Chapter XV - Genesis
False womanhood
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she is first to abandon the belief in the material origin of
she is first to abandon the belief in the material origin of
man and to discern spiritual creation. This hereafter
enabled woman to be the mother of Jesus and to behold
at the sepulchre the risen Saviour, who was soon to mani-
fest the deathless man of God's creating. This enabled
woman to be first to interpret the Scriptures in their true
sense, which reveals the spiritual origin of man.
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Genesis iii. 14, 15. And the Lord God [Jehovah] said
Genesis iii. 14, 15. And the Lord God [Jehovah] said
unto the serpent, . . . 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.
Spirit and flesh
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This prophecy has been fulfilled. The Son of the Virgin‑
This prophecy has been fulfilled. The Son of the Virgin‑
mother unfolded the remedy for Adam, or error; and the
Apostle Paul explains this warfare between the
idea of divine power, which Jesus presented,
and mythological material intelligence called energy and
opposed to Spirit.
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Paul says in his epistle to the Romans: "The carnal
Paul says in his epistle to the Romans: "The carnal
mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the
law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that
are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell
in you."
Bruising sin's head
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There will be greater mental opposition to the spirit-
There will be greater mental opposition to the spirit-
ual, scientific meaning of the Scriptures than there has
ever been since the Christian era began. The
serpent, material sense, will bite the heel of
the woman, – will struggle to destroy the spiritual idea
of Love; and the woman, this idea, will bruise the head
of lust. The spiritual idea has given the understanding
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a foothold in Christian Science. The seed of Truth and
a foothold in Christian Science. The seed of Truth and
the seed of error, of belief and of understanding, – yea,
the seed of Spirit and the seed of matter, – are the wheat
and tares which time will separate, the one to be burned,
the other to be garnered into heavenly places.
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Genesis iii. 16. Unto the woman He said, I will greatly
Genesis iii. 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.
Judgment on error
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Divine Science deals its chief blow at the supposed ma-
Divine Science deals its chief blow at the supposed ma-
terial foundations of life and intelligence. It dooms idol-
atry. A belief in other gods, other creators,
and other creations must go down before Chris-
tian Science. It unveils the results of sin as shown in
sickness and death. When will man pass through the
open gate of Christian Science into the heaven of Soul,
into the heritage of the first born among men? Truth is
indeed "the way."
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Genesis iii. 17-19. And unto Adam He said, Because
Genesis iii. 17-19. And unto Adam He said, Because
thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast
eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: thorns
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field: in the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it
wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return.
New earth and no more sea
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In the first chapter of Genesis we read: "And God
In the first chapter of Genesis we read: "And God
called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together