGod, bef orehewasputi nt
oabodyofdust ,whi chwasaf t
er
thel ikenessoft het heophanyofGod( Gen.1:26,27;2: 7).For
hy bridani mal s,t heir" death"isphy sical( physicalst eril
ity—
unf ruitful,driedup) .Asf orman,Godi smor econcer nedwi th
hispr ecioussoul thanhi sbodyofdust .So, when" deat h"came
upon man,i twas a spi ri
tualdeat h( spir
itualst eri
li
ty—
unf ruitful,driedup) .IttakestheHol ySpi ri
tofGodt omakehi m
fruitfulbyqui ckeni nghi m( Jhn.6:63;1Pet .3:
18) .Thewat erof
God' sWor dwi llqui ckenhi mt o" l
if
e"andcausehi mt obring
forthspi ritualf ruitsoft heSpi r
itofLi fe.Di dnotJesussay ,
"Exceptamanbebor nofwat erandoft heSpi r
it,hecannot
ent eri ntot heki ngdom ofGod? "(Jhn.3:5).

A-11. FORNI CATI ON

Whent hedemon- possessedSer pentcameunt oEv et otempt
her, hecastaspel lofdoubtov erherbyaski ng, "Yea, hathGod
said,...
? "(Gen.3:1).Thef act ,asweknow i t ,ist hatGodhad
said.Bydi slocatingawor d,andmi splacingi t,Sat anwasabl e
tomi srepresent ,ort ogiveaf alsei nterpretationof ,theTr uth
thatGod had or i
ginal
lyl aid down.A f irm st at
ementor
commandbecameadoubt ingquest ion.Themomentt hatEv e
wascompl etelyper suadedbyt heSer pentt obel ievehi swor d
—" Yeshal lnotsur el
ydie:f orGoddot hknowt hati nthedayy e
eatt her eof,theny ourey esshal lbeopened, andy eshal lbeas
gods, knowi nggoodandev il"(Gen. 3:4b-5),andt ooki tint
oher
mind( herhear t)andhadi nt ercour sewi thi t,shecommi tted
spiritualf ornication by hy bridizing the l i
e wi t
ht he Divine
Commandment( Truth)ofGodt hatwasgi vent oher.Thent he
phy sicalactoff ornicati
onwi tht heSer pentwascommi t
ted,
andDEATHwasi ntroducedi ntot hewor ld.

Ev
ecommi
tt
edspi
ri
tualf
orni
cat
ion:i
)whensheomi
tt
eda
porti
onofGod' sWor dregar
dingthef orbiddenfruitof"
the
tr
ee"— " oftheKnowledgeofGoodandEv il
";i
i)whenshe
addedtot heWordofGod—" neit
hershall
y etouchit"
;ii
i
)when
shechangedapor t
ionofwhatGodhadsai d— " Thoushal
t
surel
ydie"to"l
estyedie"
,makingthedef i
nitecommandment
ofGodacondi t
ional
one.

Apparentl
y,whatEv ehaddonei sthev erysamet hi
ngt hat
manyChr i
stiansar edoi
ngtoday.Rel
igi
ousleadersar
eaddi ng
thei
rowncr eedsanddogmast otheWor dofGod,andal so
changingtheWor dofGodbyt wist
ingtheScri
ptur
estofitthei
r
dogmasandi nt
erpret
ati
ons.Andwhent heyareconfronted
withtheTruthwhi chisnoti
naccordwi t
hthei
rteachi
ngs,they
wouldjustsimplyomi tthepor
ti
onoft heScri
ptur
es,orignore
them completely
.

A-12. LAWSNOTPERSONS
Duet ot heirl ackofspi ri
tualunder standi ngoft heWor dofGod
andt het eachi ngoft heLaodi ceanChur chAgeMessenger ,
Wi l
l
iam M.Br anham,cer tainBiblebel i
ev er sinsistthatthet wo
"tr
ees"" int hemi dstoft hegar den"wer eJesusChr i
stand
Satan,orJesusChr i
standt heSer pent ,st andingsi debysi de
i
nt heGar denofEden.Thent herear esomewhocont endthat
the"trees"wer eEv eandt heSer pent ,orEv eandJesusChr i
st.
Sucher roneoust eachingsar ebasedont hemi sunder st
anding
of cer tain wor ds used i n t he Scr iptures; hence, t he
i
nconsi stencyi ntheirinterpretat
ions.[ Not e:Thei nconsistency
ofinterpret ationshascausedsomedenomi nationalChrist
ians
topokef unatt hedoct rinebysay i
ngt hati ftheSer pentwas
theTr eeofKnowl edge(assomesoi nter pret)andEv ehadsex
withhi m, thenAdam musthav ehadsexwi t
ht heSer penttoo.]
Genesi s2: 9bdoesnotsayt hatt het wot r
eesst oodsi deby
sideint hemi dstoft heGar denofEden.Al so, JesusChr ist
,the
SonofGod,coul dnothav ebeent her
ei ntheGar denofEden
asHewasnoty etbor n.Genesi s2:9bmer elystates" t
het ree
ofl ife also int he mi dstoft he gar den,and t he t r
ee of
knowl edgeofgoodandev i
l
."Thetwot reesar etwol awswhi ch
gov ernt hesexualr eproductiv
eor ganwhi chi sfoundi nt he
middl epar tofthehumanbody( thegar den) .TheTr eeofLi fe
i
st heDi vi
neWayorLawofLi f
e.ItistheDi vineTrut hgi venby
theDi v
ineGodf oret ernal(divi
ne)li
f e.Pr overbs3: 18say s,
"She ( thati s,wi sdom,v erses 13 and 19,whi ch ist he
personi fi
cati
onoft heCr eati
veDivineWor dofLi f
e)i sat reeof
l
ifet othem thatlayhol duponher :andhappyi sev er yonet hat
retainethher."
A-13. PLEASANT—WI SE

Genesi s3:6say st hatt hetr eewas" pleasantt ot heey es, anda

treet obedesi redt omakeonewi se..
."Howcoul dt heeat i
ngof
thef ruitofthef orbiddent reemakeonewi se?Thewor d" wise"
i
sdef inedashav ingt hepowerofdi scer nmentandj udgement .
Theuseoft hiswor dcar ri
esaf arr eachi ngi mpl icati
on.Pagan
reli
gions,al lofwhi ch came f rom Baby lon,hav et he i dea
permeat edamongt heirfol lower st hatwi sdom coul dcome
throught hepowerofsexuali nvolvementout sideoft heDi vi
ne
Law ofMan- Womanr elation.Hence,t hewor shipofsexi n
paganr eligi
onswhi chembodi edpr ostitut i
on.Di dnotSt .Paul
sayi nRomanschapt er1t hatment ookt owor shippi ngt he
creatur er at
hert hant heCr eat or?Upt ot hisdayt hel ieoft he
Ser pentt hatwi sdom coul dbedi scov eredi nsexualexper ience
stil
lhol dst ruef ormanypr omi scuousmal esandf emal es,
adul t
s and t eenager s alike. The wor d" pleasant "( Hebr ew:
"taavah" )meansal onging,byi mplicat i
on,adel i
ght ,dai nty,
desi r
e,gr eedy ,lust i
ng.Thi swor di st i
eddi r
ect lytot hewor d
"food" ,"desire"and" wi se"
.WhenEv e" saw t hatt het reewas
goodf orf ood,andt hati twaspl easantt ot heey es,andat ree
tobedesir
edtomakeonewise,
.
.."i
tinv
olvedthecardi
nalsi
ns
of"t
helustofthefl
esh,
andt
helustoftheeyes,andthepri
de
ofl
if
e"(1Jhn.
2:16)
.

A-14. SEXUALUNI ON
Itist ruet hat" mar riagei shonour ablei n all,and t hebed
undef ied"( Hebr ews13: 4).Godcr eatedt hemanandwoman
phy sicallydi fferentf rom,butcompl ement aryt o,eachot her.
THEYWERECREATEDSEXUALLYDI FFERENTSOTHATTHEY
COULDPROCREATEBYPHYSI CALUNI ON.Li keal lspeci esof
plantsandani mal s,wher et herear emal eandf emal e,itwas
thei ntent i
onofGodt hatt heywoul dbr ingf orth" seedsaf ter
theirki nd"byphy sicaluni on.Sexualuni onwasi ntendedt hat
thet woshal lbeonef lesh— r esultingi nt hebi rthoft heir
offspr i
ng( Genesi s2: 24).Int hebegi nningwhenGodj oi nedt he
Womant ot heMani nhol ymat r
imony ,pr ocreationwasHi s
primar yobj ect i
ve,notsex ualpl easur e.Adam andEv ewer e
supposedt ocomet oget herinsexualuni ononl yi ntheseason
oflifet opar takeoft hatTr eeofLi f
e,whi chwoul dbr ingf orth
sonsanddaught ersofGodwhi chGodhaddesi red.Because
Eve hear kened t ot he whi sper s oft he Ser pentand was
enchant edwi tht heTr eeoft heKnowl edgeofGoodandEv i
l
(Per v
er tedKnowl edge) ,and" saw t hatt het r
eewasgoodf or
food,andt hati twaspl easantt otheey es,andat reet obe
desi r
edt omakeonewi se, shet ookoft het reet hereof, anddi d
eat".She l ust ed f or t hat knowl edge by what she saw
(under stood)ofi t,and notknowi ng t hatshe was bei ng
decei ved, shef ornicat edwi tht heSer pent .

AftertheFal
l,
humanbei ngshav ebecomewhatt heyar
etoday
—l oversofpleasure!Hav ey ouev erseenanimalscoming
togetherj
ustforsexualpleasure?Theycopulat
eonlyforthe
solepurposeofpropagati
ngt heirspeci
es.Butl
ookathuman
bei
ngs today
.Itis of
ten sai
dt hatt
heybehav
e mor
eli
ke
ani
mals.That
'sanugl
yunderst
atement
.

A-15. THESERPENT' SMATE

We know t hatGod cr eated allcr eatures i
n pai rs.What
happenedt ohi smat ewhent heSer pentwascur sedt obea
snakeamongt her ept
il
ef amily
? Hismat ewascur sedt ogether
withhimt hatt heymi ghtr eproducet heirki
ndi nt hesnake
famil
y.WhenGoddest royedKor ah,Dat hanandAbi r
am f or
rebel
li
ngagai nstMosesandhi sl eadership,Healsodest r
oy ed
thei
rwi v
est ogetherwi t
ht hem ( Num. 16:27,
31,32).Readal so
Daniel6:
24.
TheDoct r
ineoft heSerpentSeed
and
TheDoct r
ineoft heOrigi
nal Si
n...
(cont'd)

TheSer
pentSeed

THEORI
GINALSI
N

Aut
hor
:Ri
char
dl.
s.Gan

SECTI
ONI-
--QUESTI
ON&ANSWERPRESENTATI
ONPar
t3-
7

3
THEI
NTERMARRI
AGEOFTHETWOPEOPLE

Genesi
s6:4statest hatthereweregiant
sinthosedaysbef
ore
and aft
ert he Flood.[ See Appendix 4.
]The giant
s,both
physi
caland intell
ectual,wereborn asar esultofgeneti
c
di
stur
bancescausedbyt hecohabi
tati
onbetweenthesonsof
God(Seth'
speopl e)andt hedaught
ersofmen( Cai
n'
speopl
e).

Sinceallt heAdami cf i
rst
bornwer ement ionedupt oNoah
(Gen.5),
wecanbev erysurethat,exceptforNoah,t hei
rwi ves
wereoft heirownbl oodli
ne( Seth'
s).Howev er,manyoft he
othersonsanddaught er
sofeachf i
rstbor
nhadbecomef all
en
sonsanddaught ersofGod.TheScr i
pturesst at
et hatt he
"sons ofGod"( Sethic men)t ook the "daught er
s ofmen"
(Caini
cwomen)becauset heywer ebeaut iful(cf
.Gen. 6:2).
Perhaps,t heSethicwomenmar r
iedtheCai nicmenbecause
theywer et al
landbrawny.Notonl ywer etheyunequal l
yy oked
withCain'speoplei ncohabit
ation,ormar riage,buttheyal so
tookt otheCai ni
te'
sev i
lwaysofl i
vi
ng,andhence,cor rupted
themselves.

~~~~~~~~~~~

THEFLOOD

The conti
nualint
ermarri
age ofthe two lines caused t
he
condi
ti
onofGenesi s6t oprev
ailtosuchanext entthatGod
hadtojudgethewor ldofi
tswickedness.TheFloodcamei n
Noah'
st i
me,butallthepureSethi
cfir
stbor
nhadt oleav
ethe
scenebeforejudgementcould bepassed upont heworld.
(Thistypesthe" Churchoft hef i
rstborn",whoar epur einthe
fai
th,the"fi
rstf
ruit
sofhi screatures"thatwillbet akenof ft
he
wor l
d beforet r
ibulat
ion setsi n.
)Ofal lthe sons ofGod
(chi
ldrenofSeth),onlyNoahwasaj ustandper fectman,who
walkedwi thGodandf oundGr acei nt heey esofGodt ogo
overt heFloodwi thhi sfamily.(WhyNoah,af ir
stborn,was
madet ogot hr
ought he" t
ri
bulati
on"Fl ood,i
sdi sclosedinthe
foll
owingtopic.
)

~~~~~~~~~~~

DI
DTHESERPENTSEEDGETOVERTHEFLOOD?

Therewer eeightsoulsint heArk.Theywer eNoah( apure

Sethit
e)andMr s.
Noah,andShem,Ham,Japhet h,andt heir
wives.Wast her
eanypur edescendantofCaini
ntheAr k?Was
thereanyseedoft heSerpentcarr
iedovertheFl
ood?Howdi d
theserpent
inenaturegetovertheFlood?Andwhocar r
iedit?

SinceNoahwasapur eSet hit

eitonlyremai nsf ort heother
sevenmember stobei dentifi
ed.Alt
hought hepur eSet hi
tes
maybel edt opart
akeoft heCaini
cl i
festy l
e,theydi dnot
possess int heirblood the genes oft he Dev il
-possessed
Serpent.Itisclearf
rom Genesi s9:19thatev erypersonbor n
ont hi
sear t
hcanbet racedt ooneofthet hreesonsofNoah—
Shem, Ham, andJapheth—" Thesearethet hreesonsofNoah:
andoft hem wast hewhol eear t
hoverspread." Noahandhi s
wifedidnothav eanymor esonordaughter .TheScr i
ptur
esdo
notl i
e:Noahhadonl yShem,Ham andJaphet h.Hence,there
wasnotasi ngl
epureCai nit
eorseedoft heSer pentintheAr k.
[SeeAppendi x5.]
I
nGenesis9:20-
24itisr
ecordedthatHam commi tt
edincest
wi
thhismot her
,Mrs.Noah.Thisactwascommi ttedwhen
Noahwasdr unkandlyi
ngnakedi nhi
st ent.Bot
hHam and
Mrs.Noahweregui
lt
yofaperver
tedsexualact.

Note:Toy ouwhodonotunder standt heterms" uncovered"

and" thenakednessofhi sfather",Isuggestthaty oustudy
Levi
ticuschapters18and20.Thechapt er
sdealwi thlaws
for
biddingactsofi mmoral
it
yandt hepenalt
iesforthosewho
commi t
tedanysuchact s.Accor dingtoLev i
ti
cus18: 8and
20:
11,amanwhol aywi
thhisfather'swif
ehaduncov er
edhi s
fat
her '
s nakedness.Read also Deut er
onomy 22: 30 and 1
Cori
nt hi
ans5:1.[
SeeAppendix6.]

Thus, weseet hatbothpartiesmani f

est
edt hewr ongspi ri
t—a
traitt hatcoul donlycomef rom t heDevi
lhi mselft hr
ought he
Ser pent .Ther ef
oreMr s.Noahwasobv iouslyaCai niteora
hy brid.( Cert
ainJewi shwr i
tingsst at
ethatshewasaCai nite.
Also,i nt hegeneal ogyofCai n'sdescendants,awomanbyt he
name ofNaamah was ment i
oned — Genesi s 4:22.Int he
recor dofgeneal ogy,womenwer enotment i
onedunl esst hey
play edapar tinthehi st
oryoft hepeople.WasNaamaht he
wi feofNoah? )AndsinceshewasHam' smot her,Ham wi t
hout
cont rov ersymusthav einher i
ted the genet i
ct rait
s oft he
Ser pentf r
om her.Howev er,Ham wasnotaSer pentseedashe
wasnotaCai nit
e,butahal f-
breedSethite.Likewise,hist wo
brot hers,Shem andJaphet h,alsopossessedt heser pentine
traits.

So,wehavet heri
ght
eousNoah(ofSet
h'sli
neage)andhis
Cai
nicorhybri
dwifewhogavebir
thtot
hreesonsofmi xed
bl
ood.Thesons,i
ntur
n,mostpr
obabl
ymarr
iedCaini
cwomen
orwomenofmi xedbl oodbecause,duringtheirt
ime,theear t
h
washeav il
ypopul atedbypeopl eofmi xedr acewhof il
ledthe
eart
h wi t
h wi ckedness,ev il
,and violence( Genesi
s6: 1-
13).
Remembert heCai nicwomen— " daught ersofmen"wer efair
(t
hat is,sexy and seduct ive,perhaps l ike moder n day
Jezebels)
.Wi thsuchcondi tionsprevaili
ng,thetrue"sonsof
God"—Set hi
tesmusthav ebeenwatereddownt onothing.

Note:SomeChr i
sti
ansbel
i
ev ethatNoahwasalsoami
xed
seedbecausehebecamedrunkaft
ertheFl
ood.

No,Noahwasapur eSethi
te.Hisdrunkennessdi dnotpr ove
other
wise.Dr unkennessisnotaneviltr
aitnori sitinher i
ted.I
t
wasnev erconsideredasinintheOldTest amentt i
mebutonl y
acur se( I
sa.5:
22-23;Prov.
23:19-
21).Int heNew Test ament
age,underGr ace,Paulhitoutatexcessivewi nedr inkingand
warnedt hatdrunkardscouldnotinheri
tt heKi ngdom ofGod
because,assai ntsofGod,ourbodiesar et het empl esoft he
HolySpirit
.Excessiv eal
coholwhent akeni ntot hebody ,not
onlynumbt hesenses,butgraduall
ydest royscer taintissues
ofthebody .(ReadEphesians5:18;1Timot hy3:3,8;Gal ati
ans
5:
16-26and1Cor i
nthi
ans6:9-
20.)

Noah' sindulgenceinexcessi v ewi nedr i

nkingcameuponhi m
mostpr obablyas a r esultoft he influence oft he mixed
populaceofhi sgener ati
onbef or etheFl ood.Hemusthav e
acquiredt heartofwi ne-maki nganddr inkingt hen.(Youmust
remembert hatt he peopl e ofAdam wer e simple people,
mai nl
ykeeper sofani mal s,andt hoseoft heSer pentwerenot
onlyt i
ll
ersoft hegroundbutal sogr eatachi eversinmany
fi
eldsofsci encebecauseoft heirimagi nati
v eandi nventi
ve
mi nds.)Noahbecameahusbandman,t ill
edt hegr oundand
plantedav i
neyardonlyaft ert
heFl ood(Gen. 9:20).
IfNoahwasami xedseedt henhi smot herwasei theraCai ni
c
womanoronewhowasami xedseed.Butt hegeneal ogyof
theAdami cf i
rstborndidnotendwi thhisf ather,Lamech.Read
Genesi s5.Itendedwi thNoahwhowasment i
onedwi thhi s
threesonst ogether ,ratherthanwi thJaphet hhi sf irstborn
alone.Also,Japhet hispl acedlastamongt hethr eesons.Thus,
the lastoft he pur er i
ghteous f ir
stborn was Noah.[ See
Appendi x7.](Exami net hegeneal ogyofCai ninGenesi s4: 16-
22andy oucanseet hatt helastoft hepur eSer pentf irstborn
wasLamech.Lamechhadt hreesonsandadaught erbyhi s
twowi ves,AdahandZi llah.Jabalwast hef irst
bor nofLamech,
and" hewast hef atherofsuchasdwel lint ents,andofsuch
ashav ecat tl
e"( verse20) .Thisv erseleadsust ounder stand
thatAdahcoul donl ybeaSet hiteasev idencedbyt hel i
fest yl
e
ofJabal .Jabal '
sdomi nantSet hi
cchar act eri
sticscoul donl y
hav ecomef rom her .Incont rast,Adah' ssecondson,Jubal ,
i
nher i
tedadomi nantCai nicnat urefor"hewast hef atherofal l
suchashandl ethehar pandor gan"( Gen.4:21).Thet hreesons
ofCai nicLamech wer eoft hesamegener ation asSet hi
c
Enochwhom God had r ai
sed up t o prophesyagai nstt hat
wicked and ev ilgener ation oft het wo peopl eswhen t hey
begant ointermar ry
.)

Allthepur
erighteousfir
stbornofAdam' sbloodhadt opass
awayf r
om thewi cked wor l
d befor
eGod' sj udgementwas
pouredoutbecauseGoddoesnott r
eattherighteousandthe
wickedali
ke(Gen. 18:
23,25;Psa.
1:5-6)
.Met huselahwast he
ol
destandthelast(pre-
Flood)patr
iar
chtodie.

Thoughhewasapur eri
ght
eousfir
stborn,Noahhadtogo
thr
oughthet
ri
bulat
ionoft
heFloodbecausehewasunequal
ly
yokedi
nmar r
iagewithawomanoft heworld,sot
ospeak.
Howev er,hefoundGraceintheeyesofGod( Gen.
6:8,
9)to
survi
vet heFloodwithhisfamil
y.(NoahtypestheFooli
sh
Vir
ginswhohav etoridethewaveoft heGreatTr
ibul
ati
on
peri
odt hati
ssoontocome.)

~~~~~~~~~~~

CONCLUSI
ON

In God' s ori
ginalpl an,Adam and Ev e were supposed t o
producesonsanddaught ersofGodunt oGod( cf.Gen.1:26- 28,
2:21-24).Howev er,Sat ansentt heSer penttoseduceEv eand
pervertedt hebl oodst r
eam byi nj
ectinghi sev i
ltraitsintot he
Serpent '
s seed whi ch f used wi th Ev e'
s egg ( ovum)and
producedCai n,whowashi sson, v i
cariously.Cai nbor ethef ul
l
spiri
tualchar acteristicsofSat anandt heani mal i
stic(sensual ,
fl
eshly)char acteristicsoft heSer pent .[SeeAppendi x8. ]Thus,
twobl oodl i
nes( thatofCai n,andSet hwhor eplacedAbel ;Set h
means" subst i
tute" )wer ethenpr esent ed.Theset wobl ood
l
ineswer edisti
nctupt ot heper i
odbef or etheFl ood.Noahwas
thelastoft hef i
rst bor nofSet h'sli
neage.Hi swi fewasei t
hera
Cainiteorahy brid.Shebor ehi mt hr eesons,Japhet h,Ham
andShem.And" thesewer et het hreesonsofNoahandof
them wast hewhol eear t
hov erspread"( Gen.9:19).

~~~~~~~~~~~

WHATWASTHEREFORETHEORI
GINALSI
N?
I
twasSat anwhopossessedt heSerpentwhopl antedhisseed
i
nEv ebysexualfor
nicati
onwithher.I
twasbyt hi
smeanst hat
Sataninj
ectedhisevilandsinfult
rai
tsi ntot hehumanr ace.
And itwast hatseed oftheSer pentwhi chhadcor rupted
mankindandcausedt heirrel
ati
onshi
pwi thGod,t heCr eator,
toplunget oadebasedl ev
el,bothphy sicall
yandspi ri
tually
.
Thatwast heORIGI
NALSI N.Allment odayar et r
acedbackt o
thethreesonsofNoahf ortheinheri
tanceoft heiracquired
Satani
ctrai
ts.

~~~~~~~~~~~

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

APPENDI
CES

A-
4. GI
ANTS—(
Hebr
ew:
Nephi
l
im)—GENESI
S6

Agr eatmanyt heologianspropagatethattheGIANTSwer ethe

offspri
ng(oftheuni on)ofthef al
lenangelsandthewomenof
theearth.I
tist aughtthatthefall
enangelshadei t
herpressed
themselves int o some men or somehow t ransf
ormed
themselvesintohumanbei ngsi nordert ocohabitwit
ht he
women.Butnoneoft heScr i
pturesquot edtosupportt hi
s
theoryisconcl usiveenought opr oveit
sv al
idi
ty.Thet erm
"sonsofGod"i ntheScr i
pturesdoesnot ,inanyway ,r
eferto
theangelicbeings.Liket heTrini
tari
answhouset heoneand
onlyv erse, Mat t
hew28: 19, tosupporttheirtheoryandf ormula
tobapt izeaconv er
tint het ri
uneti
tl
eofFat her,SonandHol y
Spiri
t,soar et hesetheol ogiansusi
ngt heoneandonl yverse,
Job1: 6( Job2: 1i sident i
cal)tosuppor tthet heor ythatthe
term" sonsofGod"r eferstoangelicbei ngs.Manypeopl ehave
misinterpr eted the ver se and concl uded thatt he angeli
c
beings one day ( suddenl y)came and st ood bef oret he
THRONE ofGod i n Heav en.Ittakes mor et han a casual
readingt or eall
yunder standJob1: 6(alsoJob2: 1) .ConferJob
38:7.Theev entofJob1: 6(andJob2: 1)actuall
yspeaksoft he
saintsofGodcomi ngt ogethertooffert hemselv esbeforethe
Lord.

Mostt heologianst eacht hattheFl oodwasmeantt odestroy

allthegiantswho,i nt hei
rt heory,wereprogeni
esoft hefal
len
angelic beings by t he nat uralwomen oft he earth.And
becauseoft hei rsininbr ingingf or
thgiantsint
ot hewor ld,
those" sexuall
yper verted"f al
lenangel swereimprisonedby
Godandr eserv edunt ojudgement( Jude6;2Pet.
2:4).Now,i f
thistheoryistrue,howcomet herewer egi
antsaft
ertheFlood?

The t erm " sons of God" act uall

y denot es the speci al
relat
ionshipofmant oGod—asHi schi l
dren.AndtheSet hi
t es
wer esuchapeopl e.Fur
thermor e,sucht ermsas" Father"and
"son"donotonl yshowt heex istenceofar elat
ionshi
pbutal so
theabi l
it
yt opr ocreate— "Bef r
uitf
ul,andmul ti
ply.
..
"Butt he
angelicbeingswer enotcreat edt opr ocreat
e.Beingspi rits,
theyar ealway spor tr
ayas" men" ,neveras" women"andt hey
areasexual ,sex l
ess( Mark12: 25).Int heScript
urest heyar e
oftencalled" stars"(Job38: 7;Dan. 8:10;Rev.1:
16a,cf .1:20;
8:12;9:1)
.
A-
5. NO MOREPHYSI
CALLYPURESERPENTRACEAFTER
THEFLOOD

Somesel f-styledpr ophet sar eteachi ngt hatmor et hanei ght

personscameoutoft heAr kaftert heFl ood.Such" wise"
preacher s bl at antly disr egar dt he Hol y Wor d ofGod and
over r
ideI twi tht heirso- called revelation.Ev en t hough t he
fami l
yofNoahwasi nt heAr kf oroney earandt enday s
(Gen. 7:11;8: 14)Gen. 8:18st at
esv erycl ear lyt hatnotmor e
thant hesameei ghtsoul s, whowenti ntot heAr k,cameoutof
theAr kont odr yland.Whi leonet eachi ngpr opagat est hatMr s.
Noah commi tted f ornicat i
on wi t
h a Cai nic man and was
i
mpr egnat edwi t
hhi sseedpr i
ortoent eringt heAr k,anot her
teachest hatNoahhadasecondwi f
e( hi ddensomewher ein
thear k)whowasi mpr egnat edbyaCai nicman.Ot her st each
thatt hewi v esoft het hreesonsofNoahwer ei mpr egnat edby
fornicat i
ngwi thCai nicmen.Hence,byt heir" revel at i
on"t hey
believet hatapur eSer pentr aceofpeopl est illex istst oday .
Someoft hesepr eacher s( whichi ncludet hoseoft hesect
knownast he" Whi teChr i
st i
anPeopl e"ort he" Brit
ishI sraeli
s"
who bel iev et heyar et hepur eAdami cRace)poi ntt ot he
Negr oid,ort heJews,ast hepur eseeds( descendant s)oft he
Serpent ,wher east heot her sletthewi ndsbl owev erwhi chway .
TheScr iptur esofJohn8: 37-44andMat thew 13: 38- 39ar e
usedt osuppor tthei rteachi ngs.Howev er ,int hesepassages
ofScr i
pt ures,t heLor dJesuswasr eferringt ot heat ti
tudeof
ther eligi
ousJewst owar dsHi m andHi sdoct ri
nes.Hewasnot
sayingt hatt heywer eliteralSer pentseeds.Li keCai n,whose
revelationwascont rar
yt oAbel '
s,whosoughtandki ll
edAbel ;
theJews, too, soughtt oki lltheLor dJesus.

Asf
oret
oldbyGodi
nGenesi
s3:
15,t
heseScr
ipt
ures(
John
8:37- 44andMat thew 13: 38- 39)speakoft heenmi tybet ween
thet wo" seedl ines" ,somet i
mesi dent i
fiedast hewheatand
thet ares.WhatwasJesusr eferri
ngt owhenHesai d:"Ispeak
thatwhi chIhav eseenwi thmyFat her ;andy edot hatwhi chy e
hav eseenwi thy ourf at her"?( Andal so,i nJohn8: 23:" Year e
from beneat h;Iam f rom abov e:year eoft hiswor ld;Iam not
oft hiswor ld"?)AsHe wasspeaki ng t o his enemi es,t he
religiousandsel f-r
ight eousJews,i ti sobv ioust hatHewas
poi ntingt ot hatwhi chHehadl ear nedandunder st oodf rom
HisFat her— Yahweh;andt hatwhi cht heJewshadl earned
andunder stoodf rom t heirf ather—Sat an.Ofcour se, what ever
theyhadr ecei vedf rom t heAdv ersar y,whoi sthegodoft his
ev ilwor l
d, wasnotonl yagai nstt heTr uthofGod, butt heyal so
madet hemsel vesenemi esoft heChr ist.Hence,t her ef
erence
tot hem bei ngt he" chi l
drenoft hewi ckedone"or" year eof
yourf athert hedev il"
.Remember ,theSer pentwasnott he
wi ckedone.Hewast hei nst r
umentoft hewi ckedonewho
vicar iouslyf ather edCai n.

Not icet hedefenseoft hose" chi l

dr enoft hewi ckedone"i n
John8: 41:"
Webenotbor noff ornicat i
on; wehav eoneFat her,
evenGod. "Thisclearlytellsust hatt heJewsknewaboutt he
fornicat ionbetweenEv eandt heSer pentt hatt ookplaceint he
Gar denofEden,whi chr esul tedi nt hebi rt
hofCai nwhose
rel
igi ousdoct ri
newasadi screpancyt ot het ruerevelat
ionof
theWor dofGod.Si ncet hen,i nev eryage,t heDev ilhashi s
rel
igi ous" Serpentseed"peopl ewhowoul dbr i
ngal lsortof
teachi ngscont rarytoGod' sTr ut h.Suchr eligi
ous" vi
pers"(who
hav et wohands,t wof eet,butnot ail)asJesuscal ledthem,
exist ednotonl yi nthet imeoft heOl dandNew Test ament s,
butal soi nourt i
me.Theyar elar gelyf oundi nandamongt he
organi zedr eli
gionofChr istianity( so- cal
led) .Theser el
igious
"snakes"wi thallthei
rdegr eesi nt heol ogy,whi chearnedt hem
fancifult itl
es such as Ar chbishop,Hol y Rev erend,Ri ght
Honor able,Car dinal ,Ver yRev erend,andetcet era,ar ehol ding
theTr ut hi nunr ight eousness.Fordoct ri
nes,theywoul dteach
the t raditions ofmen,cr eeds and dogmas,begui li
ng the
wor shipper si ntocommi tti
ngspi r
it
ualf orni
cationagai nstthe
veryWor dofGodwhi cht heyclaimt obel i
eve! Jesusr ebuked
them say ing," ..
.fory ecompassseaandl andt omakeone
prosel yte,andwhenhei smade,y emakehi mt wof oldmor e
the chi ld ofhel lt han y ourselves"( Mat .
23:15).See,such
rel
igious l eader s ofor ganized Chr i
stianit
y ar e" pr oducing"
chil
dr enofhel l( chi ldrenofSat an,theDev il
)whoar etwice
wor set hant heyar e.Doy ounotknowt hatthedev i
lsbel i
evein
oneGod,andt hatt heyt rembl e?ReadJames2: 19.Ther eare
many" dev il
s",wal ki ngont wof eetint hi
swor ld,cl aimingt o
beli
ev ei nt heGodoft heBi bl
e,butwhot rembl ewhent hey
comef acet of acewi tht heWor dofTr uth.Theyar edecei vers!
Theyper petual lyhi ssatt heWor dofGodwi ththeirpoi sons!In
thi
sway ,t heDev ilsoughtt odecei v
eandt odest royt hetrue
sonsofGod i n ev er yagej ustaswaspr ophesi ed byt he
Almi ght yGodi nGenesi s3: 15.Howev er,Jesuspr omi sedthat
Hisel ectwi l
l hav enopr oblem handl i
ngt hem andt heirpoi sons
(Mar k16: 18).

A-
6. GENESI
S9:
18-
27—THESI
NOFHAM

Foralongtime,
thesefewver sesofScri
ptur
eshav eremained
amy sterytomanyBiblestudents.Assuch,t herearethree
di
ffer
entv i
ewsconcerni
ngt hesinofHam.Thet wowi del
y
accept
edv i
ewsare:i
)thatHam simplyogledatNoah' snaked
body(andmadel i
ghtofittohi sbrother
s),andii)thatHam
commi t
ted ahomosexualactwi th hiscompl et
elydrunken
f
ather
.

Note:Thi
sauthorfi
ndsitextremelyri
dicul
oustobeli
evethatit
i
sasi nforasont olookatt henakedbodyofhi sfather(or
per
haps,foradaught ertol ookatt henaked bodyofher
mother)unl
ess thereisl usti nthe mind.Inthe case of
homosexual
it
y,howcoul damancommi ttheactwit
hanot her
manwhoi sdeaddr unk( notj ustdr
unk)andwhoseev ery
memberofthebodyi sf
laccid?Ifso,t
hatwouldbear ape.

Ther
eareotherri
diculousvi
ews.OneisthatHam cast
rat
ed
Noahwhil
ehewasdr unk.Anot
heri
sthatitwasCanaanand
notHam t
hatcommi t
tedthesi
nagai
nstNoah.

Theleastunder stoodandgener al
lyr
ejectedviewi sthatHam
commi tt
edincestwi thhi
smot her,
Mrs.Noah.Yet ,i
tisnotonly
thetr
uei nt
erpretati
onbutitalsoshowst heper f
ectcont i
nuit
y
oftherevel
ationoft hedoctr
ineofTHEORI GI
NALSI Nwhichis
substant
iat
edbyt hesinf
ulnatur
eoffallenmanaf tertheFlood.

Not e:Theaut horwasoncesur prisedbyanexcl amat i

onmade
byaBi blest udent,whoi sagai nstt hi
st eachingofincestand
whobel ievesthatHam hadsi mpl yogledatNoah' snakedbody .
Hegasped: "What ?Let'
sbeser i
ous.Howcoul dyouaccuset he
wif eofamanofGod, l
i
keNoah, ofcommi tt
ingsuchanactof
sin? "Appar ently
,hisknowl edgeoft heBi blemusthav eflown
ov erhishead.Hemusthav et houghtt hatonlywi ckedmen
and women commi tsi ns.Justwhathas denomi nat
ional
teachingsdonet ohisment alf acult
y?" Sex"seemst obea
dirtythr ee-l
etterwor dtomanyChr i
sti
ansl ikehim,sot hey
tamet hecauseoft heFallofManandt hesinofHam wi th"It'
s
anappl e,orsomef rui
t"and" Ham ogl edathi sfather'
snaked
bodyandmadel i
ghtofit
".
Howev er,
thef
ewwhoagreethatt
hefiv
ev ersesr
efertoi
ncest
mayst i
llf
indi
thar
dtor
econcil
ecert
ainverseswiththewhole
passage.

GodhasHi smy st
eri
ousway sofhi di
ngHi sTr ut
hf rom the
wiseand pr udent.OneofHi sway si st heuseofv ari
ous
parti
cularexpressionsintheBi ble— i nHebr ew,Aramaicand
Greek.Heal sousest henaturalthingstot ypethespi r
it
ual.If
your eal
izethis,youmayt heni ncreasey ourunderstandingof
str
angesent encesi ntheScriptur
es.So, lookbeyondt helit
eral
versesandr eadbet weenthel i
nes.

Now,irr
especti
veofwhatyoubel
i
ev e,her
eareafewthought
-
prov
okingpointsf
oryoutoexamine.Mayt heHol
ySpir
itgi
ve
youtheGracetoseetheLi
ght.

a)Consi dertheexpl icitstatement—" AndNoahbegant obea

husbandman,andhepl antedav i
ney ard:andhedr ankoft he
wine,.
..
"Thi saf fi
rmst hecur sethatwast ocomeuponNoah
forindulgingi nwi ne-maki ngandwi ne-dri
nking.Graduall
yHe
becameanal coholic,andonedaywhenhe" ...
wasdrunken;.
..
"
oneofhi ssons" uncov er
ed"and" saw"hi snakedness." And
Ham, .
..
saw t henakednessofhi sf at her
,.
..
"( Thekeywordt o
understanding t his my st
eryi s not" nakedness"as many
supposed, but" uncov ered".
)

b)Readt helawsasr ecor

dedinLev it
icus18and20,andnot e
thefol
lowingwordsandphr ases:"uncover
..
.nakedness"(
18:
6-
8), " l
ieth wi th.
..
uncover
ed..
.nakedness" ( 20:
11) and
"see.
..
nakedness"(20:
17).

Not
e:Moseswast
heaut
horofbot
htheBookofGenesi
sand
theBookofLev
iti
cus.Thewordsandexpressionsheusedin
thetwobooksdonotdi f
fer
,intheleast
,int hei
rmeanings.
From t
heword"UNCOVERED"andt heexpression"SAW THE
NAKEDNESSOFHI SFATHER",wecanbev er
ysur ethatHam
hadLAINWITHHISFATHER'SWIFE.

c)Any onewhobel i
evesthatHam r i
ghtl
ywar r
antedthecurse
on his son,Canaan,f rom hi sfathersimply because he
happenedt ost umbleuponNoahl yingnakedinhi stentand
then told hi stwo br others about t
he incident has an
understandingthatiswor sethanamul e'
s.JustreadGenesis
9:24car ef
ullyandyouwi llseethatitcl
earl
yshowst hatHam
"haddone"somet hi
ngtoNoahandnotsi mplysawhi snaked
body.Hehadbr oughtshamet oNoahwhenhel aywi t
hhis
mother― uncov eri
ng hisf ather
'snakedness.Thiscaused
Noaht ocurseCanaan.

Butwhydi dNoahcur seCanaan?WhynotHam’ sothersons?

Doesi tjusti
fyNoaht ocur seCanaani fCanaanwast heseed
ofHam andhi swi fe(Mr s.Ham) ?Shoul dnotHam bet heone
cur sedi nstead?Foracur set obej usti
fi
able,Noahshoul d
eitherhav ecur sedHam' sey esbecauseheogl edathi snaked
body ,orcur sedhi sbr ain(ment alf
aculty)forhemadel ightof
hisdr unkennakedst ate.And, i
fHam hadf or
cedhi mselfupon
Noah when Noah was dr unk,then a cur se upon Ham' s
repr oduct iveor ganwoul dbej ust
ifi
ed.Remembert heWor d
say s:" Andi fanymi schi
eff ollow,thent houshaltgivel i
fefor
l
ife,ey ef orey e,toot hfort ooth,handf orhand,f ootforf oot
,
bur ning f orbur ning,wound f orwound,st ri
pe forst ri
pe"
(Exod. 21:23-25).

So,whyCanaan?Godemphati
cal
lyment
ionedthenameof
Canaani
nconnect
ionwi
thHam’ssi
n,i
nGen.9:
22,"
AndHam,
thef at
herofCanaan, sawt henakednessofhi sfather ,
andt old
hist wobr ethrenwi t
hout "andi nGen. 9:18,"Andt hesonsof
Noah,t hatwentf ort
hoft hear k,wereShem,andHam,and
Japhet h:andHam i sthef atherofCanaan" .Godcal l
st oour
attenti
ont hatCanaanwasaseedpr oducedoutoft hatactof
sin( "
uncover i
ng..
.sawthenakednessofhi sfather"
)–si nofan
unhol yunion.CanaanwasaseednotofHam andhi swi fe
(Mr s.Ham)butofHam andhi smot her(Mr s.Noah) .The
i
ncest uousactbr oughtf ort
ht hatseed–Canaan.AndCanaan
broughtf ort
hGI ANTS, thi
ssideoft heflood( Gen.10:15- 19).He
wasanaccur sedseed,j ustasCai nwasabadseed.Hence,
Noahwasj usti
fi
edi ncur si
ngCanaan.I tcoul dnotbeany
plainer.Thisshowst hatHam' ssinwasnotsomet hingel se,
l
ikemaki ngl i
ghtofNoah' sdr unkennakedst ate.(Not icet hat
Mr s.Noahdi dnotbearanymor echil
dr enforNoahaf terher
i
ncest uousactwi thHam whi chr esult
edi nthebi r
thofCanaan. )

Iti
sobv i
ousthatHam andhi smotherhadcommittedincest
whil
eNoahwasdeaddr unkandlyi
ngnakedinhist
ent.Donot
thi
nkthattheill
i
citactwascommi tt
ed"onthespuroft he
moment "
.Themot herandthesonmusthavebeenfl
irt
ingwith
eachotherf
orsomet imebefor
ethat.

Not
e:I tisrecordedinanci
enthi
stor
ythatHam'
sgrandson,
Ni
mr od,wasj ustasperver
tedasHam.Hemar r
iedhi
sown
mother,Semiramis.

WhatwasNoah' si nter
estaftert
heFl ood?Seesect i
ona)
above,andal soreadt hevari
ousrecordsoft heScr ipt
uresto
seewhatdr unkennesscandot oaper son.Notonl ydoesit
debaseaper son;italsobri
ngshim povert
y,pervertshissense
ofjusti
ce,br ings aboutdebauchery,debil
it
y ,disorder,and
many ot hernegat ive eff
ect
s upon hi slif
ei ncludi
ng his
r
elat
ionshi
pwi
thhi
swi
fe.

Notbeingapur eSet
hit
eandhav i
ngthenatur
eoft heSer
pent
,
Mr s.Noahbegant ostepoutofhermar ri
agebond.Noah's
stateofcomplet
edrunkennessthatdayprovi
dedherandHam
theopportuni
tyt
ocommi ttheshamefulandsinf
ulact.

d)Verse23i sthemostdi ff
icultv er
set oreconcil
ewi t
ht he
wholepassageofGenesi s9: 20-24r egardi
ngincest.Those
whobeliev
ethatHam mer el
ysawt henakedbodyofhi sfather
wouldreadtheverseandsay,"See,Shem andJaphet htooka
garmentt o cover Noah;and i n doi ng so,they wal ked
backwardssot hattheywoul dnotseet heirfather'
snaked
body"
.

I
fiti
ssoeasytounderstandsuchexpr
essi
onoftheScr
ipt
ures
asyoudoyour'1+2+3'
,theworldofChri
sti
ani
tywoul
dnotbe
i
nsuchamessasi tistoday.

Godhaschosenmy st
eriouswayst
oconfoundthewiseand
prudent
.ButHealsorev eal
sHisTr
uthi
nsimpli
cit
ytobabes
andsuchthatwoul
dlearn.

TheJews,whower eGod' schosenpeopl e,couldnotev en

graspt heTruthofwhatt heLor dJesuswaspr esenti
ngt o
them whenHesai d(i
nJohn6)t hatamanmusteatofHi s
Flesh and drinkofHi sBl ood i
n ordert o have Lif
e.They
i
nt er
pret edHiswordsli
teral
lyandt houghtthattheLor dwas
encour agingthem t
obecanni balsorv ampires.Ont heother
hand, t
heRomanCat hol
icstaketheEucharistastherealFlesh
andBl oodofJesusChr i
st.

e)Let
'sexami
nev
erse23:"
AndShem andJaphet
htooka
gar
ment
,andl
aidi
tuponbot
hthei
rshoul
der
s,.
..
"

Now,i fyoui nt
erprett
hisverselit
eral
lywi t
houtregardt oany
hiddenspi r
it
ualmeaningbehi ndi
t,youarethenfacedwi ththis
question:"Whydi dShem andJaphet htakesuchal argeand
heavypi eceofgar mentinsteadofonet hatwasbi genough
andy etli
ght,tocoverthei
rfather
'snakedbody ?
"Thatpi eceof
garmentmustr eal
lybeal argeandv er
yheav yone,other wise
theywoul dnothaveusedBOTHTHEI RSHOULDERSt ocar ryit
.

I
fy ouwanttocov ersomeonewhoislyi
ngdown,wouldyou
use(l
et'
ssay)apieceofheavyr
ugwhichi
s6feetsquar
e,ora
pi
eceofordi
naryclothoft
hesamesi
ze?

f)Again,thev ersesays"AGARMENT"andnotapi eceoflarge

clot
h.Agar menti sanatti
reforthecov er
ingofthebody .(The
Aramaict ranslati
onoft hewor di sMANTLE. )So,how l arge
andheav ycoul dthatgarmentbet hatithadt obecar r
iedon
bothshoul dersoft women?Wasi tacl umsygarmentwor nby
Noahoroneofhi ssons?Ifnot ,theni tmustbej ustan
ordinar
ypi eceofgar ment--amant l
e.And,agar mentofan
ordinar
ysi zeandwei ghtonbot ht heshouldersoft women
walking backwar dswoul d mean t hattheyhad t o positi
on
themsel v
esshoul dertoshoulder.Andwoul dnotthatbeav er
y
stupidwayt odoso?( IfBi
bleBel i
everswouldonl yuset heir
brainsandt hink,ther
ewoul dnothav ebeensomany" hee-
haw"pr eachersandbel i
eversaround.)

g)Whenoner eali
zeshow Godhasusedcer tai
npart
icul
ar
expr
essi
onstohi detheTrut
handy etrev
eali
t,itwi
l
lnotbe
di
ffi
cul
tthent
oseet hetr
uepict
ureoft
heTrut
h.

Af
terhav
inghadcar
nalr
elat
ionwi
thhi
smot
her
,Ham wasnot
ashamedt ot el
lhisbrothersabouti
t.Hewasj ustl i
ket he
adult
erouswomanwho,af terpart
aki
ngofadul tery,daredt o
boastandsayt hatshehaddonenoev il
!(Pr
ov er
bs30: 20).He
didnott hi
nkoft heshamet hathewouldbringt ohisf ather
whowasatt hattimelyi
ngnakedanddeaddr unkinhi stent.
(Cany ounotseet hewoet hatwasuponNoahasar esul
tof
hisi
ndulgenceinwine-
dri
nking?)

Shem andJaphetht ookaGARMENT" ..

.andwentbackwar d,
andcov eredt
henakednessoft heirfat
her ;andtheirfaces
werebackward,
..
."Thiscover
ingupwasl it
eral
.Thepar t
icul
ar
expressi
onusedher etell
sust hatbot ht hebr ot
herswer e
ashamedofwhathadhappened- -"thei
rfaceswer ebackward"
--whentheywerecoveri
ngupt henakednessoft hei
rfat
her.

h)Checkt hrought heScr i

pturesregardi ngtheusageoft he
wor d"garment "andt heex pression"upont heshoul
der s".You
wi l
lnoticethatthe"gar ment"( notjustapi eceofcloth)wasa
COVERI NG.TheScr ipturesstatet hatt hebr ot
hers" LAIDI T
UPON BOTH THEI R SHOULDERS" .I tmeanst hattheybot h
tooki tupont hemsel vest oBEARTHEYOKEandcov eredup
theshame.Buti twasaRESPONSI BI
LITYt hatwashar dt o
bear .Fornotl ongaf t
erwards,Noah" awokef rom hiswi ne"
(thatis,aft
erbeingl ongi nat ousledst ateofmi ndNoahwas
enlightenedtoawar eness)andf oundoutwhatanev i
lt hing
thatHam haddonet ohi m.

i
)" .
..
andtheysaw notthei
rfather'snakedness.
"Thisisan
emphaticstat
ementwhich showst hatShem and Japhet
h
werenotinvol
vedinanyill
i
citaffairwiththei
rmotherwhen
thei
rfat
herwasundert
hecurseofi nt
ox i
cat
ingdri
nk.
A-
7. NOAH,
THELASTOFTHEPURESETHI
CFI
RSTBORN

Allt he geneal ogi calr ecords i nt he Hol y Scr i

pt ur
es are
arrangedi nanor derlymanner .Goddi dnotwr i
teHi sBook
i
ndi scr i
mi nat ely.Not i
ceGenesi s5.I tiscal led" thebookoft he
gener ationsofAdam" .Inv erse3,i tst atest hatAdam " begata
soni nhi sownl ikeness,af t
erhi si mage;andcal ledhi sname
Set h".So, foraf i
r stbornt obeputont hatr ecor d,hemustbea
directdescendantofSet hwhobor et hei mageandl ikenessof
Adam.( Onl yal lt hef i
rstbornwer er ecor ded. )Andsi ncethe
recor dendswi thNoah' sname, hemustbet hel astoft hepure
Set hicf irstbor n,ashi sf i
rst
bor nsonandhi sot hert wosons
wer ehy bridsbyhi smi xedmar ri
age.Al t
houghJaphet hwas
Noah' sf irstbor n,hedi dnotbeart hel ikenessandi mageof
Adam,t her efor ehi snamewasnotl i
st edi nt hegeneal ogyof
Adam.Not i
cet hathi snamei sev en pl aced af t
erhi st wo
younger br other s,Shem and Ham ( Gen. 5:32) .Hence,a
differentgeneal ogyofeachoft het hreesonsofNoahwas
recor ded.Not ehow t heHol yScr iptur esr ecor dit:"Thesear e
thet hreesonsofNoah:andoft hem wast hewhol eear t
h
over spr ead"( Gen. 9:19);" Nowt hesear ethegener ati
onsoft he
sonsofNoah,Shem,Ham,andJaphet h:andunt othem wer e
sonsbor naf tert hef lood"( Gen. 10:1).Ther ei snor ecordofa
geneal ogyofNoah.Why ?Becausenoneofhi ssonsbor ehis
i
mageandl ikeness( oft heSet hicr ace) .Andev eni fJapheth
did, hisnamewoul dber ecordedi nthegeneal ogyofAdam.

NoticethatNoah'sfi
rstsonwasbornwhenhewas500y ears
old.Theot herf
ir
stborn(oft
heAdami crace)befor
ehi
m had
thei
rsbeforetheywer e190year
sold.Whywast heret
hisbig
gapi nage?Ther easonisapparentwhenwer eali
zet
hatby
thet i
meNoah wasbor n,t
heCai ni
tes'i
nfl
uenceupon the
Sethi
teswassost r
ongt hatallexceptNoahweredrawnint
o
thenetoft heCai
nites'lifesty
le.ButNoahgrew upt obea
ri
ghteousmanandhewal kedwi thGodandwast heonl
y
Sethi
te,amonghi
speopl e,whof oundgr
acei
ntheeyesofGod.

Byt het i
meNoahwasol denought ogetawi fe,hecoul dnot
fi
ndasi ngl eSet hicwoman, amongt hedwi ndlingnumber , who
waswi l
lingt ol iver ight eouslyandwal kt hewayofSet hwi t
h
him.TheCai nites'waywasmor eat tr acti
v et ot hem ast he
l
ightofacandl ei st omot hs, orast hel i
ghtofHol l
y woodi sto
someChr isti
anst oday .TheBi bletel l
sust hatt hepeopl eofhi s
gener at
ion wasso cor rupted and wi cked t hatGod had t o
destroyt hem.Thi s er a ofgr eatev i
lhad begun f rom t he
gener at
ionofEnos,whi chsaw t heCai nicr acef ir
stpr ofaning
theNameofJehov ahi nt hei rwor shi p( Genesi s4: 26).Ast he
Sethitesandt heCai ni
t essl owlybegant omi xandi ntermar ry,
hybridswer ebor n.Andsuchof fspr ingofmi xedmar riages
weregener all
ymor ewi ckedandev il.Thi swasoneofSat an'
s
manycunni ng schemes t o dest r oyAdam' sr ace.As t ime
continued,Godr aisedupEnocht opr ophesyt ohi sgener at i
on
aboutt hei mpendi ngj udgementofGodupont heircor rupt i
on
and wi ckedness ( Jude 14- 16).Gr adual l
y,t he ev i
lofmen
becameso gr eatt hatGod had t o cal li tto a hal ti nt he
gener at
ionofNoah( Gen. 6:5,11).

Noah'sownbr othersandsi ster

s,unclesandaunt s,nephews
andni eces,cousins,andot herr el
ati
ves,al
sosuccumbedt o
the eviland wi cked i
nfluence ofCai n's peoplet hatthey
i
ndulged themsel vesini dolatr
y,debaucher yand ot herevi
l
deeds.Althoughgenet i
call
yt heywerepureSet hit
es,theywere
nolongerr i
ghteousinthesi ghtofGod.Theywer ef al
lensons
anddaught ersofGod,f ortheyhadal lgonet hewayoft he
Serpentkind,thewayofCai n.Theyhadl ef
tt hefaithofthei
r
f
oref
atherAdam.Hence,Godwasnotobl
i
gat
edt
otaket
hem
i
ntot
heAr k

Howev er,al
lthewhi l
e,Noahcont inuedtoliveandwalkwi t
h
Godunt i
lhewasal most500y earsoldwhenhef i
nal
lyhadto
settl
edownandst artafami lyinor dertocarryonhisfamil
y
name, sot ospeak.Now, i
nanyr ace, t
heremustbesomeGod-
fearingpeople.Withoutexceptiont heremustbesomeamong
theCai nitesandsomeoft hemi xedseeds.Iftherewasno
Sethicwomanwhowaswi ll
ingt owal kthewayofSet hwi t
h
him,Noahhadt opi ckonef r
om t heot herpeopl
ewhowas
will
ingt oworshiphisGodandf ol
l
owt hewayofTruththathi
s
forefathershaddone.Somehow t hatwast hepermissi
vewill
ofGod.

ThoughNoahmar riedanon- Set

hicwif
e,hedidnotcorr
upthi
s
l
ife.Hewal kedwi thGodj ustasEnochdi d.Hekepthimself
awayf r
om allwickednessandev i
lwhi
chwer esorampant.I
n
themi dstofmor aldarkness,Noah'sli
fewasr adiantwit
h
ri
ghteousness(Gen.6:9;
7:1).

Note:Althoughitisnotexpr
essl
yst atedintheBi
ble,Noah
musthav emarri
edNaamah,adaught erofCaini
cLamech
(Gen.
4:22).Awoman' snameisment ionedinagenealogyif
she had a signi
fi
cantrol
eint he histor
yofmanki nd (
cf.
Matt.
1:5,
16).]

"Noahwasaj ustmanandper f
ectinhi sgener at
ions,and
Noahwal kedwithGod"(Gen.
6:9b)
.Thisverset el
l
sust hekind
ofpersonthatNoahwas.Nowonder" Noahf oundgraceinthe
eyes of t he Lord" (
Gen.6:
8).[ Pl
ease consul t Strong'
s
Concordance,2580forthewor dgrace."Grace"inHebr ew i
s
"chen"
,meani ng graci
ousness,kindness,f avor,pleasant,
precious,wel l
-f
avoured,from 2603,chanan,t o st oop i n
kindnesst oani nferi
or;tofav
or ,bestow;toimpl
ore.]Notonl y
washeaj ust(ri
ghteous)man,buthewasal soper
fect,andHe
walkedwi thGod.Thewor d" perfect"usedinthisv ersei s
tr
ansl ated from the Hebr ew wor d" t
amim"whi ch means
"withoutbl emish"int er
msofbr eedorpedi gr
ee.Hence,t he
Scriptures clear
lyshow us t hatNoah was a " pur e breed"
Sethites,andnotahy bri
d.

Howev er,becauseofhi smar r

iaget oaCai niteorahy br i
d
woman,Noahcoul donlyhavethreesons.Al lSethi
cf i
rstbor n
bef ore him had sons and daught ers because alloft hem
mar r
iedSet hi
cwomen.Thi si sduet otwor easons.One,t hat
i
nt ermar r
iagealway sresul
tsingenet i
cdi sturbances.Hence,
Noahhadsonsandnodaught er.Two,t hati twasapl anof
Godt obr i
ngaboutanew or derthrought hej udgmentbyt he
Flood, t
hatt hethreesonsofNoahwoul dbet hepr ogenit
or sof
thehumanr ace(Gen.9:
19)

A-8. LI
TERAL SEED OF SERPENT,SPI
RITUAL SEED OF
SATAN

Satan,ofcour se,couldnotcr eatenorprocr eate.Howev er,he

couldimper sonat eand perv ertwhateverGod hascr eated.
CainwasaSer pent
-man.Hewasphy sicallythesonoft he
Serpent;but
, hewasv icari
ouslythesonofSat an.Forinstance,
Paulcall
edt hemanofsi n,the" sonofper dit
ion"(2Thes.2:3)
;
Jesuscal l
edJudasI scari
ot,"adev il
"(John6: 70);andoft he
theol
ogiansofHi sday s,theLor dtoldthem," Yeareofy our
fatherthedevil"(John8: 44)
.Yes,t heWordofGodi sclear—
theywer espir
ituall
yt hechil
drenoft hedevi
l!Theypossessed
theirfat
her'
s(thati s,thedevil
's)spir
it
ualgenesandacquired
hisevilat
tri
butes.

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