Is The Serpent Seed Doctrine A "Damnable Heresy"?

[samuelofisrael]

William Branham's spin on the 'seed of the serpent' or in his rendition, "serpentMAN," was an obvious error. He "presumed" that Cain was the biological offspring of the serpentMAN, Branham's "missing link" theory, owing to the verse that tells us, "Cain who was of that wicked one." - 1Jn 3:12

Yet there is absolutely no indication that the Greek demands such exegesis, it is another of Branham's strange and unBiblical expositions. We have to remember he was of the view he was carried along by the Holy Spirit "restoring" lost Truths of the Sacred Record as were other men before him.

Yeshua settles the issue in John 8. Paul also indicated a spiritual kinship when he labels Elymas as a child of the devil. - Acts 13:10.
Careful reading of the Text in Genesis will indicate that both Cain and Able were the offspring of the seminal parents. There is not a scintilla of Biblical evidence that Cain was sired by the serpent, the devil [satan], Azael [Kaballah] or any other entity but the first man and the first woman.

Branham errantly taught the the Hebrew word, "beguiled," had sexual implications. Here again as with so many other teachings, he was in error. Both Cain and Abel had the same father [sire] as did Issac and Ishamael, Jacob and Esau. One was a link to Messiah and one was rejected in that sense, perhaps in other matters as well.

But we are not left to wonder for those of a right mind and an open heart. Yeshua declared those who resisted Him, rejected His testimony, turned the shoulder to their King as:

Jn 8:44-47

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.

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Note the consistency with Holy Writ as opposed to contradiction resident in the teachings of WMB. Yeshua [and Holy Writ] declare those who oppose Truth as "of the devil," the 'serpentMAN' is not mentioned simply because it is a mythical character, a creation of exegetical fiction. Cain was indeed "of the wicked one" as were those who resisted and finally murdered Yeshua "of their father, the devil." The word chosen by the Holy Spirit for "father" is 'pateer.' -Gk. and not as Yeshua agrees those who did reject Him as being of their father "seed," [sperma- Gk] Abraham. But regardless of their natural, physical, biological conception [sire], they were nevertheless of their "father, the devil."

This illustrates agreement with all that is taught by the writers of the Scriptures as moved of the Holy Spirit. In contrast we have the mumblngs of the apostate Jews in their fantasyland expositions [Kaballah] and other fictional literature.

Does the Bible indicate Cain and Abel were the offspring of the devil? Not a whisper of Biblical evidence, just some man's misguided mind.

Adam + Eve = Cain and Abel

One was declared righteous, accepted. The other's offering rejected [non revelatory deportment], rejection. One was "of God," and one was, "of the wicked one." Both had the same father and mother. Here we are reminded of Jacob and Esau. Both men were brothers as were Cain and Abel. Same father and same mother. Same biological seed but one was of the line of Truth and the other the resister of Truth. Neither was sired by the 'serpenMAN' or the devil or the fallen angel, Azael [Kaballah].

When the Bible is seen in its true essence these myths fall away and those who are able to receive Truth are armed against the wiles of the devil and his ministers.

Here I must explain. An error of exegesis does not indicate a child of the devil per se, common fallibility is the experience of us all. There are men and women who ARE children of the wicked one who stalked the realms of Christian Truth as commissioners of misdirection plays. The cults are evidence of this statement.

Yes, William Branham's 'serpent seed' teaching is a heresy and further proof as I see it that he was merely a confused evangelist and no true prophet at all. But then, each must follow their own leading.

Shalom.