In the sermon Marriage and Divorce a great revelation is given that states that Satan was the designer of the woman. This is a statement that has many ramifications in how we view women and the Scripture as a whole. Therefore, it is critical that we understand this statement of Brother Branham correctly, in proper context and the context of the Bible. First, let’s all agree that every doctrine brother Branham gives us must be based on the Bible and not on a new revelation outside of the Bible.
These seven points are all quotes taken from the sermon, “Marriage and Divorce,” by Brother William Marrion Branham.
1. Every creature, in the male is the prettiest…But in the human race, it’s the woman that’s pretty, not the man…Originally it’s that way. Why, why was it done? To deceive by. Her designer, Satan, is still working on her, too, in these last days.
2. …she is designed so that she can be deceiving. And Satan is really working on her today, in these last days, because he is her designer. I can prove that now. To go right back at the beginning, who started to work on her, Adam or Satan, God or Satan? See, that’s her designer… You may question me about Satan being her designer, but that’s the Truth. Satan designed her. He still does it… And that’s why a woman was given that beauty, for deception, to deceive.
3. “Why,” the question might arise then, “why did God make this woman like this? …It was for His Own good pleasure. Sure… let’s turn to Romans 9, just a minute, and show you something, how God does these things…
4. So He had to put a man out here, and make him on free moral agency, so he would, knowing, would fall; and the man, in His Own image, how could he fall? …So, He had to make a byproduct, something out of the original creation. …Then, that’s what fell. He made it, knowing it would fall. And it’s put over in the hands of Satan, for a vessel of dishonor.
5. But you know, the animal has to come to a certain time of the year, and her mate, then that’s all. But, a woman, it’s any time.
6. All His works that He designed, in the original, is in continuity. All of His original works was in continuity. The female dog, the male dog; see, female cow, the male cow; everything in continuity. …Everything, even nature, of God, is all in a continuity, in one; and here is one designed out of the continuity of God. Nature is so designed so it can’t sin. Think! The original creation, of God, could not sin…She is a perversion of the original creation.
7. He made the creature and turned her so Satan could get a hold of her, and he did. He has still got her. She had better flee to the Cross, like man, too.
It is necessary to go back to the Scripture and see the origin of the woman:
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27
In Genesis 1 we understand that God made male and female first in spirit form and then in Genesis 2 he formed them into flesh in a two-fold process. God is the creator of the spiritual nature of Eve. She and Adam were one in spirit form:
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7
“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Genesis 2:18
All the other animals were made male and female immediately, but for Adam he was made and left alone without his female counterpart. This was done to illustrate the type of Christ and his Bride. The Bride is a part of the Groom, she was in him before the foundation of the world and comes forth from him and, in fact, manifests the nature of Christ in her life. This is the exalted status of the woman, to be a part of the visible expression of God. Adam and Eve were made to be the image and likeness of God: that is, God made visible. Not just Adam, but Adam and Eve together, were the image and likeness of God. Now, in Genesis 2:18 out of all of his creation that was good, and even in Genesis 1:31, the creation of the sixth day was very good; this was the creation of the male and female in the image and likeness of God. This was termed, very good. But the fact that Adam was alone was not good! God didn’t give something evil to Adam. He gave something GOOD to Adam to take Adam’s situation from being untenable to good!
“21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” Genesis 2:21-25
The Bible emphasizes, it was the LORD God, Yahweh Elohim, which caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and Yahweh Elohim took the rib from Adam and formed the woman and Yahweh Elohim presented her to Adam! Satan has no part in this process according to the sacred text. When does Satan enter into the text as a designer who was working on Eve?
“1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:1-5
In exerpt number 2, above, Brother Branham tells us to go right back to the beginning and see who was working on Eve. This is where we can go. We see no other alternative, “in the beginning” to where Satan was a cocreator, or codesigner with God. It is clear in Marriage and Divorce that God made Eve not Satan. Satan designed her by working on her before Adam did.
God created Eve as a part of his image and likeness along with Adam. God gave Adam something good to complete him in the Garden of Eden. He designed the sexuality of both Adam and Eve. Now, this becomes an issue in-light-of what Brother Branham said regarding this in several sermons later in 1965. I’m going to list five quotes, so you can get the whole picture. God’s purpose was to bring forth spoken word children, at the appointed time, through the sexual act between Adam and Eve.
“God, in the beginning, commissioned Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth. That’s how sex was given, that’s why it was. But what caused the hybreeding? Bring death.” [1]
“51. And He showed here, in the beginning, that His perfect will was to create man out of the dust of the earth. But, you see, He permitted sex to be brought in. He never did intend children to be born by sex, but it was permitted, which soon will fade away.” [2]
“200. Now the world is to be repopulated, not by the original creation of God, like in the beginning, not by the original creation, but by sex desire. Now that takes care of “the beginning,” doesn’t it?” [3]
“Why? She mingled it. Kept it away, instead of Adam coming to her for a bride, when the time appointed would be.” [4]
“144. And before they came together, Adam and Eve, she was pregnated with the corrupt seed from the serpent. And when Adam come to his wife, he found her pregnated to death. See? Death! How? Spiritually and physically dead.” [5]
Adam and
Eve were to come together at the time appointed not according to sex desire to
produce a spoken word seed of God. God put into the design of the woman that
she could have sexual intercourse at any time, instead of once for her babies
and he designed her as more attractive than the man. This was a gift and a
blessing to the man, but in the beginning the man was to wait until the time
appointed, not following after lust. However, Satan began to work on her,
designing her to be a deception. Now, to emphasize, Adam was in the original
creation and was not deceived by Eve or the Serpent. He knew what he was doing
and did it to redeem his bride, out of love. In so having sexual relations for
pleasure, outside of the time appointed by God he committed a sin, taking back
his wife, that lived with the Serpent previously to that. God built into Eve
the capability to be used for pleasure at any time instead of coming to a
desire according to the animal kingdom, when she went into heat, once for her
babies. Now, God did not built this ability in to force her into sin. God is
not the author of sin, but he designed her this way and put her on free moral
agency to choose the way. If there was no tempter, Satan, she would not have
fallen. Satan worked on her, designer her to be used and misused for the sake
of sexual pleasure. God made Eve as a good gift for his son, but permitted
Satan to pervert her in order “that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels
of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory” (Romans 9:23). It was God’s
purpose to use this good vessel Eve to accomplish his eternal purpose in
expressing his attributes of love, mercy, salvation, redemption, etc.
[1] 62-0318, The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed, Rev. William Marrion Branham
[2] 65-0427, Does God Change His Mind?, Rev. William Marrion Branham
[3] 65-0221M, Marriage And Divorce, Rev. William Marrion Branham
[4] 62-0318, The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed, Rev. William Marrion Branham
[5] 62-0318, The Spoken Word Is the Original Seed, Rev. William Marrion Branham
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