Hey guys, This is another video for Taking Up Your Cross and this week's video
we'll be talking about Cain and Abel; one of the more known stories of the Old Testament,
so we'll be going really in-depth in Scripture and trying to really figure out the
nuance if you will of
the whole passage of Scriptures and how it can apply to us in modern-day Christians so
let's get to it!
We see in verse one that, "1. Now Adam knew Eve his wife and she
conceived and bore Cain and said, I have acquired a man from the Lord."
Verse 2: "Then she bore again this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground."
Now I didn't know what didn't name Cain meant
so I did some research and it says the name Cain comes from a Hebrew word meaning "possession";
which fits the line Eve said in verse 1 saying, "I have acquired a man from the Lord."
We later see as I said in verse 2 that Eve
once again conceived and bore a son named Abel and the name Abel actually comes from another
Hebrew word meaning "breath" and right away we see the occupations of both Abel and Cain;
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground or a farmer.
So what I really thought was interesting about Abel's occupation was that he was a shepherd which really stuck out to me
was that it reflected Jesus Christ; who being the Shepherd and us being a flock of sheep who need Him.
Now I didn't know what the name "tiller"meant
so I looked it up and
the word means "to work" "serve" "a laborer" or "to serve God" or "to make myself a servant" which describes Cain's occupation
occupation, but not his later attitude. What I found interesting though is that Cain's
occupation as a laborer or his
occupation itself meaning "to make oneself a servant" was to serve God as a farmer or a worker
what I found really interesting was that it also could be a reference to us and
the human race and how we were created equally; as I said over here
to be, we're all created uniquely to serve the Lord as laborers or workers in His vineyard.
And what I wrote a question here and it said, "If Jesus Christ is the Shepherd of the Sheep (us human beings and as Christians)
and we are called to be "laborers"; Why then do we as Christian refuse to heed the voice of the Lord?
Now it says here
If I go back and it says in verse 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. 4. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat.
And the Lord is respected Abel and his offering but He did not
respect Cain his offering. And Cain was very angry and his countenance fell."
But I really found interesting about that whole passage of Scripture was that here's the really question that
stuck out to me was: Where did Cain and Abel learn to give offerings to the Lord? and
Why did Cain and Abel HAVE to give offerings to the Lord when God did not require at this time?
he, here I actually did a little more research and we see here that the "first of the ground" that
Cain was actually performing a precursor if you will, to the Feast of Harvest where the Israelites would the later implement into their
one of their rituals.
But I will go do all this in another upcoming video which talks more in depth about this and all
of how
Cain and Abel's offerings were all precursors to what the Israelites in the wilderness would do for their rituals
Now what I put a note here, it says Cain and Abel's offerings to the Lord God would later
become a series of rituals (including animal sacrifices) that people Israel, and they of the Jewish people will come to utilize,
Now in verse 4 it says that God respected Abel's offering
But he rejected Cain's and I found the reason why God but Abel's offering and rejected Cain's offering
was in my opinion; it was more of a heart issue. Cain's offering
was dependent on his heart; meaning that Cain's heart wasn't in the right mind frame
when he gave his offering to the Lord. What I found was it was really similar to
1st Samuel 16:7 where the Lord God said to Samuel: "Do not look at his appearance...
The Lord does not see as a man sees. Man looks at the outward appearance, but
The Lord looks at the heart."
What I put here is another note if the reason Cain's
offering was rejected was that it was because of his heart. His heart caused him to bring offering to the Lord
but Abel brought the best he had to offer.
Here's another question that feel like we as Christians should ask ourselves today: When we bring our
offering and
our worship and our desires to Lord
Are we bringing our best to Him while remaining humble in our hearts; or are we like Cain;
where we give our desires and our worship to the Lord but our heart is in the wrong place? When I wrote a note down here
It's saying when our heart isn't in the right place,
do we become angry and frustrated when God doesn't give us what we asked for I
I put another note down here is saying: Sometimes, when we are rejected by God we can let our emotions drive our actions.
We like to see this actually play out in verse 6 where the Lord says:
"So the Lord said to Cain,
'Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen. If you do well
will you not be accepted? And do you not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you
but you should rule over it." What I really found interesting about
this really passage of Scripture here that can really be applied to us as Christians today and I actually put a
Big note right here that says: In order for us Christians
to accept the what we desire from God
Maybe
rejected is that we have to 1. Realize that maybe what we asked from God we didn't receive because it's either our heart or it's just
not our time to receive it and 2. Not let our emotions control a future actions
when we don't immediately receive what we've asked from the Lord.
What I really found in verse 6 and 7
Was that the Lord speaks to Cain about his attitude,
but also but his heart. The Lord even asked Cain a question that I feel God also asked to us:
"Why are you angry? "and I feel like God was telling Cain
not remain in his anger; in verse 6 and 7 like God was telling Cain that sin was at his door or at his heart
Ready to pounce on him like a lion.
I let it put another note here that saying like Cain, I feel like God is also reminding us as modern
Christian that we shouldn't allow our anger jealousy or negative emotions to remain in our hearts
Otherwise sin will pounce on us and consume us spiritually and physically
Or potentially shake up and destroy the foundation we have on God's Word in Christ Jesus.
I put
here we will actually discuss about this in a little bit, but I want to go back to here about
allowing our anger and emotion to remain in our heart and I feel like we as Christians to really learn to
Breathe and to really contemplate
How we're going to go about
Some actions before we do them because our negative emotions can have negative
repercussion for the future even right now
I actually put a note right here that says: "If we allow our anger jealousy or pride to remain in our hearts as
I already wrote before
Sin is at the door of our hearts waiting to devour us or maybe even shake up and potentially destroy our foundation Jesus Christ
If we let it in and I put a reference here saying Luke
22:31 in the NKJV version of the Bible.
We later see here in verse 8 that said: "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 and the Lord said to Cain: "Where is your brother?"
Now, I actually wrote this in a note over here
And it says despite speaking to the Lord about it
Cain still gave in to his anger and jealousy and because of it sin devoured him and he killed his brother
However, despite knowing that
Abel had been killed by Cain, God still gave
Cain the chance to repent and tell the Lord the truth.
And I put a note down here that says even when we have sinned against the Lord
He still allowed us to repent and tell him the truth of our sin. And
as I put over here in
verse 9
Cain instead of telling the Lord God the truth; Cain LIED; which we know is the native tongue of Satan because he is the Father of lies.
(see John 8:44 NKJV)
I will put over here
And it says: "He said, "I do not know am I my brother's keeper?"
Now I actually want to go back for a second and look at verse 8 and if if they were in the
It says that they were in the field. I put a note right here that says
They were in the field from verse 8 is kind of a sorrowful place for Abel to be
killed because in verse two it says Abel was a keeper of sheep; essentially a shepherd and
Like Abel, like Abel's blood being spilt by Cain on the ground out of anger and jealousy,
Jesus Christ's
blood on the other hand was spilt as an atonement for all of the world's sin despite coming as the Shepherd
who calls us lost sheep back home
Think about that and it says in verse 10:
"And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
So now you are cursed from the earth; which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. Verse 12,
When you till the ground; it shall no longer yield its strength to you a fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
And what I found was that in verse 12 over here that because of
Cain's murder of Abel; God cursed Cain and made him a fugitive and a vagabond
I'll actually get to this note in a little bit
But as we see in verse 153 Cain even says: "And Cain said to the Lord, "my punishment is greater than I can bear!
Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground. I
Shall be hidden from Your face.
I should be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth and if well happened to anyone who finds me will kill me
Now they said I'll go back to here
yeah, and I wrote in a note that says Cain instead of acknowledging his sin; groans about his punishment showing a lack of remorse if
You will for killing Cain and Cain says in verse 14:
"... I shall be hidden from Your face, which I found is a stark contrast to Psalm 51:11 (NKJV).
which down here,
I wrote it says: Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me." And
I wrote in here in order to protect Cain from danger, the Lord God placed a mark on Cain
wherever avenged on Cain vengeance would be given back seven times or Sevenfold as
It says in verse 15 and the Lord said to him: Therefore
whoever
kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him Sevenfold and the Lord said a mark on Cain lest anyone finding him for kill him."
We later see down here ;the family of Cain and it says in verse 16:
"Then Cain went out in the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the East of Eden
But I didn't know really what the word nod meant in
Here. I also wrote a note that says came fled to the Land of Nod
Which is the East of Eden which references back
to Genesis 2:8 where the Lord created a garden east of Eden
Now I did some research and the word "Nod"
Actually in that verse comes from a Hebrew word meaning "wandering"; which is fitting considering that Cain
was a fugitive and a vagabond (Genesis 4:12 NKJV).
Now we see back here in verse 17
That it says: "17. And Cain knew his wife and she conceived and bore Enoch he built a city and he called
The name of the city after the name of the son, Enoch."
And I really highlighted and underlined that cuz I thought that was really important
Now the name Enoch itself actually means "dedicated" in Hebrew. As I put over here
But this Enoch says talking about is a son of Cain. It's not the Enoch that was taken to Heaven; just to clarify
When I found in verse 17 was really really interesting
I put right here that it says Enoch building a city and later naming a it after himself is based on the
Later, kings of Israel who would later go on to the same thing, which is actually a future reference to Psalms
49:11; which speaks a whole lot on how the Israelites and how they built up
mortal
kingdoms instead of spiritual kingdoms.
We later see over in verse 18
through 19
The names of all, the children or the family of Cain: Irad, Mehujael,
Methushael and Lamech; each one really meaning a name in Hebrew. We later found that of the Lamech
Heritage it says: "Then Lamech took for himself two wives: name of one was Adah, and the name of the other
Was Zillah and I didn't really know what that meant so I thought I'd do some research
Again, and it says we see them Lamech immediately break the covenant of marriage plan of God
With one man and women by taking two wives. Now, the first wife was named Adah
Which means from the Hebrew word meaning "ornament" which is fitting considering and he had two wives and saw them as trophies.
The other names Zillah means "shade."
Now I go back over here and you can see that says in verse 20: "And
Adah bore Jabal. He was father of those who dwelt in tents and have
Livestock. His brother's name was Jubal
He was the father of those who played the harp and the flute.
What I found really interesting as I went back over here
that Jabal and Jubal are the second pair of children that we see introduced in the Bible after Cain and Abel.
Jabal means "stream of water" in Hebrew while Jubal means "stream" in Hebrew. He was inventor of music instruments
while Jabal
was the father of those who dwell in tents and livestock.
We see later in verse 22 it said: And as for Zillah,
she also bore Tubal-Cain; an instructor of every craftsman bronze and iron." The reasonunderlying highlighted these specific
things; because I really felt that they were interesting because
we
Wouldn't have the metalworking and the music that we have if it weren't for these people despite them being from the line of Cain.
So I put here in one of my notes it says: We also see Zillah give birth as I put other said
To another son named Tibal-Cain and they named Tubal-Cain means, "thou will be brought of Cain."
And we actually see down in
verse 23 to 25
How Lamech is all
boasting about how; if Cain would be avenged Sevenfold
Lamech should be done double or triple, but Cain had because of God's curse on Cain
We see later in
verses 25 through
26 that Adam and Eve were given a new son and it says in verse 25: "And
Adam knew his wife again
and she bore a son and named him Seth
"For God had appointed another seed for me instead of Abel whom Cain killed." and it says right here that
The name Seth means "appointed" in Hebrew and they see in verse 26 and I says: "And as for Seth
to him also a son was born; he named him Enosh then men began to call on the name of the Lord."
Enosh means "man" in Hebrew
when I really find is that the name Seth was appointed and
from Seth, all the nations of the Earth
were
created from him through Adam and Eve.
Basically from Adam and Eve; Cain killed Abel
Abel was killed by Cain but in the place of Abel; Seth was born who would later become the
progenitor of
The rest of human history as we know it up to that point
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