Subject: Genesis 3:1-7 |
Bible Note: Paul: Okay...I am going to ask as plainly as possible: Was the line from Adam to Christ a sinless one? Yes or no? That is what I want to know. I did not take Branham out of context. He obviously believed in evolution (he even refers to the serpent as a "missing link"). He insists that Satan is the father of Cain, despite the fact that Gensis 4:1 says that he is the result of sexual intercourse between Adam and Eve. Countless times Branham invents new meanings for words with completely different deninitions (e.g. "beguiled" meaning seduction). In addition, anyone who reads the Bible in its entirety will not find a single reference stating that Cain is Satan's son. Not one. The verses you have cited to support thsi false teaching have absolutely nothing to do with Cain and can be clearly shown to be non-supportive based on their context. In other words, putting aside Branham and reading the Bible, NO ONE would come to the conclusions that Branham did. So we return to the age-old deception of believing that the Bible needs a human interpreter to tell us what the "hidden meaning" behind the text is. One must reject the clear rendering of Scripture in order to embrace Branhamism. In addition, the teachings of Branham regarding the serpent's seed has NEVER been held in the total of church history. Such an "important doctrine" was not taught by the apostles, nor by anyone in church history until Branham. No trace of it at all. So either our sovereign God let His truth disappear for until the 1940s, or Branham is wrong. Seriously, Paul, take a step back and evaluate that. Literally thousands of years went by, with this "revelation" hidden. The Bible doesn't mention it directly, and even apparently denies it, based on the verses I already cited. Only those who follow Branham hold to this strange doctrine, and do so in the face of the weight of history and the Biblical narrative and the complete SILENCE of Scripture on this doctrine. I don't need to pray whether Branham was right any more than I need to pray whether the Book of Mormon is true. God has already plainly revealed that he is not. --Joe! |