TWO-SEEDISM & Mat_13:1-58

TWO-SEEDISM &Matthew 13:1-58(PARABLE OF THE SOWER) by Elder Joe Holder In the nineteenth century in American christianity - (it actually was broader than our own fellowship,) but among Primitive Baptist’s an error errupted called "Eternal Two-Seedism" and those who advocated this view interestingly used this parable as their primary proof text. (Lesson to be had - first of all, never build proof for a primary doctrine on a symbolic lesson, let the literal passages interpret the symbolic and not vice-versa.) Their idea - God has and scripture is replete with this truth - (error always builds on partial truth, not on total error,) God has an eternal seed, He has chosen them in Christ -Ephesians 1:1-23;Romans 8:1-39;Romans 9:1-33, you could go to multiple scriptures, (this is true) but then the error appears - Satan also has had an eternal seed. Where do you get that from this passage? The seed don’t exist from the same time frame. They are not sown at the same time. This totally misses the point of the lesson.

I believe this idea grew out of confusion between the Christian world view and an Eastern mystical world view. In the Eastern mystical world view you have, whether you call it yin yang or whatever you call it, what do you have? Opposites are eternally interlocked and balanced against each other. Eternally good and evil are at opposition and opposing each other in the conflict of the world, neither one ever wins. Does that sound like a Christian world view? Do you believe Jesus and Satan are locked in an eternal stalemate? - that’s not biblical Christianity! What’s the message of the book of Revelation? I’ll not get involved in all the horns and the hogs and the faces, what’s the bottom-line message of the book? We win through Christ! That doesn’t sound like an eternal balance of good and evil opposing each other and neither ever winning out, does it? That’s the biblical view. God wins and what does this mean for us?

Beginning inGenesis 3:15the human race has been identified as two kinds of seed. God is talking in #Genesis 3:15\ to Satan. Isn’t it interesting how God chooses His audience in such a bizarre manner? "I’ll put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed. Thy seed shall bruise his heel, her seed shall bruise thy head." Most biblical scholars, and I agree, believe that this is the first biblical promise of a Savior Redeemer who would come. It is not the seed of a man but the seed of the woman. In natural reproduction, in biblical terminology the seed is contributed by the man, the egg by the woman and you have reproduction but in this case, perhaps a hint, I wouldn’t take it too far, but perhaps a hint of virgin birth - the seed of the woman and look at the nature of the wounds imposed. The seed of the serpent, his children, who imitate him and who act like him. Not that they are eternally existent, only God has eternity as an inherent attribute of His being. Neither Satan nor his children are eternal. You can discuss all day any way you want the origin of Satan but you’d better end up with at least one conclusion, he is not eternal, he is not co-eternal with God. The seed of the serpent imposes a bruise or a wound on the heel of the woman’s seed. What happens in crucifixion? They drive nails either through the wrist or through the hand, the Greek word gives you this much latitude, so it doesn’t create a problem either way and they drive a big spike through the ankle, right through the heel or the base of the foot. How did Jesus die? He dies by crucifixion. In the book of Acts and in the New Testament epistles that follow, wicked men, the seed of Satan are blamed for killing the Lord of glory and the Prince of Life. Satan imposed the mortal blow, the greatest blow he could upon the Son of God, but he only bruised His heel. What did Jesus do? Is it yin yang, is it a conflict that is eternally balanced between good and evil? No, the blow that Jesus imposed on the serpent at Calvary was a blow to the head. Mortal, deadly blow! Satan is spoiled and defeated. It’s an aside to this point and I won’t spend a lot of time with it but I believe the extraordinary amount of demonic activity that we see in the four gospels, it was not common in the Old Testament, it is not that common after that period of time. Why was it so common then? I believe that Satan knew the clock of God’s prophecy, he knew the time was coming for the Messiah to appear and he wanted to do everything he could and he opened the gates of hell and turned all his legions loose to try to prevent Christ from His success and he failed. Satan’s method has always been imitation. What does he say to Eve in the garden, "God knows that if you eat this fruit, you shall be as what? Gods. But wait a minute, this is in the garden of Eden. Is there pagan worship? Is there false worship in the garden of Eden? No! Get a Hebrew dictionary and look up the Hebrew word translated "gods" in the English language and you’ll be surprised, it’s the Hebrew word "elohim" - the very name of God. You know what Satan is saying? you can become like the very God of creation if you’ll just eat this fruit. Imitate God, appeal to the pride and you’ll just be like God. Didn’t happen, did it? Oh, it didn’t happen. But Satan plants the seed of thought and creates an imitation. He has ever since that time succeeded most effectively by imitation. He will imitate. What does Paul say to the Corinthians, "it’s no wonder, Satan is transformed to an angel of light so is it any wonder if his servants, his messengers, are transformed into ministers of the gospel.