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Bible. Enmity. Seed of serpent (offspring of serpent)
From the time when the ancestors disobeyed the Creator the enmity between the serpent and the woman and between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman, the battle,
(Gen 3:15)
determines the history of mankind.
14
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:
Psa 72, 9.
15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
thy seed
( τοῦ σπέρματός σου)
and
her seed
( τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῆς);
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 14, 18.
Psa 112, 1, 2, 4.
Zec 6, 13.
Gen 22, 9.
Psa 23, 1.
Psa 71, 1.
Zec 12, 10.
Jhn 3, 14.
In this battle those, who is the good seed and fights on the side of the woman, — are the children of the Kingdom
(Mat 13:38).
But those, who grows as the tares and fights on the side of the serpent, — are the children of the wicked one
(Mat 13:38).
24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed
good seed
in his field:
25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field?
from whence then hath it tares?
28
He said unto them,
An enemy hath done this.
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29
But he said, Nay;
lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
the tares,
and bind them in bundles
to burn
them: but gather
the wheat
into
my barn.
37
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38
The field is the world ( ὁ κόσμος);
the good seed
are
the children of the kingdom
( οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας);
but
the tares
are
the children of the wicked
one
( οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πονηροῦ);
39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil ( ὁ διάβολος);
the harvest is the end of the world;
and the reapers are the angels.
Joe 3,13.
Rev 14,15.
Those, who outwardly appears righteous unto men,
are serpents, generation of vipers
The Saviour explains that the scribes and pharisees outwardly appear as the offsring of woman, who is jealous for God, but in the reality are the generation of the serpent (generation of vipers). That is why they were liars and hypocrites. According to Josephus Flavius (Jewish antiquities, 13.10.5, 17.2.4, 18.1.3)
the Pharisees were highly respected throughout Israel.
34
O
generation of vipers
( γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
41
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication;
we have one Father,
even
God.
42
Jesus 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.
43
Why do ye not understand my speech?
even
because ye cannot hear my word.
44
Ye 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.
1Jo 3, 8.
29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33
Ye
serpents
( ὄφεις),
ye
generation of vipers
( γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
25
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26
Thou
blind Pharisee, cleanse first that
which is
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead
[men's]
bones, and of all uncleanness.
Luk 11, 44.
Act 23, 3.
28
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33
Ye
serpents
( ὄφεις),
ye
generation of vipers
( γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mat 3, 7.
34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and
some
of them ye shall kill and crucify;
and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them
from city to city:
2Ch 36, 15-16.
Luk 11, 49.
35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Gen 4, 8.
2Ch 24, 21-22.
Luk 11, 51.
1Jo 3, 12.
36
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O
generation of vipers
( Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 23, 33.
Luk 3, 7.
8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Jhn 8, 39.
Act 13, 26.
10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7, 19.
7
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O
generation of vipers
( Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3, 7.
8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our
father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Mat 3, 9.
Mat 8, 11.
Jhn 8, 39.
9
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 3, 10.
Mat 7, 19.
Jhn 15, 6.
Repentance
The idea of hiding from the face of the Lord God came to the heart of Adam and Eve in paradise, after they obeyed the snake.
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.
Psa 138, 6.
Amo 9, 2.
Mat 3, 9.
Mat 8, 11.
Jhn 8, 39.
John the Baptist called the people through repentance to convert, to return to God from the evil one. By the means of the penance the man from the seed of the serpent could become the offsring of woman.
7
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O
generation of vipers
( Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3, 7.
8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our
father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Mat 3, 9.
Mat 8, 11.
Jhn 8, 39.
9
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 3, 10.
Mat 7, 19.
Jhn 15, 6.
5
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them,
O generation of vipers
( γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 23, 33.
Luk 3, 7.
8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our
father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Jhn 8, 39.
Act 13, 26.
10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7, 19.
39
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41
And we indeed justly;
for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Mat 16, 28
43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Who does not work for Lord, works for the serpent
Jesus Christ: “He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad”
(Mat 12:30).
30
He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against
the
Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Mar 3, 28.
Luk 12, 10.
1Jo 5, 16.
32
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the
world
to come.
33
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good;
or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by
his
fruit.
34
O generation of vipers
( γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν), how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Luk 6, 45.
35
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Either this world, or Heavenly Father:
15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Mat 6, 24.
16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib:
but
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Deu 32, 6.
4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers ( σπέρμα πονηρόν), children that are corrupters ( υἱοὶ ἄνομοι): they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isa 30, 9.
Isa 57, 3.
Dan 9, 5.
Although our belonging to one or the other offspring, still not definitively defined
(Eze 33, 12-20), nevertheless it is not something vague. The Holy Spirit makes us the children of God. If we acquire the Holy Spirit, we will born into eternal life. The Holy Spirit unites us in life with Jesus Christ, bestowing us eternal life. The presence of God's peace is clearly felt. In the conversation with St. Seraphim N. A. Motovilov articulated it this way:
"I feel such calmness and peace in my soul that no words can express it."
4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
2Sa 22, 2.
1Co 1, 9.
5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children ( οὐκ αὐτῷ τέκνα μωμητά): they are a perverse and crooked generation ( γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ διεστραμμένη).
Isa 1, 4.
12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Dan 8, 10.
13
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
1Jo 2, 16.
Eze 40, 2.
14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High.
15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Eze 32, 23.
16
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,
and
consider thee,
[saying, Is]
this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17
That
made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that
opened not the house of his prisoners?
18
All the kings of the nations,
even
all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,
and as
the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit;
as a carcase trodden under feet.
20
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned
(זֶרַע מְרֵעִֽים׃)
( σπέρμα πονηρόν).
Job 18, 19.
9
That this is a rebellious people, lying children ( υἱοὶ ψευδεῖς), children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Act 7, 52.
4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers ( σπέρμα πονηρόν), children that are corrupters ( υἱοὶ ἄνομοι): they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isa 30, 9.
Isa 57, 3.
Dan 9, 5.
4
Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue?
are
ye not children of transgression,
a seed of falsehood
(זֶרַע שָֽׁקֶר׃)
( σπέρμα ἄνομον),
Rom 9, 6.
(4)
‹…› But the
"seed"
( σπέρμα)
has a great deal in common with the
"sons"
( υιούς)
according to nature inself. For nature advances from the seed to the generation of sons, not only with regard to bodily generation, but also with regard to spiritual growth: the recipients of instructions advance from from the seeds of teaching to the likeness of the instructors, and for this reason they are called
"sons", or rather
sons of kingdom
when, receiving the seeds of salvation, they perfect themselves in accordance with those seeds, or
sons of hell
if through evil instruction they associate themselves with perdition.
‹…›
Wicked seed.
That is
the tare sown among the pure wheat by an enemy,
which coming tofruition became the
lawless son, being
the son of perdition
and
the son of hell.
For this reason, those who instead of being
sons of the Most High
become
lawless sons,
and instead of remaining in the divine generation become
wicked seed,
are worthy of lament. Moral wickedness is destructive first of all for those who have it, for the uttermost degree of wickedness is in discord with itself.
17
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Psa 91, 13.
1Jo 2, 13.
20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Isa 4, 3.
Dan 12, 1.
Phl 4, 3.
When we are coming into this world, we enter into a struggle. There are two sides involved into this enmity and we are joining one or another. While the time lasts and the definition of the Judge for us is still uncertain, we fight as much as we can. The life of each of us is full of victories and defeats. Trying to define themselfs, we can even sometimes change sides in this struggle: become the seed of the serpent and fight for its victory;
or return to the camp of the woman, becoming her offspring. Such changes are possible while we live in the allotted time. But the time comes to an end and soon the decision of the Judge about each of us will be determined:
1
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
4 Цар 9, 17.
3
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;
if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning;
his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned;
if the sword come, and take
any
person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel;
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Ис 58, 1.
Иез 3, 17.
8
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked
man, thou shalt surely die;
if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked
man
shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Иез 24, 8.
Деян 18, 6.
9
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it;
if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel;
Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins
be
upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Пс 37, 5.
Пс 89, 8-9.
11
Say unto them,
As
I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked;
but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
2 Цар 14, 14.
Иез 18, 23, 32.
Агг 1, 5.
12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness;
neither shall the righteous be able to live for his
righteousness
in the day that he sinneth.
Иез 18, 24.
13
When I shall say to the righteous,
that
he shall surely live;
if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered;
but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
1 Кор 10, 12.
14
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die;
if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15
If
the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity;
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Исх 22, 26.
Втор 24, 13.
16
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right;
he shall surely live.
Ис 43, 25.
Иер 31, 34.
17
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Иез 18, 25.
18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
19
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Пс 61, 13.
Притч 24, 12.
Иер 39, 19.
Иез 18, 30.
Мф 16, 27.
Рим 2, 6.
82. ... If a man, while still alive, can undergo death through his labors, then in his entirety he becomes the dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit;
for such a man, before he has died, has already risen from the dead, as was the case with the blessed Apostle Paul and all those who have struggled and are struggling to the utmost against sin.
Strong's Lexicon Results
Strong's
H2233
- זֶרַע - zera`
- seed, sowing, offspring
- a sowing;
- seed;
- semen virile;
- offspring, descendants, posterity, children;
- of moral quality:
- a practitioner of righteousness (fig.);
- sowing time (by meton)
Strong's Definition:
זֶרַע zeraʻ,
zeh'-rah;
from
H2232;
seed;
figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time,
posterity: — carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Strong's
G4690
σπέρμα - sperma
- from which a plant germinates
-
the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
- of the grains or kernels sown
-
metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)
- the semen virile
- the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
- family, tribe, posterity
- whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
- of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
Strong's Definition:
σπέρμα spérma,
sper'-mah;
from
G4687;
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male
"sperm");
by implication, offspring;
specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting): — issue, seed.
Strong's
G3789
ὄφις - ophis
- snake, serpent
- with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom. The serpent who deceived Eve was regarded by the Jews as the devil.
Strong's Definition:
ὄφις óphis,
of'-is;
probably from
G3700
(through the idea of sharpness of vision);
a snake,
figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning)
an artful malicious person, especially Satan: — serpent.
Strong's
G2191
ἔχιδνα - echidna
- a viper, offspring of vipers
- addressed to cunning, malignant, wicked men;
Strong's Definition:
ἔχιδνα échidna,
ekh'-id-nah;
of uncertain origin;
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively): — viper.
Strong's
G1081
γέννημα - gennēma
- that which has been born or begotten
- the offspring or progeny of men or animals;
- the fruits of the earth, the produce of agriculture
Strong's Definition:
γέννημα génnēma,
ghen'-nay-mah;
from
G1080;
offspring;
by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively): — fruit, generation.
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