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[b]Yes, the Word is a Sword. Yes, all of us should defend that Word. No, what someone doesn't understand is not a lie or twisting by another. You or I may not understand, may believe it is just strange, wrong, etc. but to say someone is lying isn't the way to go about getting to the truth. I will add that saying God's Word is being "attacked" or "blasphemed" is the same as calling it a lie...or me a liar. I assure you....this is no game being played.
OK WW you believe as I do that there is no rapture doctrine, correct? So would you not defend the truth of the Word upon that particular teaching? Would then it not be considered a lie? You are not the liar Judi, you are one I consider as deceived by one that either himself is deceived or is a liar. You took the serpent seed doctrine teaching from a man, not Scripture and you defend it just as those who defend the rapture teaching. So if it better suits you then I will simply state you are wrong and the Bible is correct.
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Yes...Adam and Eve had sex. Eve thanked the "Lord." Was He the father? No. Was Adam a "Lord?" No, so that verse proves nothing in so far as naming Adam or Satan as the father of Cain.
Is it wrong to thank God or The "LORD" for having a baby? I've covered this in another thread, that most women even those who are atheists thank God after delivering a baby. Eve said pretty much the same regarding Seth:
Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
So if the LORD in Genesis 4:1 is referring to Satan as the father then we have a HUGE problem on our hands don't we. Considering the "LORD" is always a placing for the name of God in Scripture, then we must now assume based upon what you're saying that all placings in Scripture where the word "LORD" is, is referring to Satan. This is where the teaching takes too many twists and turns and creates another doctrine upon the Word already established as truth.
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We know that something happened between Satan (the serpent) and Eve. Was it taking the bite of an apple? No. Then you must gauge how much time passed from the garden episode to Adam "knowing" his wife. Was it a few hours, a day, a few days? How much time elapses in the cycle of a woman during which she can become pregnant? Fraternal twins are a normal event and there are times they are proven to be of different fathers.
Yes we know something happened between the serpent and Eve and we can read what that something was that happened without having to add to or take away from the Word. Clearly the entire act in the garden regarding the fall of mankind was an act of disobedience, straight up, whether the fruit of the tree was an apple literal or figurative the disobedience is the same. Let me ask you a question, do you believe the serpent is the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Because it was not the "communication" between the serpent and Eve that was off limits, it was the partaking/eating of the *tree*, so let's go with your belief for a moment...Eve would have become pregnant by the tree not the serpent, she partook of the tree not the serpent and then we must assume if the partaking was a sexual act which made Eve pregnant, then how did Adam participate? Believe me when I say this Judi, I have considered the "serpent seed doctrine" but rather than jumping to believe what someone else has "discovered" I searched the Scriptures and looked at all avenues and outcomes and it does not line up, and infact creates, just as I've stated many times, a whole new doctrine and we are warned:
1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
How much more clear can the above warning be? "doctrine of devils"/"serpent seed doctrine"are they not one and the same even? I believe satan would actually be pleased to have us believe he sired Cain or perhaps even another child and thus made for himself a lineage. But the Gospel is not about destroying lineages, it's about destroying the works of satan which is
sin. That Bible was given to all mankind, not just a select few, many times that Bible has found it's way into the hands, hearts and minds of people we would or might even consider "satanic" and it has transformed their lives! Think of Apostle Paul, was he not a murderer? He did a 180 when he realised he was persecuting the LORD Jesus! So do you not consider that the teaching you adhere to takes away from the Gospel? If there is a lineage or genetic line of Satan, and I'm not of it, then why would I need a saviour? I need a saviour just as much as the entire world needs Him, that goes for all lineages all nations and tribes and tongues, we all are in a fallen state and are bound in the flesh by sin, so technically, that makes us all serpents prior to coming to accepting Jesus Christ as our Saviour and taking the lifetime walk with Him, right? If I choose not to believe in Him, which many have chosen for one reason or another, then either one they once knew Him and fell away or never desired to know Him because evidentally they do not believe they are in a "state" which needs redeeming, and this is what the world teaches, such as evolution, string theories, big bang etc etc etc...this is what our children are taught in public schools and considered "education" this is part of that tree that Eve partook of that is still going today strong as ever, which diverts peoples away from the tree of life.
I do not know what more I personally can say to you. I would ask you though, what profit is it to teach what you teach? Consider the fruits it bares, does it produce or does it destroy? Does it cause division or bring together in the unity of the body of Christ? Does it lead to the understanding that every person falls short the glory of God and is sinful thus needing a Saviour or does it bring an understanding that there is a lineage upon earth that obviously has remained unmixed over the centuries and only they are the fallen ones in need of a Saviour?
Really and truly ask yourself some questions regarding the serpent seed doctrine and will you be alright with explaining this belief to God one day, considering it is not evident at all within the passages I gave in the opening post. Sure, many passages within the Word are somewhat obscure, but does that give man the the right to make up stories or imagine scenerios about them?
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[b]Christ is God. We are the children of God. No one is saying that Christ has a physical lineage but we are from literal seed.
Explain what you mean here. Brief is not acceptable in this case.
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Angels are not sexless. Please read Genesis 6 and Jude 6.
Jude 1:6 (King James Version)And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
So where in the above passage does it state that angels are sexless or not? And also continuing on..Jude is saying that they are reserved in everlasting chains, so at what point in time where they chained? Angels, angels, messengers, sons of God and an Angel of the Lord are not the same! We today by our continued faith and belief etc are considered sons of God, but if we depart from that faith, then what? Would we not be considered departing from our heavenly habitation? Just a thought to ponder.
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Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
[b]Please notice it states....IN THE RESURRECTION. In the next age there will be no marriage. We aren't there yet.
Of course I noticed what He is saying, He compares us to the angels of God when we are resurrected, so that we, like them, neither marry nor are given in marriage, therefore sexless. This is a glimpse of what we become in the resurrection of life. It is also a mystery, and no one on this earth knows other than what we've been given in Scripture.
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Then I would suggest you remove "liar" from your vocabulary.
If it is a lie, then I will call it as such. And who was it that was a liar from the beginning? Was it Cain or the serpent? And who was the murderer from the beginning? You say Cain, but you are not going back to the beginning. God told Adam that in the day he ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that he would surely die. Serpent not only lied but caused death, so again, who was a liar and murderer from the beginning? We do not sin and die because of Cain, we sin and die because we believed the serpent over God, period. Nothing sexual had to take place because the act of disobedience was all it took and is plenty enough!
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Nothing has been dodged. Against my better judgment I decided to answer this....mainly because of the comment of SFO in believing this was "bending scripture." There is much, much more that points to Cain and his lineage but most has already been explained. Again....whether or not you accept it isn't important nor does it matter to me. You accusing me of blasphemy and lying does.
I never accused YOU. I am strictly rebuking what you believe and teach, so if by my doing so is convicting you, then perhaps it might be in your better judgment to remove yourself from that teaching? What YOU teach is blasphemy, what YOU teach is a lie and bends Scripture, what YOU teach is another doctrine plain and simple, you've placed all the blame on the serpent and Cain for all our sinful nature and that my friend is EXACTLY the problem. You must stop pointing fingers and repent. This is exactly what Eve did, she blamed the serpent and many today are are no different than Eve. This is not a personal attack, I never resorted to personal name calling as you have. If you cannot handle denfending what you believe without resorting to calling someone who believes differently names such as slanderer and nitwit, then you would do better to simply remain silent. You and NM do the same things, you attack the person when in actuality you aren't even attacking me, you are attacking Him who I defend

Think about it Judi..Take no offence but consider that He loves you and I love you too, why else would I be here at 2:44 AM after my pc crashed immediately addressing you? What do "I" have to gain??? What do you have to lose? I could walk away tomorrow and never return or I could continue working in Truth the best I know how with every bit of hope that maybe not today or tomorrow and maybe not even in a year, but one day that you will realise you are deceived by this teaching sorely.
~Selah