Serpent seed

===Arnold Murray===
[[Televangelist]] [[Arnold Murray (pastor)|Arnold Murray]] (1929–2014), founder of [[The Shepherd's Chapel]] and a prominent televangelist, taught the serpent seed doctrine. He accepted the belief that the Jews ([[Kingdom of Judah]]) were descended from Adam through [[Seth]], as the Bible describes. However, he held the view that the [[Kenites]] were the offspring of Cain. He also believed that they infiltrated the northern [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]].<ref name=shepherdschapel>[http://www.shepherdschapel.com/critics.htm The Shepherd's Chapel Answers Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216160255/http://www.shepherdschapel.com/critics.htm |date=16 February 2010 }}. Retrieved 17 November 2013.</ref> Murray's teachings are disputed by [[Protestant]] [[apologetics]] ministries [[CARM]] and the [[Christian Research Institute|CRI]].<ref name=CARM>Matt Slick, [http://carm.org/serpent-seed-and-kenites The serpent seed and the Kenites], criticizing the teaching of Arnold Murray and the Shepherd's Chapel. [[Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]]. Retrieved 17 November 2013.</ref><ref>[http://deceptioninthechurch.com/arnoldmurray.html Arnold Murray and the Shepherd's Chapel], criticisms by the [[Christian Research Institute]]. Retrieved 17 November 2013.</ref>

According to Southern Poverty Law,  Murray was ordained a minister in 1958 by Roy Gillaspie and Kenneth Goff, two members of the KKK and early preachers of Christian Identity. Until at least 1978, Murray served as a leader in Gillaspie's [[Church of Jesus Christ–Christian|Church of Jesus Christ]] organization, which had been founded by Wesley Swift. Murray was also connected to Goff's Soldiers of the Cross Training Institute where Christian Identity was taught. Dan Gayman, the most prominent Christian Identity Leader in the 1980s, attended the institute.<ref name = spl2>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/branson-televangelist-arnold-murray-preaches-christian-identity-theology|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|date=May 8, 2008|access-date=2022-04-26|title=A popular Arkansas televangelist says his theology about the 'Kenites' is not anti-Semitic. The evidence suggests otherwise}}</ref>

Explaining his beliefs in a 1979 Shepherd's Bible, Murray explained that the Kenites were serpent's offspring who "slipped in among the Jewish people in Jerusalem and claim to be God's chosen people, when in fact they are of Lucifer."<ref name = spl2/> Connecting the Kennites to the modern Jewish people, Murray explained that "in 1967 … Jerusalem fell to the Kenites during the 6 day war".<ref name = spl2/>  In another sermon, Murray said that the Kenites "are responsible for the slaying of Christ."<ref name = spl2/> Although his teachings portrayed Jews as descendants of Lucifer, Murray insisted that his beliefs were not anti-semitic.<ref name = spl2/>