In each, that judgement involves a curse relating to the land. Each has two human characters who interact with God. In this account of Cain and Abel, for example, we see several parallels with the narrative of the Fall.
The early chapters of Genesis are an exquisitely crafted work of literature. One is a religion of works the other of faith.īefore we examine the passage in detail, let’s briefly consider what type of material we have before us.
Our text presents two distinct religions, two utterly different ways of approaching God and living before Him. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”ġ3 And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! 14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground I shall be hidden from Your face I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”ġ5 And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.ġ6 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. 11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. Am I my brother’s keeper?”ġ0 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”Ĩ Now Cain talked with Abel his brother and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.ĩ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.Ħ So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat.
3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Genesis 4:1–16ġ Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. And we shall see again how the Old Testament scriptures testify of Jesus and His work. This evening, we shall see the corruption of sin and death being outworked in the lives of Cain and Abel, Adam’s sons. We saw that this seed was the Lord Jesus Christ, who would destroy all the works of the evil one, wash away the sins of his people with His blood, and clothe them with the royal robes of His perfect righteousness. We noted how in the first recorded Gospel, God promised a Seed. Sin entered the world through Adam, and death through sin. We saw the deception of Eve by the Serpent in the Garden, and the deliberate and wilful disobedience of Adam. When I last spoke earlier in the year, we looked at Genesis chapters 2 and 3. (My apologies for the occasionally variable audio quality – there were some drop-outs with the radio mic and I had to splice from my own iPad recording at a few points.) Preface
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