Teaching from the Serpent

The Serpent seed, teaching "from the Serpent" [Excerpts]

One of the most deceptive doctrines that has slithered into the church is the serpent seed teaching. [In the 20th Century,] it was popularized by William Branham.…"But it was a sex act. ... The serpent was an upright handsome creature. He was, in fact, `the missing link’ that science even in their unspiritual wisdom, can see is missing `between man and monkey.’ ... Satan used this creature to get himself into the Human race.” (Was it an Apple?, publication, Lima, OH: Bible Believers of Lima).

Arnold Murray of the Shepherd's Chapel teaches "When you look for the in-depth meaning of "men as trees, walking", you are able to see that Christ wants us to understand there are plantings of God and plantings of the devil. The plantings of that wicked one began in the garden of Eden with the conception of Cain and follow down through his progeny, the Kenites." (Newsletter #195, Jan, 1995 and #202, August 1995). Murray teaches these Kenites survived the flood along with Noah, which is a complete departure from what the Scripture actually says. So what does that matter? It matters a lot!

We will first look at the Bibles teaching of Eve's eating of the fruit….In Eve’s conversation with the Devil she responds, Gen:3:2-3 [2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: [3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
See All... ‘We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

“We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden.” The plain words of the text should be sufficient to explain the meaning of it not being any sexual act, but an act of disobedience to the command of eating from the one tree God put off limits. For if this meant having sexual intercourse then both she and Adam were allowed to have it with the other trees by eating their fruit.

The Bible is consistent in its use of words, tree, fruit, eating; these do not have a hidden meaning; representing something else. Some make this literal event symbolic, when the Bible says it was literal. She saw it was good for food. The trees did have fruit and that is what Eve gave to her husband to eat. Her seeing the fruit, touching the fruit did not bring death; but eating it.

Gen:3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
See All... “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate."

Clearly this is about eating. The Bible makes it clear that fall of man came from the eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge--it had nothing to do with intercourse. These men accuse Eve of being an adulterous woman. Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit of this tree. In fact it says Eve handed the fruit to Adam; then Adam is an adulterer as well. You can't get a more distorted teaching from Scripture unless Satan himself teaches you.

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