In the Holy Scriptures, some of the events are described in parables without the actual thing coming up openly on to the surface. God ordained it in that way to leave the deeper secrets hidden which can only be revealed and brought to light by the Holy Spirit. So is the first fall of man. Only if we come to understand wherein the fall actually lies will we be able to comprehend the significance of why it was necessary to take humanity out of the fall by redemption. Already the terminology “falling in sin” insinuates what actually happened.

God had ordained man to rule over the earth. Through the fall, this high position was lost. Only through the fall have we the explanation of how mankind has come under the power of Satan. It also explains why the Prince of this world from that moment onwards dominates the whole earth. The enemy came through the serpent directly into the human race. Nobody can tell how long Adam and Eve remained in serene fellowship with God. They knew no pain, no sufferings, no tears, no sickness and no death. They rejoiced in the presence of the Lord God in paradise being in blessed harmony with Him. In the cool of the evening, He visited them. It was heaven on earth. Thus it will be again in the completion. “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” (Rev. 21:3).

The mighty angel Lucifer who lifted himself up in heaven was cast down, and he continued his work of destruction on earth as the declared enemy of God. His task was also to cut off the human beings from their fellowship with God and separate them from Him throwing them into destruction and death. According to Ez. 28:12-17, he already was in the Garden of Eden before the fall. In the mentioned text, God spoke through the prophet directly to Satan who possessed the king of Tyre. The Holy Scriptures declare that Satan can possess men and beasts alike. Our Lord cast the evil spirits out of many who were demon possessed
(Mt. 4:24). In Mark 5:9, we see that the evil one could directly speak through the one he possessed. “And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.” This man was not only possessed by Satan but by many evil spirits.

In the garden of Eden, there were many trees, also the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the fall of man, there was certainly more involved than the eating of a natural fruit — this was permitted. About the eating of an apple, nothing is recorded in Gen. 3, but we read only about the partaking of a fruit from the tree of knowledge. Therefore, it is important to know who and what the tree of knowledge was. In Gen. 3:7, we read, “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.” Something terrible had happened after which they had to cover the shame of their body. They did not bandage their eyes nor did they cover their mouths, but rather they veiled the lower parts of their bodies with self-made aprons.

In the record given in Gen. 3, we read about the lust of the eye and of being beguiled, etc. Every man and woman know wherein the temptation of the senses, the lust of the eye and the flesh consists of. Also the terminology “THE SERPENT BEGUILED ME” must be considered. The wife of Potiphar, the officer of Pharaoh, saw that Joseph was handsome and had a nice countenance. “And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.” Later she said to deny him, “...he came in unto me to lie with me” (Gen. 39:7+14). If a girl or a boy are trapped and beguiled, everyone knows that they did not eat an ice-cream or had a milk-shake.

In Exodus 22:16, the word “beguiled” is more closely elaborated. “And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her...” The apostle Paul certainly knew what happened in the garden of Eden. Otherwise he could not have written to the Corinthian church the following admonition, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Cor. 11:3). In view of the fall, the apostle writes further, “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression.” (1 Tim. 2:14).

After the fall, just directly after it happened, the Lord God said to Eve, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children...” (Gen. 3:16). This statement in itself tells us what really happened. Eve was not supposed to have sorrow and pain when she eats, as it would have been logical if the transgression would have to be by sinning with the mouth. Up to this day, no woman has ever given birth to a child after eating a fruit. God knew exactly what had taken place and where upon the punishment should be pronounced. Therefore, all women on earth, in remembrance to that original sin and transgression in the fall, under normal circumstances give birth with sorrow and pain, as the Lord had said.

Whoever needs clarification for the statements, “The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” (Gen. 3:13) needs to read in order to obtain an answer Prov. 30:20, “Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.”

The Lord God pronounced judgment upon the serpent for doing it and said, “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.” (Gen. 3:14). Up to that time, the serpent walked upright. Otherwise the statement, “upon thy belly shalt thou go” would make no sense. Most important is the following verse, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” According to the testimony the Lord God had given here, we are to deal with two different seeds. He spoke of the seed of the serpent and also of the seed which would come through the woman. In the whole Scripture, “seed” speaks of offspring.

Satan cannot beget nor can he create. He is a sexless, fallen spirit-being. Therefore, he had to make use of a beast which was closest to man who could even speak. In Gen. 3, one finds the whole conversation which took place between the serpent and Eve. Both, the questions and answers and all the arguments are recorded. Only after the curse, the serpent lost its shape and became a reptile.

The conversation in the garden of Eden began with the well-known question, “Yea, hath God said?” The devil uses the same method all the time. He plants doubts towards God‘s Word into the minds of man. He entangled Eve into arguments concerning God‘s Word and misconstrued it masterly, after which the big lie followed, “Ye shall not surely die … Your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.” That sounded good, and Eve fell for it. What good was therein, that their eyes were opened and they had the knowledge of good and evil in a state separated from God, thrown into death? Since then, every human can judge and know what good and evil are: What is a lie and what is truth. Therefore, all men are responsible before God for their deeds and will be judged accordingly at the White Throne judgment.

In the Greek Bible as in practically all the others, the serpent is spoken of as masculine “…ho Ophis” - “he said unto the woman”. In the French translation, we read, “il dit à la femme”, in the Russian, “i skasal smej shene”. According to the old Hebrew tradition, the fall in the garden of Eden was understood to have taken place through a sex-act. A commentator writes, “…the angel, the one riding the serpent, went in with Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain.” (F. Braun, Blicke ins Wort, pg. 67).

The human nature, character and attributes are found in the genes which actually lie in the chromosomes. They are inherited through the begetting in the sex act. In this way, the sinful nature of the serpent - of Satan, which is against God, came into the human race. Satan himself, who through disobedience and transgression pulled the first couple into death, had the power of death. Therefore, the Redeemer had to come
into human flesh to deliver us from the same. “… That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb. 2:14-15). After the Lord conquered Satan and death and rose on the third day, he could victoriously announce, “I have the keys of death and hell” (Rev. 1:18).

God’s commandment was, “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Gen. 1:28). He instituted marriage and joined the first pair together. The tragedy lies in the breaking of the first marriage through the catastrophical and deadly mixture. Every species was supposed to bring forth after his own kind. But here a creature came into existence, a cross-breed for whom not God but Satan through the serpent was responsible — not being in the original creation. This one charmed and beguiled Eve, and then she gave herself to Adam. God could not accept this, because it did not comply with His original will. Whatever does not derive and come into existence by His original will can never be able to submit to the will of God.

Certainly Adam was confronted with the fact that his beloved Eve who was a part of him was no more a virgin. She had given herself to the serpent and then had her first relation with Adam. Thus, the fall actually took place. From both unions which happened shortly after one another children were born: Cain and Abel.

Right up to our time, twins are born who originate from two different fathers. The two best-known cases happened in Sweden and France. In Stockholm, Mrs. Bjoerlen gave birth on the same day to a black and a blond, blue-eyed baby. Her husband refused to take financial responsibility for the child which apparently was not his. In the trial Mrs. Bjoerlen admitted to have had a black lover. On the same day, she had the family act with both men. In Marseille, France, Mrs. Duval also gave birth to a white and a black child.

Whoever reads Gen. 3:15 carefully will notice that the Lord God had spoken of the two seeds — offsprings right after the fall. From the very beginning, there were these two lineages: one the natural and one the spiritual.

Strange but true, not one time is Cain mentioned in the genealogies of the Old or the New Testament as son of Adam. Not one time is Adam referred to as being the father of Cain. Here we find the reason why: Eve was pronounced “the mother of all living” (Gen. 3:20) but never Adam to be the father of all living. If Cain actually would have been the first-born son of Adam, he would have received special attention and a special place in God’s records.

After Eve gave birth to the first son, she said, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord” (Gen. 4:1). This must be understood correctly. It was the first birth on the earth. There was no midwife, no physician and none who had any knowledge of this event. The pain was great. Adam certainly had no solution. In no way could he assist. So Eve cried in birth-pains unto the Lord. That is quite understandable, and also her statement afterward confirms it. No other act with Adam is recorded between the birth of Cain and Abel. In fact, the Holy Scripture gives light to this, because in verse 2 we are simply told, “… And she again bore his brother, Abel.”

The apostle John also apparently must have known what happened in the garden of Eden, because he writes, “… not as Cain, who was of that wicked one” (I Jn. 3:12). With this statement Adam could never have been meant. Adam certainly was not the evil one, nor the wicked one whose son Cain was according to the written Word of God. The same apostle John writes of the believers, “…because ye have overcome the wicked one” (I Jn.2:13 + 14). Again Satan is meant in this place as in many other places in the Scripture with this description. In Rev. 20:2, he is called “the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan”.
The Holy Scriptures mention in many places where the opponent of God is called “the wicked one”. God is altogether good and Satan is just the contrary. In the Lord’s prayer we recite, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Mt. 6:13). We now know who “the evil one” is whose son Cain was — the origin of all ungodly things.

Cain was full of envy and jealousy. He was the first killer and murderer, and Satan is the murderer from the very beginning (Jn. 8:44). He did not murder in heaven but on earth. It is absolutely impossible for Cain to have come forth from Adam who was created in the direct image of the holy God. From God no evil can come. Satan was misusing the serpent for entering into the human race in this cunning way and throwing the same into destruction and death. Because of this fact it was necessary for God to come into the flesh to redeem us back from the power of Satan under which we were. As soon as the redeemed could receive their inheritance, they will be placed back into their original position, ordained by God and rule with Him over all the earth.

Enoch was the seventh from Adam (Jude, 14). There, Cain certainly was not counted. Abel was killed and had no offsprings. Therefore, the record of the genealogy goes over to Seth. In this respect, the Word of God is also perfect and enlightening. Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch (Gen.5:6-18).

Just as the birth-pains remind the woman of the original sin, so does circumcision remind the man thereof. When God made a covenant with Abraham and his seed, He required circumcision, “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: Every male child among you shall be circumcised” (Gen. 17:10). Circumcision was declared to be the eternal covenant sign (vs. 13). Whoever refused to be circumcised, his soul was to be cut off from his people (vs. 14), because in his part he did not comprehend wherein the covenant was broken. When Moses had neglected to circumcise his own son, the Lord was about to kill him. “Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me” (Ex. 4:25).

In Matthew 13, the Lord speaks very clearly about two different spiritual seeds, “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one” (vs. 37 + 38). Those who were possessed of the wicked one and hardened their hearts, to them Jesus said, “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” (Jn. 8:44).

The seed of the serpent was just as much reality as the seed of the woman. The seed of the serpent was Cain, the seed of the woman was Christ. Paul emphasised this thought when he referred to the promised seed, “…and to thy seed, which is Christ” (Gal. 3:16). He is the seed for whom the promise was given (vs. 19). In the Old Testament, we read, “When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed” (Isa. 53:10). It is God‘s law for every seed to bring forth after its own kind. We also must remember the word enmity which was put between the two seeds, “And I will put enmity between … thy seed and her seed” (Gen.
3:15). With the help of the serpent, Satan came into the human race to destroy God‘s order. For this reason, God had to come down by begetting into humanity in order to take away the enmity, sin and death (Eph.
2:13-16). In His body of flesh, our Lord accomplished the redemption to live again in the redeemed. He had taken them away from Satan’s influence and placed them into His own Kingdom, “And, having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col. 2:15).

Because Satan came into human flesh and blood, God had to do the same and appear in the form of His Son. He was concerned about our life, about the redemption of our soul and about our reconciliation with Him which only became possible through the redemption by the shedding of the blood of the lamb of God. In the Redeemer no Jewish blood was pulsating but it was a godly, pure and holy blood in which God’s life was.

There was also no evolution as science asserts, because of the various forms of skeleton. There were only different species which differed also in the outward appearance. Jude records in verse 7 about “strange flesh”. Paul writes, “All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds” (I Cor. 15:39). There was indeed a race of strange flesh.

Here we have the missing link in human history after which science is searching for so long. Based upon the different skeleton forms they know that there was another species in existence. But of course such answers and revelations are not found in any scientific book. They are only found in the mysterious book called the Bible which contains all the mysteries of God.

One species came forth from the joining of serpent and Eve and that was the lineage of Cain who married a daughter of Adam. The other was the descendant of Adam and Eve through Seth who married his own sister. As generally known, Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters” (Gen. 5:4). Later came into existence another species, when the two lineages got mixed. The descendants of Cain in the Bible were called “the children of men”. They still had a little attraction of Lucifer. The descendants of Seth were called “sons of God”. “…that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives …” (Gen. 6:2). Because of this cross-breeding, God decided to make an end of all the human race. The Messiah was to come forth after the flesh from a pure line. Since the flood, there is only one kind in existence which goes back to Adam. “Andthe sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem and Ham, and Japheth … and of them was the whole earth overspread.” (Gen. 9:18-19,Acts 17:26).

Spiritually, also there will be the two lines right to the end (Mt. 13:38). The judgment thereof stands with God alone. He knows His own. Everyone of course has the possibility for self-examination. Whoever believes the Word of God as it came forth from His mouth and acts accordingly confirms to be the Word-seed child, begotten by the Spirit of God. Whoever is repellent and stands against the Word testifies of not having something in common with the Lord. Actually everyone can know of himself to which category he belongs. Now we are still in the time of grace. Whosoever wants can come and turn unto the Lord, believe and follow Him.

When our Lord was on earth Satan showed Him all the kingdoms and their glory from a high mountain and said, “All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me” (Mt. 4:9). Our Redeemer knew
that He first had to shed His blood on this earth for the total redemption to buy back those ordained for eternal life. He, the original Owner, told Satan to go behind Him. Already the psalmist said, “Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all nations” (Ps. 82:8). The apostle Paul expresses this thought as follows, “And if children, then heirs — heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ — if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together” (Rom. 8:17). At the end of this age, this will be fulfilled. We have the privilege to live in a time when all the mysteries contained in the Holy Scriptures are being revealed. This includes also what happened in the garden of Eden.

In the Holy Scriptures, some of the events are described in parables without the actual thing coming up openly on to the surface. God ordained it in that way to leave the deeper secrets hidden which can only be revealed and brought to light by the Holy Spirit. So is the first fall of man. Only if we come to understand wherein the fall actually lies will we be able to comprehend the significance of why it was necessary to take humanity out of the fall by redemption. Already the terminology “falling in sin” insinuates what actually happened.

God had ordained man to rule over the earth. Through the fall, this high position was lost. Only through the fall have we the explanation of how mankind has come under the power of Satan. It also explains why the Prince of this world from that moment onwards dominates the whole earth. The enemy came through the serpent directly into the human race. Nobody can tell how long Adam and Eve remained in serene fellowship with God. They knew no pain, no sufferings, no tears, no sickness and no death. They rejoiced in the presence of the Lord God in paradise being in blessed harmony with Him. In the cool of the evening, He visited them. It was heaven on earth. Thus it will be again in the completion. “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” (Rev. 21:3).

The mighty angel Lucifer who lifted himself up in heaven was cast down, and he continued his work of destruction on earth as the declared enemy of God. His task was also to cut off the human beings from their fellowship with God and separate them from Him throwing them into destruction and death. According to Ez. 28:12-17, he already was in the Garden of Eden before the fall. In the mentioned text, God spoke through the prophet directly to Satan who possessed the king of Tyre. The Holy Scriptures declare that Satan can possess men and beasts alike. Our Lord cast the evil spirits out of many who were demon possessed
(Mt. 4:24). In Mark 5:9, we see that the evil one could directly speak through the one he possessed. “And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.” This man was not only possessed by Satan but by many evil spirits.

In the garden of Eden, there were many trees, also the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the fall of man, there was certainly more involved than the eating of a natural fruit — this was permitted. About the eating of an apple, nothing is recorded in Gen. 3, but we read only about the partaking of a fruit from the tree of knowledge. Therefore, it is important to know who and what the tree of knowledge was. In Gen. 3:7, we read, “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.” Something terrible had happened after which they had to cover the shame of their body. They did not bandage their eyes nor did they cover their mouths, but rather they veiled the lower parts of their bodies with self-made aprons.

In the record given in Gen. 3, we read about the lust of the eye and of being beguiled, etc. Every man and woman know wherein the temptation of the senses, the lust of the eye and the flesh consists of. Also the terminology “THE SERPENT BEGUILED ME” must be considered. The wife of Potiphar, the officer of Pharaoh, saw that Joseph was handsome and had a nice countenance. “And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.” Later she said to deny him, “...he came in unto me to lie with me” (Gen. 39:7+14). If a girl or a boy are trapped and beguiled, everyone knows that they did not eat an ice-cream or had a milk-shake.

In Exodus 22:16, the word “beguiled” is more closely elaborated. “And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her...” The apostle Paul certainly knew what happened in the garden of Eden. Otherwise he could not have written to the Corinthian church the following admonition, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Cor. 11:3). In view of the fall, the apostle writes further, “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression.” (1 Tim. 2:14).

After the fall, just directly after it happened, the Lord God said to Eve, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children...” (Gen. 3:16). This statement in itself tells us what really happened. Eve was not supposed to have sorrow and pain when she eats, as it would have been logical if the transgression would have to be by sinning with the mouth. Up to this day, no woman has ever given birth to a child after eating a fruit. God knew exactly what had taken place and where upon the punishment should be pronounced. Therefore, all women on earth, in remembrance to that original sin and transgression in the fall, under normal circumstances give birth with sorrow and pain, as the Lord had said.

Whoever needs clarification for the statements, “The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” (Gen. 3:13) needs to read in order to obtain an answer Prov. 30:20, “Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.”

The Lord God pronounced judgment upon the serpent for doing it and said, “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.” (Gen. 3:14). Up to that time, the serpent walked upright. Otherwise the statement, “upon thy belly shalt thou go” would make no sense. Most important is the following verse, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” According to the testimony the Lord God had given here, we are to deal with two different seeds. He spoke of the seed of the serpent and also of the seed which would come through the woman. In the whole Scripture, “seed” speaks of offspring.

Satan cannot beget nor can he create. He is a sexless, fallen spirit-being. Therefore, he had to make use of a beast which was closest to man who could even speak. In Gen. 3, one finds the whole conversation which took place between the serpent and Eve. Both, the questions and answers and all the arguments are recorded. Only after the curse, the serpent lost its shape and became a reptile.

The conversation in the garden of Eden began with the well-known question, “Yea, hath God said?” The devil uses the same method all the time. He plants doubts towards God‘s Word into the minds of man. He entangled Eve into arguments concerning God‘s Word and misconstrued it masterly, after which the big lie followed, “Ye shall not surely die … Your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.” That sounded good, and Eve fell for it. What good was therein, that their eyes were opened and they had the knowledge of good and evil in a state separated from God, thrown into death? Since then, every human can judge and know what good and evil are: What is a lie and what is truth. Therefore, all men are responsible before God for their deeds and will be judged accordingly at the White Throne judgment.

In the Greek Bible as in practically all the others, the serpent is spoken of as masculine “…ho Ophis” - “he said unto the woman”. In the French translation, we read, “il dit à la femme”, in the Russian, “i skasal smej shene”. According to the old Hebrew tradition, the fall in the garden of Eden was understood to have taken place through a sex-act. A commentator writes, “…the angel, the one riding the serpent, went in with Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain.” (F. Braun, Blicke ins Wort, pg. 67).

The human nature, character and attributes are found in the genes which actually lie in the chromosomes. They are inherited through the begetting in the sex act. In this way, the sinful nature of the serpent - of Satan, which is against God, came into the human race. Satan himself, who through disobedience and transgression pulled the first couple into death, had the power of death. Therefore, the Redeemer had to come
into human flesh to deliver us from the same. “… That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb. 2:14-15). After the Lord conquered Satan and death and rose on the third day, he could victoriously announce, “I have the keys of death and hell” (Rev. 1:18).

God’s commandment was, “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Gen. 1:28). He instituted marriage and joined the first pair together. The tragedy lies in the breaking of the first marriage through the catastrophical and deadly mixture. Every species was supposed to bring forth after his own kind. But here a creature came into existence, a cross-breed for whom not God but Satan through the serpent was responsible — not being in the original creation. This one charmed and beguiled Eve, and then she gave herself to Adam. God could not accept this, because it did not comply with His original will. Whatever does not derive and come into existence by His original will can never be able to submit to the will of God.

Certainly Adam was confronted with the fact that his beloved Eve who was a part of him was no more a virgin. She had given herself to the serpent and then had her first relation with Adam. Thus, the fall actually took place. From both unions which happened shortly after one another children were born: Cain and Abel.

Right up to our time, twins are born who originate from two different fathers. The two best-known cases happened in Sweden and France. In Stockholm, Mrs. Bjoerlen gave birth on the same day to a black and a blond, blue-eyed baby. Her husband refused to take financial responsibility for the child which apparently was not his. In the trial Mrs. Bjoerlen admitted to have had a black lover. On the same day, she had the family act with both men. In Marseille, France, Mrs. Duval also gave birth to a white and a black child.

Whoever reads Gen. 3:15 carefully will notice that the Lord God had spoken of the two seeds — offsprings right after the fall. From the very beginning, there were these two lineages: one the natural and one the spiritual.

Strange but true, not one time is Cain mentioned in the genealogies of the Old or the New Testament as son of Adam. Not one time is Adam referred to as being the father of Cain. Here we find the reason why: Eve was pronounced “the mother of all living” (Gen. 3:20) but never Adam to be the father of all living. If Cain actually would have been the first-born son of Adam, he would have received special attention and a special place in God’s records.

After Eve gave birth to the first son, she said, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord” (Gen. 4:1). This must be understood correctly. It was the first birth on the earth. There was no midwife, no physician and none who had any knowledge of this event. The pain was great. Adam certainly had no solution. In no way could he assist. So Eve cried in birth-pains unto the Lord. That is quite understandable, and also her statement afterward confirms it. No other act with Adam is recorded between the birth of Cain and Abel. In fact, the Holy Scripture gives light to this, because in verse 2 we are simply told, “… And she again bore his brother, Abel.”

The apostle John also apparently must have known what happened in the garden of Eden, because he writes, “… not as Cain, who was of that wicked one” (I Jn. 3:12). With this statement Adam could never have been meant. Adam certainly was not the evil one, nor the wicked one whose son Cain was according to the written Word of God. The same apostle John writes of the believers, “…because ye have overcome the wicked one” (I Jn.  2:13 + 14). Again Satan is meant in this place as in many other places in the Scripture with this description. In Rev. 20:2, he is called “the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan”.
The Holy Scriptures mention in many places where the opponent of God is called “the wicked one”. God is altogether good and Satan is just the contrary. In the Lord’s prayer we recite, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Mt. 6:13). We now know who “the evil one” is whose son Cain was — the origin of all ungodly things.

Cain was full of envy and jealousy. He was the first killer and murderer, and Satan is the murderer from the very beginning (Jn. 8:44). He did not murder in heaven but on earth. It is absolutely impossible for Cain to have come forth from Adam who was created in the direct image of the holy God. From God no evil can come. Satan was misusing the serpent for entering into the human race in this cunning way and throwing the same into destruction and death. Because of this fact it was necessary for God to come into the flesh to redeem us back from the power of Satan under which we were. As soon as the redeemed could receive their inheritance, they will be placed back into their original position, ordained by God and rule with Him over all the earth.

Enoch was the seventh from Adam (Jude, 14). There, Cain certainly was not counted. Abel was killed and had no offsprings. Therefore, the record of the genealogy goes over to Seth. In this respect, the Word of God is also perfect and enlightening. Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch (Gen.  5:6-18).

Just as the birth-pains remind the woman of the original sin, so does circumcision remind the man thereof. When God made a covenant with Abraham and his seed, He required circumcision, “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: Every male child among you shall be circumcised” (Gen. 17:10). Circumcision was declared to be the eternal covenant sign (vs. 13). Whoever refused to be circumcised, his soul was to be cut off from his people (vs. 14), because in his part he did not comprehend wherein the covenant was broken. When Moses had neglected to circumcise his own son, the Lord was about to kill him. “Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me” (Ex. 4:25).

In Matthew 13, the Lord speaks very clearly about two different spiritual seeds, “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one” (vs. 37 + 38). Those who were possessed of the wicked one and hardened their hearts, to them Jesus said, “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” (Jn. 8:44).

The seed of the serpent was just as much reality as the seed of the woman. The seed of the serpent was Cain, the seed of the woman was Christ. Paul emphasised this thought when he referred to the promised seed, “…and to thy seed, which is Christ” (Gal. 3:16). He is the seed for whom the promise was given (vs. 19). In the Old Testament, we read, “When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed” (Isa. 53:10). It is God‘s law for every seed to bring forth after its own kind. We also must remember the word enmity which was put between the two seeds, “And I will put enmity between … thy seed and her seed” (Gen.
3:15). With the help of the serpent, Satan came into the human race to destroy God‘s order. For this reason, God had to come down by begetting into humanity in order to take away the enmity, sin and death (Eph.
2:13-16). In His body of flesh, our Lord accomplished the redemption to live again in the redeemed. He had taken them away from Satan’s influence and placed them into His own Kingdom, “And, having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col. 2:15).

Because Satan came into human flesh and blood, God had to do the same and appear in the form of His Son. He was concerned about our life, about the redemption of our soul and about our reconciliation with Him which only became possible through the redemption by the shedding of the blood of the lamb of God. In the Redeemer no Jewish blood was pulsating but it was a godly, pure and holy blood in which God’s life was.

There was also no evolution as science asserts, because of the various forms of skeleton. There were only different species which differed also in the outward appearance. Jude records in verse 7 about “strange flesh”. Paul writes, “All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds” (I Cor. 15:39). There was indeed a race of strange flesh.

Here we have the missing link in human history after which science is searching for so long. Based upon the different skeleton forms they know that there was another species in existence. But of course such answers and revelations are not found in any scientific book. They are only found in the mysterious book called the Bible which contains all the mysteries of God.

One species came forth from the joining of serpent and Eve and that was the lineage of Cain who married a daughter of Adam. The other was the descendant of Adam and Eve through Seth who married his own sister. As generally known, Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters” (Gen. 5:4). Later came into existence another species, when the two lineages got mixed. The descendants of Cain in the Bible were called “the children of men”. They still had a little attraction of Lucifer. The descendants of Seth were called “sons of God”. “…that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives …” (Gen. 6:2). Because of this cross-breeding, God decided to make an end of all the human race. The Messiah was to come forth after the flesh from a pure line. Since the flood, there is only one kind in existence which goes back to Adam. “And  the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem and Ham, and Japheth … and of them was the whole earth overspread.” (Gen. 9:18-19,  Acts 17:26).

Spiritually, also there will be the two lines right to the end (Mt. 13:38). The judgment thereof stands with God alone. He knows His own. Everyone of course has the possibility for self-examination. Whoever believes the Word of God as it came forth from His mouth and acts accordingly confirms to be the Word-seed child, begotten by the Spirit of God. Whoever is repellent and stands against the Word testifies of not having something in common with the Lord. Actually everyone can know of himself to which category he belongs. Now we are still in the time of grace. Whosoever wants can come and turn unto the Lord, believe and follow Him.

When our Lord was on earth Satan showed Him all the kingdoms and their glory from a high mountain and said, “All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me” (Mt. 4:9). Our Redeemer knew
that He first had to shed His blood on this earth for the total redemption to buy back those ordained for eternal life. He, the original Owner, told Satan to go behind Him. Already the psalmist said, “Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all nations” (Ps. 82:8). The apostle Paul expresses this thought as follows, “And if children, then heirs — heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ — if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together” (Rom. 8:17). At the end of this age, this will be fulfilled. We have the privilege to live in a time when all the mysteries contained in the Holy Scriptures are being revealed. This includes also what happened in the garden of Eden.