<TITLE>17. Par 153-163</TITLE>L-153 But, see, when it comes down now, we're in the last age, not back in the Pentecostal age there. We are over here in the last age. And the first age begin with the Word, which was Christ. And the last age has to end with the Word, which is Christ. And these other things, these shucks and so forth, as I have explained, is just carriers of the Word, to serve its purpose until It comes into the full stature, see, of what the original grain was.

L-154   Now the 25th verse.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And to Seth... And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: and then men begin to call on the name of the LORD.

L-155 See how that serpent's seed went off into science, education, cities, and music, and great things, and education, and science, and so forth.

L-156   But the seed of the righteous one, who it was... See, Eve didn't have a seed. You know that. The woman doesn't have a seed, the female. She has an egg, but not a seed. But she... appointed him, a seed, see, appointed by God's appointment, she took the seed. And the great Seed, course, from the woman, was that God gave. See, God appointed her a seed instead of the one that Cain slew; that, the enemy, death, serpent's seed slew God's seed, in perversion there, you see. God appointed, through the woman, a Seed, which is Christ, see, to bring back the original seed again. You see it? And so you see the perversion brought death through education and intelligence, and what we call today, science and religion, and so forth, it brought death. But she... appointed him, a seed, and then man began to call upon the Name of the Lord, and begin to come back to the Word again. See?

L-157 And remember, follow that seed, as we will track it in a few weeks, on this serpent. You follow that, it switches right through the Scripture. Watch it. Them two vines grow right together, as you heard my Message on "the vine." They come right up together, and so close together that it would almost deceive the very elected, if possible, in the last days when it come to the head. It puts forth a grain just like a wheat, but it isn't a wheat, see, it isn't. It's a shuck, yet.

L-158   Now, see their civilization, education. I think I've got about ten more Scriptures, you see, wrote down there, but I think not to go through that. But we understand by this, that education, science and civilization, is of the Devil. That's right. It isn't of God. It is of the Devil. Now, I don't say you shouldn't have it. No, certainly not. A little later on, I can, we'll prove that; that God...

L-159 Just like you wearing clothes, you women, us man. We wasn't supposed to wear clothes, in the beginning. But, see, being that we live in this age we do, we must wear clothes, see. It's appointed to us to do that. We must wear them. But in the beginning, we didn't have to, see, because we knew no sin. But now we have to.

L-160   Now we have to have automobiles. Now we must go to places and visit, and so forth, in automobiles and science, and so forth, but it isn't of God. It is not of God. Educations, but they're...

L-161 God's form of education, civilization, science, is in its original condition, see, it goes beyond this what we're doing.

L-162 Now look, they take certain things and put certain things together, and it makes a chemical that will destroy. Now leave them in their right position, they're all right; put them together, they're all wrong. See? See, it brings death.

L-163   And when you try to take the Word of God and put It in religion of this world, you bring death to yourself. It kills the subject. See what I mean? It kills the person. You say, "Well, now look, you believe in God. Oh, now, you don't have to believe that. If you--you--you... our church." Right then, that's the boom that kills the--that kills the subject.


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