Genesis 4 v1-5 Adam and Eve had two children after their departure from Eden.

The older of the two children was named Cain. He became a farmer. The oun!er of the two children was named Abel and he became a shepherd. These children were re"uired b God to brin! an offerin!. The s stem of animal offerin!s started wa before the establishment before the Hebrew and #ewish societies. $ince Cain and Abel %new about this s stem of offerin!s& this lets me %now that God told them about it either throu!h communication via dreams or b wa of their parents. God would never re"uire somethin! from His creatures that the would be unable to perform because His wa s are 'ust and true($ee )evelation 15*+,. Abel rendered unto God the acceptable sacrifice. -t ver well ma be that both Cain and Abel did not full understand wh God re"uired them to participate in the ritual of animal sacrifices. Hebrews 11*4 sa s that Abel sacrificed unto God b faith. Therefore& even if Abel did not full understand wh the animal had to die& his faith too% hold of God.s re"uirement and he performed the sacrifice while trustin! that God.s wa was best. Cain on the other hand did not !rasp in faith the re"uirement of God. -nstead& he tried to !ive to God the fruit of his own wor%s instead of !ivin! to God what He re"uired. Thus& Cain disobe ed God.s re"uirements and became upset when God did not accept his own wa of worshipin! Him. /0-1, 2nce a!ain& God is seen as a lovin!& tender& s mpathetic God that see%s to create an opportunit for the sinner to as% for for!iveness b wa of as%in! "uestions. God does not immediatel curse Cain for his false s stem of worship. 3either does He cause an sort of ph sical pain to Cain for becomin! an!r . -nstead& God as%s two "uestions which would lead Cain to decide for himself whether or not he had a le!itimate reason for bein! upset and showin! his an!er upon his face. After God as%s Cain the two "uestions which would lead him to e4amine himself& God then as%s Cain a "uestion which could provide Cain with hope. God lets Cain %now that if He does well& or in other words if he does the ri!ht thin!& he will be accepted. Thus Cain had a promise of acceptance with God on the basis of continual ri!ht-doin! prompted b faith in God.s word. 2nce God !ives Cain hope& He lets Cain %now that disobedience can brin! about sin. 3evertheless& God !ives Cain another promise that Cain can have the abilit to overcome the desire to disobe . God promises that Cain can have the abilit to rule over sin. $ince 1 #ohn +*4 sa s that sin is the trans!ression of the law& this lets me %now that God.s ten commandment law had to be in e4istence before the fall of Adam and Eve. /5-16, Here it is seen that Cain allowed sin to rule over him. Had Cain ruled over sin& he would not have %illed his brother. Accordin! to verse 1& Cain could have overcome the sinful desire of %illin! his brother b a certain power %nown as !race($ee )omans 0*14,. God was well aware that Cain %illed his brother& for Hebrews 4*1+ sa s that 7...all thin!s are na%ed and opened unto the e es of him with whom we have to do.8 $o wh did God as% Cain this "uestion9 -t ver well ma be that God wanted to provide Cain with the opportunit to confess and repent of his sin. Human blood lac%s the abilit to spea%. /erse 1: is fi!urative lan!ua!e. -n other words& the blood of Abel on the !round is evidence that cries out to the fact that Cain %illed him($ee )evelation 0*1:-11,.

$ince God held Cain !uilt for %illin! his brother& God must have had a law which showed that murder was a sin& for 7where no law is& there is no trans!ression8()omans 4*15,. ;urthermore& if there reall was no law specif in! that Cain.s action was wron!& then God was un'ust in punishin! Cain for a le!itimate action. God was 'ust in punishin! Cain& for the <ible principle holds true that whatsoever a man sows& he reaps($ee Galatians 0*1,. Cain chose to sin in spite of God.s promise that he can overcome sinful desires. God.s punishments& or chastisements and 'ud!ments& are tools used b Him in order to lead humans to repentance and ri!hteous livin!($ee )evelation +*1=& )evelation 10*=& and Hebrews 16*11,. Thus& when God punishes humanit & He does not do it out of hatred($ee >amentations +*+1-++,. )ather& He does this in hopes that His rebellious children would repent and chan!e their wa s. /1+-14, Cain blames God for !ivin! him a punishment that is too severe. ?oes Cain.s char!e hold an wei!ht9 Accordin! to ?euteronom ++*65 & it does not& for that te4t ma%es it that ever person will have stren!th that is proportionate to their livin! conditions. 3otice also that in these verses it seems as if Cain is sufferin! from a diseased ima!ination. This means that his thou!hts are tellin! him that his punishment is unfair while he has not even had the chance to e4perience life under the punishment he received. 2n top of this& his diseased ima!ination is ma%in! him thin% that some other person will come around and %ill him. Therefore& Cain.s ima!ination is see%in! to e4alt itself above God.s word. His ima!ination is ma%in! him thin% that God is unfair based upon what He has said($ee 6 Corinthians 1:*5,. v15, This verse !ives evidence of God.s ama@in! love for all humanit & even those who commit terrible sins li%e murder. -n response to Cain.s char!e& God !ave Cain the assurance that if someone were to %ill Cain& God would punish the murderer seven times worse than He has punished Cain. 2n top of this& God put a mar% upon Cain which functioned as a warnin! s mbol to an person who mi!ht want to %ill Cain. ;rom this - !ather that God is interested in preservin! the life of sinners in hopes of their redemption($ee >u%e =*50,. God loved Cain and desired that he would not be murdered& else he would not have placed that mar% upon him. /10-11, After this dialo!ue& Cain !oes from God.s presence. He has a son and builds a cit and names the cit after his son Enoch. /15, After some time& Enoch& Cain.s son& has a son named -rad& who then has a son named Aehu'ael& who then has a son named Aethusael& who then has a son named >amech. /1=, >amech does not have a !ood reputation. -t seems as if >amech is the first pol !amist that ever lived. /6:-61, ;rom the posterit of Cain comes the first herdsmen and tent-ma%er.& whose mother is Adah& and whose father is >amech. His name is #abal. #abal.s half brother& whose mother is Billah& is named #ubal. #ubal was the first musician who created the first wind and strin! instruments. /66, #ubal.s full blood brother is Tubal-cain. Tubal-cain was the first blac%smith who wor%ed with brass and iron. Tubal-cain and #ubal also had a sister& whose name is 3aamah

/6+-64, >amech admits that he has slain someone. The name of the slain one is not mentioned. -t seems as if >amech %nows the stor of Cain. <ased on the stor of Cain& >amech believes that God will aven!e an one who %ills him for %illin! the oun! man sevent -seven times more since God promised to aven!e Cain sevenfold. This is a presumptuous statement& for God never said that He would do that. < far& it seems as if the children of Cain are "uite talented in handiwor%. 3evertheless& from Cain.s posterit & the first pol !amist is birthed. ;rom this - !ather that God does not hold bac% his blessin!s of talent from those that are evil. -t seems to me that Cain and his children set the e4ample of adulter and murder. As the <ible stor pro!resses& it will be seen how these sins have impacted the world. As terrible as those sins are& God will eventuall show that His love as shown throu!h the !ospel of #esus Christ is stron! enou!h to chan!e murderers li%e Caul and adulteresses li%e the woman at the well in $amaria. /65-60, Adam has another son named $eth. $eth then has a son& whose name is Enos. This must mean then& that Adam and Eve had dau!hters who are not mentioned& for Adam.s children& who are also %nown as the sons of God& did not et ta%e unto themselves wives from Cain.s linea!e ($ee Genesis 0*1-+,. < far& the description of $eth.s line does not seem to sa much about talent. However& $eth.s line has somethin! better than all the talent in the world& and that is a lovin! relationship with God. -n conclusion& this chapter teaches us several thin!s. There was some ceremon or sacrificial s stem that God re"uired before the twelve tribes of #udah. -nformation concernin! such sacrifices seem to have been passed down b mouth& and not boo%s. -nformation concernin! God.s law seems to have been passed down b mouth. God accepts certain worship st les& while He disapproves of other %inds. God ma%es mention that humans are capable of overcomin! sinful desires and actions. God lets Cain %now the conditions upon which he can be accepted. -n dealin! with sinful people& God as%s them "uestions in order to provide them with an opportunit to confess their wron! and repent. God has the power to punish those who commit sin. $ince sin is the trans!ression of the law& God must have had a law specif in! that murder was unacceptable. 2therwise& God is un'ust for punishin! Cain. Thou!h sinners commit sin& God is interested in prolon!in! their lives and protectin! them from harm. God probabl does this in hopes that the would repent. Cain suffered from a diseased ima!ination. Cain builds the first cit . ;rom Cain.s posterit comes the first musician& blac%smith& and pol !amist. $eth.s posterit focus on a relationship with God.