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WHAT WAS CAIN’S PUNISHMENT?
OCT 29
Genesis 4:11-24
Memorise Jude 11 "My punishment is greater than I can bear…"
WHAT WAS CAIN’S PUNISHMENT?
Because of Cain’s crime of murder, God pronounced a judgment against him in Genesis 4:11-12. To him, the ground was now cursed, and it would no longer yield its increase. He would no longer be able to practice his occupation as a tiller of the land, for his harvests would always fail. He will now have to roam the lands as a wanderer and a vagabond, unable to settle in a place to grow his crops. He would have to constantly forage for food, or live off the charity of others.
Cain understood the implications of this curse, and cried out "my punishment is greater than I can bear!" He also understood that as he wanders from place to place, people (they would actually be all his relatives, either siblings, or their children after them) would recognize him as Abel’s murderer, and would kill him for it. As a result, God placed a mark upon Cain, and passed a law that no one is to slay Cain, for the one who does so will be severely dealt with as well. Through all this God shows the seriousness of the crime of murder, and that it is a sin that God hates, and He will not allow it to pass lightly. We also realize that while Cain lamented about his punishment, nonetheless God is always just and fair, and will never pass a judgment that is too lax or too harsh. It will always be perfect, just and good.
Yet God did spare Cain’s life, and he married a wife and established a family. The rest of Genesis 4 records the lineage of Cain, where he settled in the land of Nod, meaning ‘land of wandering’. We see the record of 7 generations until Lamech, who himself was also an ungodly man. He was polygamous, marrying two wives, and also a murderer who proudly declared his heinous act. He proclaimed that he had slain a man, and then made a mockery of God’s protective mark upon Cain, to say that as the seventh generation from Cain, he ought to be guaranteed a seventy and sevenfold vengeance upon any who harms him! Through this we see that Cain’s descendants continued to rebel against God, and were not the chosen line, for that would be through Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve, whom we will read of tomorrow.
Thought: God’s judgments are always fair.
Prayer: Lord, may I learn to fear Thee, and never rebel against Thy will and Thy word.
Posted in Teens RPG
Genesis 4:11-24
Memorise Jude 11 "My punishment is greater than I can bear…"
WHAT WAS CAIN’S PUNISHMENT?
Because of Cain’s crime of murder, God pronounced a judgment against him in Genesis 4:11-12. To him, the ground was now cursed, and it would no longer yield its increase. He would no longer be able to practice his occupation as a tiller of the land, for his harvests would always fail. He will now have to roam the lands as a wanderer and a vagabond, unable to settle in a place to grow his crops. He would have to constantly forage for food, or live off the charity of others.
Cain understood the implications of this curse, and cried out "my punishment is greater than I can bear!" He also understood that as he wanders from place to place, people (they would actually be all his relatives, either siblings, or their children after them) would recognize him as Abel’s murderer, and would kill him for it. As a result, God placed a mark upon Cain, and passed a law that no one is to slay Cain, for the one who does so will be severely dealt with as well. Through all this God shows the seriousness of the crime of murder, and that it is a sin that God hates, and He will not allow it to pass lightly. We also realize that while Cain lamented about his punishment, nonetheless God is always just and fair, and will never pass a judgment that is too lax or too harsh. It will always be perfect, just and good.
Yet God did spare Cain’s life, and he married a wife and established a family. The rest of Genesis 4 records the lineage of Cain, where he settled in the land of Nod, meaning ‘land of wandering’. We see the record of 7 generations until Lamech, who himself was also an ungodly man. He was polygamous, marrying two wives, and also a murderer who proudly declared his heinous act. He proclaimed that he had slain a man, and then made a mockery of God’s protective mark upon Cain, to say that as the seventh generation from Cain, he ought to be guaranteed a seventy and sevenfold vengeance upon any who harms him! Through this we see that Cain’s descendants continued to rebel against God, and were not the chosen line, for that would be through Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve, whom we will read of tomorrow.
Thought: God’s judgments are always fair.
Prayer: Lord, may I learn to fear Thee, and never rebel against Thy will and Thy word.
Posted in Teens RPG