The
American
Wisdom Series
#2230
Cain
killed Abel
We have just witnessed the first murder.
Cain, the offspring of that old serpent, the devil, Satan
himself, brutally killed Abel,
the first son of Adam, a righteous man.
It was that "wicked one's" second attempt (this time through
his offspring)
to destroy the woman and her "seed" through which Jesus
Christ, the Messiah would be born.
And since Cain was not Adam's son,
God would have to raise up another to fulfill His plan.
Verse 25 of this same chapter documents that He did,
and so Seth replaced Abel in Christ's ancestry.
Gen.
4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
Throughout the ages, even unto this very day, the
tares of Mat. 13,
who are the children of Satan through the line of Cain,
would continue to harbor hate and even murder God's children
and His prophets.
That enmity God said would be there in Gen 3:15 is a sure
thing.
God's Word is always true.
The word "Cain" in Hebrew is "Kajin",
spelled with a "K", and so his children are naturally called Kenites, a
transliteration (which is basically a letter to letter conversion) from
the Hebrew to English. Look up the word "kenites" in a World Book Encyclopedia
Dictionary. They are defined as the children of Cain (Kain-ites).
It was the kenites who were responsible for the murder
of Jesus Christ,
though Judah has taken the "rap" because of the ignorance
of the unlearned.
It was the kenites, beginning with their father Cain,
the first murderer,
who killed the prophets and righteous men of God.
And guess what?
Christ called them "serpents" and "vipers".
Where have we heard that terminology used before?
In the garden, of course!
And they are a bunch of snakes.
Matthew
23:29-35
Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, [30] And say, If we had been
in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them
in the blood of the prophets. [31] Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. [32] Fill ye
up then the measure of your fathers. [33] Ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of hell? [34] Wherefore, behold, I send unto you
prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them from city to city: [35] That upon you
may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew
between the temple and the altar.
At the time of Christ, the
kenites "sat in the seat of Moses",
meaning they were in charge of
the church.
They had become the scribes and Pharisees,
affixing themselves to the true house of Israel in 1
Chron. 2:55.
1 Chron.
2:55
And the families
of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites,
and Suchathites. These are the Kenites
that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
And
by the way, the time of 1 Chron. 2:55 is well after the flood of Noah!
Do you know what that means?
The sons of Cain made it through the flood!
But, how is that possible?
It is really quite simple and we will learn the exciting
truth of the matter when we get to Rev. chapter six.
Let's now return to Genesis chapter four where Cain is
being ousted from his native land.
He is concerned that his evil ways might get him
killed by the people he encounters.
Genesis
4:15
And the LORD
said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken
on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him
should kill him.
Vengeance is mine saith the Lord (Rom. 12:19).
Here we see that God is going to protect Cain by placing
a mark upon him.
But why should He?
The creep just murdered Abel!
Because Cain will be used to fulfill the "negative part"
of God's plan.
You must understand that for every positive there is a
negative: sun/moon, light/dark,
good/bad, Holy Spirit/evil spirit, Christ/Satan, etc.,
etc.
It seems that for the flesh man, unless he has gone through
some storms,
he can never truly appreciate the warm sunshine.
But a wise person knows that ultimately the negative becomes
a positive,
for it, the negative, provides the seedbed for the testing
of faith.
What is this "mark" that the LORD set upon Cain?
It is truly amazing to listen and read about the creative
ideas that man is able to imagine
in an attempt to figure out what this "mark" is.
Perhaps it could have been like a "no smoking" sign,
a sharp dagger with a red circle and a slash through
the center.
People would recognize this universal symbol and say to
one another,
"Look Sam, he has a 'no kill' sign on his forehead,
so we'd better leave him alone.
Darn, I wanted to kill him!"
In Genesis 4:15 God set a sign for Cain.
In other words, He gave him a "pledge" that He would protect
him in his journeys.
Any questions?
The word "mark" is the same word
as "token" in Gen. 9:12, 13,
where God gave Noah a sign, a "token"
of His covenant
that He would never again flood
the earth with water.
It was His pledge.
And He didn't paint a little rainbow on Noah's head, either.
Check it out.
Don't listen to made up stories.
So God "marked", or set aside, Cain to be protected.
Note: You ought to see what preachers
and ministers are telling people about the "mark of the Beast" in chapter
13 of the Book of Revelation. They tell them that they are going to have
the number "666" tattooed on their foreheads (kind of like the "no smoking"
symbol again). And so the ignorance continues from Genesis to Revelation.
(You'll either have the truth, "the seal of God", in your forehead (brain)
or you'll have deception, "the seal of Satan", which is the "mark of the
beast", in your forehead. So don't buy stock
in tattoo shops!)
[16]
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land
of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Going "out from the presence of the Lord" means that
Cain left the Tabernacle placed by God for His worship,
where the offerings were brought.
If you would like to read about Cain in secular history,
you should acquire the following book:
"Sargon the Magnificent" by Mrs. Sidney Bristowe.
In this fascinating history book, Mrs. Bristowe simply
takes the historical works of recognized scholars and substitutes Cain
of Genesis for Sargon of Akkad. She acknowledges that pre-adamites, the
sixth day creation of mankind, were present in Nod, the land of Sumer,
and it was from these peoples that Cain took his wife. If haven't read
it, you're missing out!
Remember, since Cain was not
Adam's son,
he is not listed in Adam's genealogy
in chapter five.
Genesis
4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his
son, Enoch.
And so begins the genealogy of Cain, here in chapter
four of Genesis.
You now know that Cain's wife was not a daughter of Adam
and Eve.
And remember, since Cain was not Adam's son,
he is not listed in Adam's genealogy in chapter five.
[18]
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
It would be a good exercise to look up the meanings
of each of these names.
But for the sake of brevity, I would have listed them
here.
There is, however, one major point of which you should
take note.
The names of these kenites are very similar (and some
even the same)
to the names of the offspring of Adam, listed in chapter
five.
Methusa-el vs. Methusel-ah
Enoch vs. Enos and Enoch
Mehujael vs. Mahalaeel
Not only do the "tares" look like the "wheat"
(Mat. 13),
but you cannot reliably tell them apart by their names
either.
Mark
13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;...
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[19]
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the
name of the other Zillah.
[20]
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of
such as have cattle.
[21] And his
brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp
and organ.
[22] And Zillah,
she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and
iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Tubal-cain also means producer of weapons. Mrs. Bristowe
in her book "Sargon the Magnificent", gives some great history about
this worker of brass and iron.
And so it was that Cain went forth into the land of Nod
and founded Babylon.
The history books declare that about 3800 B.C., "poof",
that great civilization suddenly appeared with such advances
in art and law
and astronomy and language, etc.,
that it defies the explanations of evolutionists who
require great lengths of time to justify their theories.
It was because of Cain's superior intellect
and the knowledge he had learned from our Father and
his earthly parents,
that he was able to easily subdue the sixth day man.
It would be from the religions founded by this one, Cain,
that all the nations of the earth would be made "drunk".
Rev.
14:8
And there followed
another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because
she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
And again regarding Babylon:
Rev.
17:2
With whom the
kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the
earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
We thank our Father that His Son, Jesus Christ,
will soon put an end to this maddening deception once
and for all.
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to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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