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Pamphlet #6228 Genesis KC 10-2

Plain and simply,
like it or not,
believe it or not,
Cain was Satan's son, not Adam's.

Once again, remember that in Gen 3:15 God said
that He would enmity between Satan's seed (offspring)
and Eve's seed (offspring).

That enmity produced the first murder!

The place and the offering would have been appointed as well.

Notice that Cain did not bring a sacrificial offering, for there is no blood shed.

We also know from the Book of Jude that his offering was merely a "religious act",
for his way was that of natural religion, not the way God had appointed.

Cain's heart was not in the right place,
and he was not being honest, as we shall document in verse seven.

Keep in mind that our Father knows the hearts and minds of Cain and Abel
(and you and me as well).

they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them,
and perish in Korah's rebellion."

In other words, Cain's offering was self-serving.

What a great attitude!

Cain brings some "fruit of the ground"
(it doesn't say of the first fruits, or of the fat thereof, or the best of the best)
and presents it to the LORD, figuring he's done his duty to the letter of the law.

That should be acceptable and good enough to find favor with the LORD.

How would the Lord know, anyway, that he just grabbed some produce off the pile,
in a "rush" as we just read in Jude 11?

So the LORD, knowing what is in Cain's heart,
doesn't buy this religious routine of just plopping a few extra brussels sprouts in the offering plate.

Does Cain then examine himself and his motives to see the error of his ways,
in order that he might repent and change his attitude?

No way!

His name means "possession" and he is out to "get", not give.

So he performs another religious act and gets PO'd (a slang contraction for angry) at the LORD
for not believing his "insincerity" and not accepting his inappropriate, non-sacrificial offering.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Many people to this day wonder why God doesn't bless them.

Perhaps they haven't read Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him,
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."
(Not just Sunday morning by bringing a few extra tokens and throwing them in the offering plate.)

If he would just be honest, God would accept his offering.

But he would not, for there was no honesty in him,
because "his father", the father of lies, was in him.

And he did!

The N.E.B. translates this verse, "Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let us go into the open country.'
While they were there, Cain attacked his brother Abel and murdered him."

This is the first murder recorded in the Bible.

Later, Cain's descendents would plot the murder of Jesus Christ.

Let's pick it up in John chapter 8 where the religious leaders,
the descendents of Cain, with murder in their hearts,
are trying to convince Christ that they are of the good seed, the seed of Abraham.

They are boldly, without shamefulness, directly lying to Messiah, as there is no honesty in them either.

These "religious" leaders are running around telling folks that they are God's chosen people (which they are not),
and all the while they are plotting to murder Jesus Christ, the Son of God!

Christ identifies their sireship.

It is also recorded in the first epistle of John that Cain was "of" (meaning offspring of) that wicked one.

Plain and simply,
like it or not,
believe it or not,
Cain was Satan's son, not Adam's.