THE SEED
WAR
PART 1
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Today, we
embark on a different subject matter. It
is one that most believers probably have never heard or considered; though they
are familiar with most of the verses that reveal the message. Take this opening verse for example. What Christian is not aware of this verse;
and that it comes at the time of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden? Let’s take a moment to identify those to whom IAUE is speaking in this verse.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which IAUE Elohim had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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, Elohim hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For Elohim doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil.
The serpent and the woman comprise the cast of our opening verse.
Who is the serpent?
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Who is the woman? In Hebrew, the word is “Ishshah,” which means, “wife.”
Genesis
3:6 And
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.
7 And the
eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And
they heard the voice of the IAUE Elohim walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the IAUE Elohim amongst the trees of
the garden.
[Notice that the
woman, Eve, was deceived; but Adam, standing right beside her, was not deceived. Adam witnessed the entire event with clarity
and chose to violate the commandment of IAUE; and he also ate of the forbidden
fruit.]
When IAUE returned to
the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were hiding, demonstrating fallen man’s first
response to guilt---avoid detection. If
you can’t be found; you can’t be held accountable for your wrongdoing.
Genesis
3:9 And
the IAUE Eohim called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten
of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the IAUE Elohim said unto the woman, What is this that
thou hast done? And the woman said, The
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
In this passage we
see fallen man’s second response to guilt---passing the blame to another to
dissolve personal responsibility for the crime.
Not only does Adam pass the blame to Eve; Eve passes the blame to the
serpent. IAUE finds all three culpable
for their actions and declares:
Genesis
3:14 And
IAUE Elohim said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,
and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust
shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he
said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it
bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
IAUE issued three curses. He began with the serpent (Satan). Have you ever noticed that in this scene where
Adam and Eve come out of hiding to face the presence of IAUE, Satan was
standing there as well? IAUE did not
yell into the air loud enough for the serpent to hear from wherever he may
be. No.
He spoke to the serpent who was standing right there. It is my
contention that the serpent may not have even realized he had done anything
wrong; and thus, had no reason to be hiding from the presence of IAUE. Why is this?
It is because he only did what he was created to do.
Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals
in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have
created the waster to destroy.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy…
John 8:44 Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it.
I want to focus exclusively on the
curse placed upon the serpent for this series of posts.
Genesis 3:14 And IAUE Elohim said unto
the serpent, Because
thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of
the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
For now, we will set aside verse
14. We will return to it in a later
post. I want us to focus on verse
15. IAUE put “enmity” between the
serpent (Satan) and the woman (Eve); and between the Serpent’s seed and the
woman’s seed. “Enmity” (eybah)
means “to hate as an enemy; to be of a hostile mindset.” From this we may
understand that from this moment in the Garden of Eden forward through time
until this day, Satan and Eve; as well as Satan’s seed and Eve’s seed have been
at war. It is this war that is the focus of this current series of posts.
It is important to note that it is man
whose seed (sperm) produces the next generation. Woman does not have seed. This fact did not
escape the serpent; and it should not escape us.
Next week: The seed war begins.
