God reacted with anger upon the fall. He cursed the serpent who from that very moment lost speech and shape. Before then, he could speak and walk, from that moment he was a reptile, creeping on the ground. Eve was not cursed, but she had to bear the penalty because she was deceived, and therefore she had to bear her children in pain. God did not put the penalty on the mouth, but right in the mother’s womb where it belongs. The covering of the shame with fig leaves, and most certainly not under an apple tree of which the Bible does not speak, makes it very plain what had happened. Adam was also not cursed, but rather the ground which he had to till. He was to eat his bread in the sweat of his face. The rebuke from the Lord was, “… because thou hast listened unto the voice of thy wife“ (Gen. 3:17a).

Ever since the fall in this body, all are alike during their pilgrimage on earth. Women bear their children in sorrow, and men who work physically still have sweat on their forehead. In the changing of our body, at the Return of Christ, our redemption will be complete. Until then, the believers and unbelievers are alike in the body — both have the same problems, the same desires etc.

Following the tragedy that took place in Paradise, the Lord God gave the first promise of salvation, that the seed would come through the woman and bruise the serpent’s head. Satan brought his seed through Eve, while God brought His Seed through Mary. He said, addressing the enemy, “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“ (Gen. 3:15)

Brother Branham teaches that, after the fall, the original beginning was over, of which Jesus, our Lord, spoke in Mt. 19 when He said, “… but from the beginning it was not so.“ After the fall, thus emphasises the man of God, another covenant was required, and the equality of man and woman then ended. Quote: “Now notice. Now after the beginning, after the beginning, after time began (back in that was Eternity) it was over. Notice, after that fall was made by Eve, after the fall, there was need to be another covenant made. Now, this is going to stumble you, but I’m going to give you the Scripture to prove that this is the Truth. Now notice, after the fall … Jesus said, »God, at the beginning, made one of a kind,« but now, after the fall — now, we’re going beyond that; the covenant was co-equal — but now after the fall, there’s another covenant made. Now, she was no longer ruler with him. Each must have a separate covenant.“ (pg. 31).

The equality that man and woman had on the same level was thereby finished and Adam was placed by God Himself over his wife, “and he shall rule over thee!“ In this respect nothing has changed for the believing women in the New Testament, even if many would say it out loudly or in a more silent way, “I resent that!“ Paul writes, “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God“ (1 Cor. 11:3). That is God’s order for the believers. A truly believing woman will take her stand rightfully and place herself in the role given her by the Lord God Himself, and submit herself to the rulership of her husband. If she does not respect this biblical pattern, then she beheads herself, and in the true sense of the word she becomes headless.

After the fall, the beginning that Jesus spoke of, was over. Quote: “Now, let us notice what Jesus said about: »From the beginning it wasn’t so.« Now, it is not so from — it is — now, it is after the beginning. Now there’s a double covenant. First it was just a covenant. Adam and Eve was co-equal; one man, one woman. Now, the woman sinned. And what does she do? That thro wed them all to death, and God had to make a covenant by that, another covenant. Here it is right here in Genesis 3:16. He made another covenant. … Now, that takes care of the beginning, doesn’t it?“ (pg. 32).

And now Brother Branham states seemingly incomprehensible thoughts for us, but if we are willing and ready to consider what is said, it will be a shock, at the same time we are going to find our place. Quote: “Now, you see, then after the beginning it was — something else was introduced. Now, this is going to shock you. … Then when the double covenant was made by man and woman through sex (another covenant altogether; not the original covenant, but another covenant), now what’s introduced? Polygamy in all. Then after the beginning, polygamy was introduced both in man and beast, after the beginning, the fall … Second covenant: one male, many females …“ (pg. 33)

As announced earlier we are all shocked. We would never have expected such a statement. No one has the intention of introducing polygamy, but rather to set things in the scriptural order. Brother Branham taught what the Bible says, and testified that the place of the woman is different from that of the man.

He continues, upon this foundation, with all divine sincerity which can even be felt in his voice and says, “Notice! (Don’t fail this now; take it all down to your hearts.) But not one of those women could even have one more husband. He’s the original creation, not her. Not one of those women could have one more husband, but that one husband could have a thousand wives. That’s thus saith the Lord. That’s the Bible.“ (pg 34).

Now we are totally astonished, but Paul expressed a similar thought regarding the woman, “Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man…“ (1 Tim. 5:9). It is also very clearly written concerning the woman, “For the woman who hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So, then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.” (Rom. 7:2-3). A woman is bound to her vow as long as her husband lives. If she breaks it she is guilty, which is also confirmed in 1 Cor. 7:39. Did God forget something? Did He say something wrong? Surely not.

The same Paul continues to write to the younger widows, that they should marry again (1 Tim. 5:14). The different stands of man and woman are also expressed in the following scripture, to which Brother Branham refers. Quote: “Matthew 5:32.1 want you to notice here, to support this same idea of one and many…: »But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery (Why? She’ll marry again); … and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.«“ (pg. 36-37). Here again, we have to pay careful attention to whom the words are being addressed.

For this reason, if a man had given his wife a writing of divorcement, which served as a document permitting her to remarry, and if she became the wife of another, she could not return to her former husband, even after the death of the second husband, for she was defiled (Dt. 24:1-4).

“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? Shall not that land be greatly polluted.” (Jer. 3:1). God takes the whole matter very seriously.

Now somebody may cry out, “Men of God in the New Testament, Paul and Branham, that is too much! Where do we have justice? We do have equality!“ That is true. The spirit of the age practises equality, but the woman is raising herself above the man and instead of him ruling over her, she rules over him, the prophet said so. The Spirit of God raises a standard against the trend of time until all women who believe the Word are sanctified therein and submit themselves to their husbands and all men submit themselves to Christ and also become sanctified by obedience through the Spirit. It is only then, that the ever unchanging divine order will remain in force.

Brother Branham refers to the Apostle Paul, in 1 Tim. 2:9-15; that a woman is not permitted to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man. After Eve came under the influence and power of satan, she began to influence Adam until he finally did what she wanted, and thereby transgressed God’s commandment. That is the way the fall took place. God was utterly mocked and His order was disobeyed and continues to be, by all those who do not find their place in the divine pattern. The reason the apostle gave for the subordination of women is thus, “For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the} transgression“ (vv. 13-14). Then he joins this with 1 Cor. 14 and says that the woman must remain subordinate, “… as also saith the law“ (v. 34). Old fashioned? Old Testament? Women hater? No! But rather how the unchanging God set all things in order as they are valid for ever according to His law. The Lord Jesus did not come to take away the commandments and do away with the law, but rather to fulfil the same. “Think not, that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.“ (Mt. 5:17-18). What He has once said remains for ever valid.

God reacted with anger upon the fall. He cursed the serpent who from that very moment lost speech and shape. Before then, he could speak and walk, from that moment he was a reptile, creeping on the ground. Eve was not cursed, but she had to bear the penalty because she was deceived, and therefore she had to bear her children in pain. God did not put the penalty on the mouth, but right in the mother’s womb where it belongs. The covering of the shame with fig leaves, and most certainly not under an apple tree of which the Bible does not speak, makes it very plain what had happened. Adam was also not cursed, but rather the ground which he had to till. He was to eat his bread in the sweat of his face. The rebuke from the Lord was, “… because thou hast listened unto the voice of thy wife“ (Gen. 3:17a).

Ever since the fall in this body, all are alike during their pilgrimage on earth. Women bear their children in sorrow, and men who work physically still have sweat on their forehead. In the changing of our body, at the Return of Christ, our redemption will be complete. Until then, the believers and unbelievers are alike in the body — both have the same problems, the same desires etc.

Following the tragedy that took place in Paradise, the Lord God gave the first promise of salvation, that the seed would come through the woman and bruise the serpent’s head. Satan brought his seed through Eve, while God brought His Seed through Mary. He said, addressing the enemy, “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“ (Gen. 3:15)

Brother Branham teaches that, after the fall, the original beginning was over, of which Jesus, our Lord, spoke in Mt. 19 when He said, “… but from the beginning it was not so.“ After the fall, thus emphasises the man of God, another covenant was required, and the equality of man and woman then ended. Quote: “Now notice. Now after the beginning, after the beginning, after time began (back in that was Eternity) it was over. Notice, after that fall was made by Eve, after the fall, there was need to be another covenant made. Now, this is going to stumble you, but I’m going to give you the Scripture to prove that this is the Truth. Now notice, after the fall … Jesus said, »God, at the beginning, made one of a kind,« but now, after the fall — now, we’re going beyond that; the covenant was co-equal — but now after the fall, there’s another covenant made. Now, she was no longer ruler with him. Each must have a separate covenant.“ (pg. 31).

The equality that man and woman had on the same level was thereby finished and Adam was placed by God Himself over his wife, “and he shall rule over thee!“ In this respect nothing has changed for the believing women in the New Testament, even if many would say it out loudly or in a more silent way, “I resent that!“ Paul writes, “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God“ (1 Cor. 11:3). That is God’s order for the believers. A truly believing woman will take her stand rightfully and place herself in the role given her by the Lord God Himself, and submit herself to the rulership of her husband. If she does not respect this biblical pattern, then she beheads herself, and in the true sense of the word she becomes headless.

After the fall, the beginning that Jesus spoke of, was over. Quote: “Now, let us notice what Jesus said about: »From the beginning it wasn’t so.« Now, it is not so from — it is — now, it is after the beginning. Now there’s a double covenant. First it was just a covenant. Adam and Eve was co-equal; one man, one woman. Now, the woman sinned. And what does she do? That thro wed them all to death, and God had to make a covenant by that, another covenant. Here it is right here in Genesis 3:16. He made another covenant. … Now, that takes care of the beginning, doesn’t it?“ (pg. 32).

And now Brother Branham states seemingly incomprehensible thoughts for us, but if we are willing and ready to consider what is said, it will be a shock, at the same time we are going to find our place. Quote: “Now, you see, then after the beginning it was — something else was introduced. Now, this is going to shock you. … Then when the double covenant was made by man and woman through sex (another covenant altogether; not the original covenant, but another covenant), now what’s introduced? Polygamy in all. Then after the beginning, polygamy was introduced both in man and beast, after the beginning, the fall … Second covenant: one male, many females …“ (pg. 33)

As announced earlier we are all shocked. We would never have expected such a statement. No one has the intention of introducing polygamy, but rather to set things in the scriptural order. Brother Branham taught what the Bible says, and testified that the place of the woman is different from that of the man.

He continues, upon this foundation, with all divine sincerity which can even be felt in his voice and says, “Notice! (Don’t fail this now; take it all down to your hearts.) But not one of those women could even have one more husband. He’s the original creation, not her. Not one of those women could have one more husband, but that one husband could have a thousand wives. That’s thus saith the Lord. That’s the Bible.“ (pg 34).

Now we are totally astonished, but Paul expressed a similar thought regarding the woman, “Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man…“ (1 Tim. 5:9). It is also very clearly written concerning the woman, “For the woman who hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So, then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.” (Rom. 7:2-3). A woman is bound to her vow as long as her husband lives. If she breaks it she is guilty, which is also confirmed in 1 Cor. 7:39. Did God forget something? Did He say something wrong? Surely not.

The same Paul continues to write to the younger widows, that they should marry again (1 Tim. 5:14). The different stands of man and woman are also expressed in the following scripture, to which Brother Branham refers. Quote: “Matthew 5:32.1 want you to notice here, to support this same idea of one and many…: »But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery (Why? She’ll marry again); … *and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.«“* (pg. 36-37). Here again, we have to pay careful attention to whom the words are being addressed.

For this reason, if a man had given his wife a writing of divorcement, which served as a document permitting her to remarry, and if she became the wife of another, she could not return to her former husband, even after the death of the second husband, for she was defiled (Dt. 24:1-4).

“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? Shall not that land be greatly polluted.” (Jer. 3:1). God takes the whole matter very seriously.

Now somebody may cry out, “Men of God in the New Testament, Paul and Branham, that is too much! Where do we have justice? We do have equality!“ That is true. The spirit of the age practises equality, but the woman is raising herself above the man and instead of him ruling over her, she rules over him, the prophet said so. The Spirit of God raises a standard against the trend of time until all women who believe the Word are sanctified therein and submit themselves to their husbands and all men submit themselves to Christ and also become sanctified by obedience through the Spirit. It is only then, that the ever unchanging divine order will remain in force.

Brother Branham refers to the Apostle Paul, in 1 Tim. 2:9-15; that a woman is not permitted to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man. After Eve came under the influence and power of satan, she began to influence Adam until he finally did what she wanted, and thereby transgressed God’s commandment. That is the way the fall took place. God was utterly mocked and His order was disobeyed and continues to be, by all those who do not find their place in the divine pattern. The reason the apostle gave for the subordination of women is thus, “For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the} transgression“ (vv. 13-14). Then he joins this with 1 Cor. 14 and says that the woman must remain subordinate, “… as also saith the law“ (v. 34). Old fashioned? Old Testament? Women hater? No! But rather how the unchanging God set all things in order as they are valid for ever according to His law. The Lord Jesus did not come to take away the commandments and do away with the law, but rather to fulfil the same. “Think not, that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.“ (Mt. 5:17-18). What He has once said remains for ever valid.