Two Trees, Two Seeds, Twins

In this issue let us examine some verses closely, regarding this subject in to illustrate an important revelation, so significant and relevant for the age we live in. I will begin by presenting the pertinent scripture:

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:14-15

Adam Clarke, British, Methodist theologian and biblical scholar writes in his commentary regarding the serpent: Hebrew: “nachash:”

. . . whom I suppose to have been at the head of all the inferior animals, and in a sort of society and intimacy with man, is to be greatly degraded, entirely banished from human society, and deprived of the gift of speech. Cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field – thou shalt be considered the most contemptible of animals; upon thy belly shalt thou go – thou shalt no longer walk erect.

Note, the similarity to Brother Branham’s teaching:

147 Now let’s watch this just a minute. He is smart, crafty, yet he is called the ‘serpent.’ But, remember, he was the smartest thing there was, and the more like the human being than anything else that was on the field; closest to a human being. He was not a reptile. The curse made him a reptile. And he was the . . .  the Bible said he was the most beautiful of all.

58-0928e – “The Serpent’s Seed”

Rev. William Marrion Branham

125 “And the serpent was not a reptile, the curse made him a reptile. He was just like a man, he walked upright.”

54-0103m – “Questions and Answers #1”

Rev. William Marrion Branham

We find in verse Genesis 3:15 that there is to be enmity between the woman and the serpent and between the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed. This can hardly mean that there will be enmity between snakes and humans. The word “seed,” means offspring or children. The children of the woman and the children of the serpent will have enmity or hostility towards one another. Then we receive a prophetic word, that the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent while the seed of the serpent bruises the heal of the seed of the woman. This was a prophecy of the redeeming work of the messiah. Jesus Christ was the ultimate seed of the woman, and he crushed head of the serpent with his heel, but when he did so his heel was bruised. This was accomplished at Calvary’s cross where he was “bruised for our iniquities.” The identity of the seed of the serpent is revealed in this statement. It is in Genesis 4:8 that we observe this hostility being manifest. Cain becomes angry with, and murders, Abel. Cain is the seed of the serpent and Abel the seed of the woman. In Genesis 4:25 we find that Seth is the replacement seed of the woman for Abel, because Eve says, “God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel whom Cain slew.”

From the very beginning—Genesis—we realize the presence of two seeds and two seed lines. Jesus speaks of it as well in his parable of the weeds:

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Matthew 13:37-39

In 1 John 3:12 note: “Cain, who was of that wicked one.” We see the seed line of the serpent begins through Eve, the mother of all living.

“Ye do the deeds of your father.” Then said they to him, “We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”  John 8:41

Jesus tells the Pharisees they are of the devil, and their response is we be not born of fornication, but rather we are from God: that is, through Adam, the godly seed line. The Pharisees understood the truth of the original sin. They knew that to be “the children of the wicked one” is to be born of fornication between Eve and the Serpent. There are always two seeds spoken of throughout the Bible.

Now, let’s look further at the two trees in the midst of the Garden of Eden:

Adam and Eve were made first in the image and likeness of God; that is, to be God made visible. The male and female natures operating together in union were the invisible God made tangible. God gave them the commandment and made a covenant with them to multiply and replenish the earth and take dominion over it. God then put those two natures into flesh in Genesis 2. They were to reproduce God’s own life, which he placed within them. In Genesis 1:11 we are told that each seed is to be produced “after his kind.” They are to remain as they are and not be hybridized with another life. Yet he put within each reproductive process the capability for the botany, animal and human life to be crossbred or hybrid with other species close in relationship with itself. The serpent being an upright creature and beautiful like the human with the ability to speak and reason had the capability to crossbreed with the mankind. God’s first purpose for Adam and Eve is to reproduce and take authority over all the earth. Satan would then seek to thwart this purpose. God then placed a test in the Garden of Eden: two trees. Then when the test was failed, God changed the serpent to a reptile, on its belly, unable to reproduce with man anymore; he placed a judgment upon the woman’s pregnancy and birth and then said her desire would be to her husband. Then he cursed the land for the sake of Adam, precisely what he said he would later do to Israel in Deuteronomy 24, if husbands took back their wives who had been defiled by another man.

In Genesis 1 they are told to reproduce and in Genesis 3 the curses all surround disobeying the command of reproducing. But in Genesis 2 we have a story about trees and fruits and eating. They were forbidden to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they ate of it, they would die. This tree is in the midst of the garden. The Scripture itself will reveal the truth:

“A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.”  

Song of Solomon 4:12

The garden in this verse is the woman. But more broadly speaking it is the human body, both male and female. The midst of the garden speaks of her reproductive organs. Notice how Solomon speaks in the next chapter.

“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.”  Song of Solomon 5:1

Now, he is “come into” his garden and has eaten and drank. In Proverbs Solomon also uses similar terminology:

“Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.”  Proverbs 30:20

The act of adultery is spoken of euphemistically as eating. Eating—partaking—is none other than the sexual act. The garden is the human body, the fruits are the pleasures and body parts.

We see that two trees are placed in the midst of the garden: one, the tree of knowledge. Notice in Genesis 4:25, it says, “And Adam knew his wife again.” This terminology comes from the phrase, “the tree of knowledge.” In Genesis 3:16 God says that he will increase the conceptions of Eve. How can conceptions be increased? God designed all the animals with the capability to have babies once per year and some more than that. They all do so for their babies and because of their cycle, not because of seeking pleasure.

118 She is designed, alone, for filth and unclean living. A dog can’t, and no other female can. It’s just the woman that can. A dog or any other animals, once a year, and that for her babies; not for sexual pleasure, but for her babies. The old sow hog, the old slut dog, once a year, one moment, that’s for her babies. But a woman is designed for any time she desires. I’ve got some stuff crossed out here now; you can imagine the rest.

65-0221m – “Marriage And Divorce”

Rev. William Marrion Branham

God purposed Adam to come together with Eve at the time appointed. They were not to do so for mere pleasure, but rather according to the plan and hour of God. 

“See? There you are. The Life sperm of Eve never happened. It never did. Why? She mingled it. Kept it away, instead of Adam coming to her for a bride, when the time appointed would be.”

62-0318 – “The Spoken Word Is the Original Seed”

Rev. William Marrion Branham

Eve was designed by Satan to be used for pleasure. This, of course, did not take

place until after the fall. Satan, through the Serpent, perverted the use of the woman and God cursed her to have the ability to conceive and have a menstrual cycle every 28 days. As science admits, it is only the human species that copulates for the sake of pleasure alone. All animals only follow the flow of their bodies. Adam and Eve ate—partook—of the tree of knowledge: that is, they had relations for pleasure outside of the time appointed by God. Eve first with the serpent and then some short time after with Adam. Then within her womb she carried two seeds from two fathers, known by science as hetero-paternal superfecundation. They were then banned from eating of the tree of life. The capability to reproduce children with physical immortality was denied, along with their own immortality. This is the beginning of twins of two different natures, two separate seeds.

            Cain was religious, and he offered fruits of the field as an offering to God. Abel was also; but he, by revelation, offered to God a more excellent sacrifice, a lamb. Then, later, we find Jacob and Esau, two seeds from the same womb and the same father this, but two different natures. Esau sought after the Canaanite women and even sold his birthright to Jacob. Jacob waited for his bride to be from his family lineage, like his father. Jacob had a strong desire to have the birthright, no matter what. Then, there is Moses and Balaam: both prophets: both anointed to prophesy the truth. Balaam led the children of Israel to sin through mixed marriages. The list goes on: Jeremiah and Hananiah; Micaiah and the 40 false prophets of Ahab; Jesus and Judas; Paul and the Judaizers.

In the last days, according to Matthew 24:24, “. . . there shall arise false anointed ones and false prophets that shall deceive, if it were possible, the very elect.” Every generation twins appear: the true elect and the false anointed ones. Both claiming to be Christians and both are anointed with the Holy Spirit, but one is the seed of God and the other is the seed of the serpent. Both seeds have miracles, both preach, both have churches; but only the seed of God can recognize God revealing himself, in present tense. God’s purpose for today is almost never recognized by the orthodox, mainstream church. They worship God according to history, but the true elect worships the God revealed today.