Brother Branham goes back to the beginning, Genesis 1. The word »genesis« means »beginning« or »origin«, and here was the beginning of all the good and evil. We are not told how long the fellowship of Adam and Eve, and God lasted, but we are told of the fall which was connected to the first disobedience, the first transgression of God’s Word, the first beguiling, the first adultery etc. Eve at first was in Adam in the spiritual creation (chapter 1), and in chapter 2, in the second creative act, in the natural, she was taken out of Adam. In this we see the plan of salvation with humanity from the very beginning. The Bride of Christ was in the Redeemer, when He was in His celestial Body, and only when He came into the Body of flesh, and died on the cross, was she taken from His side through redemption by the shedding of the blood.

In his sermon, Brother Branham further states that, from the beginning, for each kind, there was just a pair, male and female. The thought is being expressed here that the original creation could not be tempted and fall (pg. 25). Therefore, the enemy chose to speak to the woman who was not in the original creation. The Lord God gave Adam the following commandment when Eve was still in him, “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die“ (Gen. 2:16b-17). God had spoken to Adam, the enemy chose Eve as a partner to talk with and twisted her into arguments about »what God had said«. Even today the enemy uses the same words spoken by many, “Has God really said so…?“, “Does He really mean it…?“ etc., and then he twists everything. God had spoken of a special tree of which he should not have eaten. That was the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The enemy spoke about all the trees. He thus remained with the subject, but not in the truth.

In the first act of creation, both male and female, was one. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them“ (Gen. 1:26-29). Although the whole creation was finished, and was very good after God had completed His Work, and rested on the seventh day and sanctified the seventh day (Gen. 2:1-3), right after this we read, “… and there was not a man to till the ground“ (2:5b). It was only after man was made from the dust of the earth that he could fall asleep and Eve taken out of him. In this natural body he could do all the earthly work, but therein he fell and therefore the Lord had to come in the natural body to redeem us and take us out of the fall. The Saviour became as the ones He was to save in every way (Heb. 2:17). And they will be like Him in the completion (1 Jn. 3:2). Because the first begetting and beguiling happened through the serpent, all those begotten throughout humanity since the beginning are under the fall and the influence of the evil one. Cain was a child of the evil one (1 Jn. 3:12). In the Lord’s prayer we say, “… deliver us from the evil one …“ The Lord of heaven had to come in a human body, through the begetting by the Spirit, and therefore in reality could pull us out of the fall and the power of the evil one.

The very moment Eve permitted herself to be drawn into arguments by the serpent, she became submissive to the power of satan. After this she caused Adam to be submissive to her, and pulled him, against the commandment of God, into the fall. Every woman who pulls a man into transgression as Eve did is under the inspiration of the evil one as she was. Certainly such discussions are always with arguments about »what God has said«. In such a situation, the enemy turns the Word of God and twists it in the minds and mouths of women without them realising it. Satan will always use the Word of God with the intent to deceive. He also came to our Lord with the statement, “It is written“. It is only in this way that he can deceive and pull God’s children into transgression. Every lie is a truth perverted. We must use and follow the example of our Lord, Who met the enemy with the statement, “It is also written!“ Satan takes a single scripture to tempt the believers, we must take all the Word of God to resist the tempter.

Brother Branham goes back to the beginning, Genesis 1. The word »genesis« means »beginning« or »origin«, and here was the beginning of all the good and evil. We are not told how long the fellowship of Adam and Eve, and God lasted, but we are told of the fall which was connected to the first disobedience, the first transgression of God’s Word, the first beguiling, the first adultery etc. Eve at first was in Adam in the spiritual creation (chapter 1), and in chapter 2, in the second creative act, in the natural, she was taken out of Adam. In this we see the plan of salvation with humanity from the very beginning. The Bride of Christ was in the Redeemer, when He was in His celestial Body, and only when He came into the Body of flesh, and died on the cross, was she taken from His side through redemption by the shedding of the blood.

In his sermon, Brother Branham further states that, from the beginning, for each kind, there was just a pair, male and female. The thought is being expressed here that the original creation could not be tempted and fall (pg. 25). Therefore, the enemy chose to speak to the woman who was not in the original creation. The Lord God gave Adam the following commandment when Eve was still in him, “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die“ (Gen. 2:16b-17). God had spoken to Adam, the enemy chose Eve as a partner to talk with and twisted her into arguments about »what God had said«. Even today the enemy uses the same words spoken by many, “Has God really said so…?“, “Does He really mean it…?“ etc., and then he twists everything. God had spoken of a special tree of which he should not have eaten. That was the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The enemy spoke about all the trees. He thus remained with the subject, but not in the truth.

In the first act of creation, both male and female, was one. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them“ (Gen. 1:26-29). Although the whole creation was finished, and was very good after God had completed His Work, and rested on the seventh day and sanctified the seventh day (Gen. 2:1-3), right after this we read, “… and there was not a man to till the ground“ (2:5b). It was only after man was made from the dust of the earth that he could fall asleep and Eve taken out of him. In this natural body he could do all the earthly work, but therein he fell and therefore the Lord had to come in the natural body to redeem us and take us out of the fall. The Saviour became as the ones He was to save in every way (Heb. 2:17). And they will be like Him in the completion (1 Jn. 3:2). Because the first begetting and beguiling happened through the serpent, all those begotten throughout humanity since the beginning are under the fall and the influence of the evil one. Cain was a child of the evil one (1 Jn. 3:12). In the Lord’s prayer we say, “… deliver us from the evil one …“ The Lord of heaven had to come in a human body, through the begetting by the Spirit, and therefore in reality could pull us out of the fall and the power of the evil one.

The very moment Eve permitted herself to be drawn into arguments by the serpent, she became submissive to the power of satan. After this she caused Adam to be submissive to her, and pulled him, against the commandment of God, into the fall. Every woman who pulls a man into transgression as Eve did is under the inspiration of the evil one as she was. Certainly such discussions are always with arguments about »what God has said«. In such a situation, the enemy turns the Word of God and twists it in the minds and mouths of women without them realising it. Satan will always use the Word of God with the intent to deceive. He also came to our Lord with the statement, “It is written“. It is only in this way that he can deceive and pull God’s children into transgression. Every lie is a truth perverted. We must use and follow the example of our Lord, Who met the enemy with the statement, “It is also written!“ Satan takes a single scripture to tempt the believers, we must take all the Word of God to resist the tempter.