The Purpose of Evil.
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Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Gen 3:3 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.
As we’ll see, there are going to be two trees “in the midst of the garden”. But one of them produces good fruit, which is to say, Godly doctrine. And the other produces very poisonous fruit, which is to say, ungodly doctrine.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
There’s your two trees, right in the midst of all of the other trees in the Garden of Eden. One is the “tree of life.” And one is the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Why are these two trees pointed out to us in the Scripture? Because these two trees are not ordinary “trees.” One is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whose “fruit,” or doctrine, is certainly “good for food.” And the other is our adversary, the devil. (Remember how the blind man healed by Christ Jesus saw “trees as men, walking”?)
But did you notice something? In Genesis 3:3 above, Eve stated to the serpent, in regard to the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, “God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.” But that’s not really what God said in Genesis 2:17 above, is it? Eve added the phrase, “…neither shall ye touch it…”
Why do you think she added additional detail to God’s Word regarding this “tree”? It’s interesting that the word “touch,” in the Hebrew language, is naga (see Strong’s 5060). It means to touch, or to lay the hand upon. But more importantly, it’s also a common euphemism in the Hebrew language meaning “to lay with a woman.”
So that old serpent tells Eve, essentially, that God’s been keeping something from her. He tells her that contrary to God’s Word, when she eats of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, rather than die she’ll actually gain insight she’s never had before, and that she and Adam will become like gods, understanding both good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Wow. That fast, they lost their innocence. And they hurried to sew fig leaves together, to make aprons. If they had actually eaten an apple off a tree, or any other kind of fruit for that matter, why would they sew fig leaves to make an apron? An apron covers one’s private parts, right? Clearly, they were not in an apple grove, but instead, a fig grove where fig leaves were abundant. But what were they trying to cover up with those aprons of fig leaves?
Could the “fruit” they partook of have been what we would call today forbidden fruit, which is to say, fornication -- the very “fornication” the false Jews who argued with Christ in John chapter 8 claimed they were not born of? Well, let’s see if anything relating to sexual relations gets brought up in the remaining verses of this story
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Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
They were so ashamed of what had just happened, they hid themselves from the presence of God among the trees in that fig grove.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
He knew exactly where Adam was. And He directed His voice to him.
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
That old tree of the knowledge of good and evil had laid them bare, alright. They were naked and ashamed before the Lord. And they had not just lost their flesh innocence; they lost their righteousness, too.
As we know from Revelation 19:8, our spiritual garments are our righteous acts in Christ. But when we lose our righteousness by turning away from the Word of God and embracing that which has been forbidden, we lose those spiritual garments, and end up naked and ashamed before the Lord. As the Scripture says in Revelation 16:15, “Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
God knew exactly what had happened. He asks them, “Have you disobeyed my command to refrain from eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?”
There are two trees in the garden of God. One of those trees is completely evil, setting forth religious deception under the guise of increased insight and personal transformation. Partaking of that tree leads to muth muth, which is to say, death of both body and soul.
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Beguiled-seduced.
What is the punishment?
Gen 3:15 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.
What’s this? God says He’s going to put enmity (i.e., perpetual hostility) between the serpent and mother Eve, as well as between the serpent’s seed and the woman’s seed.
Is that not two different seed lines? Of course it is! The word “seed” used in this verse is translated from the Hebrew word zera (see Strong’s 2233), meaning in this context “posterity” or children.
The woman’s seed, meaning her children through her husband Adam, would have a high point many years into the future with the birth of Christ Jesus as shown in the genealogy of Mary in Luke chapter 3.
But that old serpent, the devil, also has seed, which is to say, he has also sired children on the face of this earth. And we are told here by our heavenly Father that the serpent’s seed line will always be naturally opposed to the children of God through Adam and Eve.
There will be “enmity,” meaning hostility, between these two seed lines. And of course, since Christ Jesus was of the posterity of Adam
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and Eve, that enmity between the children of the devil and the children of Adam and Eve would naturally spill over onto Christ at His first advent.
Yes, the children of the devil would even attempt to kill Him, as we saw in John chapter 8. Indeed, it will ultimately be the children of this wicked seed line that will have Christ delivered up to the Roman government and crucified.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
We can now see that all along the subject matter has been seed lines, conception and child bearing. Indeed, it’s a running theme throughout God’s Word.
Something happened during Eve’s little discussion with the serpent. She partook of the forbidden fruit, known to adults as fornication. It was not just a physical encounter with that old serpent the devil, but a sexual encounter.
The phrase “greatly multiply” in the above verse is quite interesting. It’s the same Hebrew word, repeated twice for emphasis. Kind of like muth muth in Genesis 2:17, meaning “die, die.” But here it’s rabah rabah (see Strong’s 7325) meaning “increase, increase” or “more, more.”
The word “sorrow” in the above verse is translated from the Hebrew word itstsabon (see Strong’s 6093), meaning labor pain.
And the word “conception” is translated from the Hebrew word herayon (see Strong’s 2032), meaning pregnancy.
In other words, Eve’s labor pain and pregnancy would be multiplied. Do you think she’s about to have two children at once? Of two different seed lines?
Again, from the very get-go the subject has been seed lines and conception. If God caught Adam and Eve eating apples off a fruit tree, why would they have covered their private parts with fig leaf aprons?
And why would He immediately begin speaking of conception and two different seed lines?
Let’s jump down to verse 1 of chapter 4 and see if we can learn a little bit more on this subject of conception, which God Himself brought up immediately upon finding that Adam and Eve had partaken of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil:
Gen 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
The word “knew” in the verse above is translated from the Hebrew word yada (see Strong’s 3045), meaning to know a thing, or to ascertain something by seeing it visually.
But like the word naga, translated “touch” in Genesis 3:3, yada is also frequently used in the Bible as a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
So Adam and Eve had sexual intercourse. And she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and said she’d gotten a man from the Lord.
That makes perfect sense because God had said in Genesis 3:16 that He was going to be in charge of bringing forth children through her, i.e., “I will greatly multiply thy sorrows [labor pains] and conception…” Cain was obviously her first-born son.
God is indeed in charge of bringing life into this world. There is no conception that can take place without His permission.
But properly translated and punctuated, the above verse should read, “And Adam knew Eve his wife.” Period. Then she conceived. Period. And then she bare Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man from the LORD.”
I make that distinction for an important reason. You see, Eve had already conceived Cain in her womb before she and Adam had sexual intercourse. In fact, she had just been seduced in the fig grove by that old serpent, the devil, who was also the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the midst of the garden.
So it’s important to understand that after having sexual intercourse with her husband Adam,
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she conceived again. Yes, she conceived two children at once, from two different fathers. They were conceived in the same womb, at close to the same time.
In science and medicine, this is called heteropaternal superfecundation. Yes, that’s quite a mouthful. And while it’s rare, it is a reality, and it’s actually much more common than you might think.
It simply means that two different men, having intercourse with the same woman in close proximity of time (i.e., within hours or days of each other) can sire two different children in the same womb, who will grow together in that womb and be born as “twins” at the same time.
Gen 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
The word “again” in the above verse is translated from the Hebrew word yasaph (see Strong’s 3254). And it means to augment, or to continue to do a thing. In other words, mother Eve continued in child birth without stopping. She had given birth to Cain in verse 1 above, and then she continued to give birth, producing Cain’s brother Abel in verse 2 above.
That’s why many years later Cain and Abel would come of age together, and offer sacrifices to the Lord at the same time (Gen. 4:3-4). You see, they were twins, but of two different fathers. Which is why they had two different demeanors and two different personalities altogether
-- one being a righteous man who loved and honored God and raised sheep (a type of Christ),
and the other being very unrighteous, who dishonored God and afterwards murdered his own brother (a type of the antichrist/Satan
Are there truly children of satan? Jesus tells us in these verses.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44Ye 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.
45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
These are EXTREMELY strong words from Jesus and many times the import of them is diminished by saying all mankind is sinful, which is true but there are wheat and there are tares and those that cannot hear our Father's Word but only their father's words.
Many times we are disobedient children and have not accepted His Word or His Ways, but the seed of satan do not “proceed’ out of the Father but out of satan. They do satan’s will, work and plans. They are not “of” God. The Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic words are important.
Why, in the Q/patriotic movement are we so concerned about the seed line of the Rothchilds, Soros, Carnegie, etc. not realizing who they are and why they do what they do.
The end of this study. My Thanks to my brother in Christ Steve Barwick, who has his own Bible study site and contributed much insight on putting a study together.