Why doesnt God just kill Cain? Pentateuch They must be explained against their ancient Near Eastern background. God would have still applied the sacrifice of Christ to Cain and forgiven him if he had repented. Now lets pick it up where we left off. Just do whats right. Prophets We are in Genesis chapter 4. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. Its the exact same phrase. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. That was the Word of God to Cain. If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? Doesnt have to be this way if you do well. What does He mean? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point His history, as I said, is a sad tragedy. I tell you, thats true today. This is typical of the sinner. - Universal Beginnings (Chuck Missler), The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth (, The Generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth (, The Generations of Shem: Genealogy of Shem to Terah (, The Abrahamic Covenant: His Land and People (, Esaus Reunion and Reconciliation with Jacob (, Events and Deaths from Shechem to Mamre (. Pastor John MacArthur May 3, 2017 Genesis 1:14-19 Series: The Battle for the Beginning Creation Day 4, A Pastor John MacArthur May 2, 2017 Genesis 1:14-19 Series: The Battle for the Beginning Creation Day 3, B Pastor John MacArthur May 1, 2017 Genesis 1:9-13 Series: The Battle for the Beginning Creation Day 3, A Pastor John MacArthur April 28, 2017 That is the settled conclusion to the matter. And may they turn and seek forgiveness and not just in anger settle finally into the world out of your presence. Johannine Writings Thats the saddest comment yet- no repentance. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. And he adds this: Itll come about that whoever finds me will kill me. I know whatll happen. He still loves his sin, he still wants his sin. He is the original apostate who, when confronted by God with the opportunity for forgiveness and the opportunity for deliverance, refuses. This narrowed their view from the entire world of peoples in Gen. 111 to one small nation, Israel, through whom God would progressively accomplish His redemptive plan. Im not surprised that through the history of the world Gods people have been killed, slaughtered, persecuted, and that its going on even today. If he wanted to have a conversation, he only had one person he could pick except his parents, so he had to hang around this righteous man. He is the first unbeliever who ever lived. 3750). All rights reserved. Even the damned and the lost and those people who reject God and are apostate and refuse to believe, they are worshipers. We began last Lords Day, and let me remind you that only the first point is positive. So the unbelievers have a hopeful beginning. Were all in the same situation. But also without exception, man responded in greater sinful rebellion. Major Prophets And hanging around a righteous man can be very irritating to the unrighteous. They refuse to listen, they refuse to admit their sin, they inevitably repudiate responsibility. Thats why we have to have government. 2090 B.C. Though its not recorded in the book of Genesis, we can certainly assume that it happened, that Cain is responding to some command and some direction to worship God. And were in chapter 4, and the story is the famous story of Cain and Abel. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Luke-Acts So he made his choice. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. The doomed try to hide their sin or hide from their sin. To be put to death by the blood avenger as a means of punishment is opposed by the law of God. They offer God unacceptable worship, and they inevitably resent those who truly worship God as He desires to be worshiped and are therefore blessed. Sin was deeply embedded in Cain. The Whole Bible . Thats the conflict of marriage among the unregenerate. Abel was lured into a trap set by his evil brother, Cain. Pentateuch He gets mad at them and he gets furious with God. God Himself, then, slays the first animal to make the first covering to cover the sinner. She knew that this child was a gift from God, as are all those precious little ones that come into the world, some of whom we have celebrated even tonight in our parent dedication. Not sure what to listen to? Eventually, they all wind up at the bar of God. Sinners will deny their sin. Genesis 24: 6/30/1993: God's Passion for a Pure Church: Acts 4:32-5:11: 7/11/1993: The War of the Ages, Part 2 . Johannine Writings - Universal Beginnings (Chuck Missler). And they would all know about Cain, the killer of Abel, because they were all relatives. Genesis has 3 distinct, sequential geographical settings: 1) Mesopotamia (chaps. Well, of course, there were only two people in the world. Historical Books They are hidden reefs in your love feasts, they are clouds without water, they are carried along by winds, autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted, wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam. Pastor John MacArthur. Gods people came to understand not only their ancestry and family history, but also the origins of their institutions, customs, languages, and different cultures, especially basic human experiences such as sin and death. The English title, Genesis, comes from the Greek translation (Septuagint, LXX)1 meaning origins; whereas, the Hebrew title is derived from the Bibles very first word, translated in the beginning. Genesis serves to introduce the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the OT) and the entire Bible. Because they were preparing to enter Canaan and dispossess the Canaanite inhabitants of their homes and properties, God revealed their enemies background. We know that because of verse 8. If you bring the Bible into anything, theyre going to throw you out. Pentateuch He invented murder. The New Testament Youre thrown out, you go out on your own. I repent. 1445 B.C. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. And this, again, is the pattern for the unbeliever, for the lost person. At that time, they will partake, wearing robes washed in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. The voice of your brothers blood is crying to me from the ground.. Were constantly threatened with that in the public discourse. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed And it works feverishly and angrily to obliterate the God of the Bible and the people who proclaim the Bible from social influence and public discourse. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. And that was what God offered Cain. And Cain, who the New Testament says (1 John 3) is of the evil one, he was the seed of the serpent. Thats what seems to be the way you do it today. God designed capital punishment to be carried out by society, not as a matter of personal vengeance. That is the first illustration of the ultimate and only real sacrifice, Jesus Christ, God taking the innocent Son of God, the innocent Jesus Christ, putting Him on the cross, making Him a sacrifice for sinners, and then taking His righteousness to cover the guilty. And sin has pounced, turned him into a murderer, turned him into a liar. She said, I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord. And again she gave birth to his brother Abel, and Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door, and its desire is for you, but you must master it. Cain told his brother Abel- or spoke, rather, to his brother Abel, and as a result of that conversation we read on, It came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. Minor Prophets John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master's University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. Isnt it true that if you take a life, you give a life? Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. And when there was no court to sentence him to death, God graciously allowed him to live. And I agree with capital punishment. We pray in your Sons name. And he settles- I like that word, he settles- in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Where is that? But again, at some time, she gave birth to his brother, Abel. Poetical Books Your partnership makes all we do possible. Under Johns leadership, Grace Community Church's two morning worship services fill the 3,500-seat auditorium to capacity. You remember the- Luke 18, the publican went into the temple to pray with the Pharisee, and he was beating on his breast saying, God, be merciful to me, a sinner and the text says he wouldnt so much as do what? Historical Books Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. We sent you an email. 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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. In 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church. Each custom must be treated according to the immediate context of the passage before any attempt is made to explain it based on customs recorded in extrabiblical sources or even elsewhere in Scripture. And then he says, Am I my brothers keeper? Like, I dont have any responsibility for him. What hes saying to God is, Your questions arent even appropriate. For those of you visiting with us, we are in a study of origins, and Genesis is the book of origins. Unbelievers, even when confronted with the truth- they might come to church- they might not hear the voice of God as Cain did, of course, today- but they might come to church and they might hear a message about sin. Cain is classified with those who are doomed. Then on top of that, he rejects the very Word of God, who comes to him in a gracious way and offers him forgiveness. Vicious hatred, vicious brutality. I mean we all come into the world like Cain did, as sinners, but we have a choice. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, 10:19; 1 Cor. The Gospels He hated the blessing that was bestowed upon his righteous brother. The poison of asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Major Prophets God places that vengeance in the hands of a duly constituted government, a court, but no personal vengeance. Soon after these boys had reached adulthood, all of those wonderful hopeful beginnings for Cain came to an abrupt end, and his real spiritual condition was clearly revealed, and it was revealed in an act of worship, and that took us to the second point: The doomed offer unacceptable worship. And it was going to bring forth a deadly sin. Do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. I mean there were only the two of them and their parents. Why are you angry? And why does God do that? The curse was on the woman. Adam was a believer, as we've learned, Eve was a believer, and this passage indicates to us that Abel was a believer. Where are you going to go to get food? If you do that, your face will be lifted up in joy. 1236); and 3) Egypt (chaps. Its really- its an incomplete sentence, even in the Hebrew. Why? He had a right heart attitude of the sinner who knew he needed and deserved death and needed a substitute to die in his place. Theres nothing in this conversation to indicate that Cain suspected it really wasnt God. In addition, they needed to understand the actual basis of the war they were about to declare in light of the immorality of killing, consistent with the other 4 books that Moses was writing (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Prophets General Epistles Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. God demonstrates compassion, God speaks to him with crystal clarity, God gives him a clear invitation to do the right thing, make the right choice, make the right move. Perfect vengeance in a perfect measure. And by the way, in the Hebrew, his brother in verse 8 is emphatic. I think this is really a very fascinating dialogue. They may be religious, but theyre false. I love sin, my heart hankers for sin, Im going to plan to sin, and Im going to find my greatest fulfillment in my sin.. Because we dont want you to incur expenditure for which you are not prepared, could you please confirm whether you are willing to pay this charge, if necessary? Your face will be lifted up. God still speaks pointedly. If you live by the sword, youll die by the sword, which means if you take a life with the sword, then they have a right to take your life? Subscribe and Get Sermons and Live Streams by John MacArthur DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX! We sent you an email. And the purpose of it (Romans 2:4 and 5) is to lead that person to repentance. Genesis by content is comprised of two basic sections: 1) Primitive history (Gen. 111) and 2) Patriarchal history (Gen. 1250). And your despair will go away and your anger will go away because Ill forgive you. Thats what Hes saying. 9:11, 13; Mal. Major Prophets Grace to You radio, video, audio, print, and website resources reach millions worldwide each day. Starting in chapter 2, verse 4, you start to follow the history of man. Primitive history records 4 major events: 1) Creation (Gen. 1, 2); 2) the Fall (Gen. 35); 3) the Flood (Gen. 69); and 4) the Dispersion (Gen. 10, 11). The answer in Romans 2:4 and 5, The patience and forbearance of God is intended to lead you to- what? This is the providential common grace of God. These are the only four people on the planet. So He says to him in verse 12, Youll be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth. This is what they call a hendiadys, which is just, Youll be a wandering wanderer. Youll be a roaming roamer, is the kind of idea. Grace Pulpit. Oh, Lord, may they repent at your invitation to do whats right. Pauline Epistles But in the case of Cain, if you dont do whats right, if you dont embrace true worship, youre going to have a predatory lion crouched at your door your whole life, devouring you. And he knew what God could do in his life because his parents had surely told him very often about paradise and about walking and talking with God in the cool of the day. Now, at this point, we need to ask the question: Why didnt God just kill him? There is no reason to question the internal claims that the apostle Paul wrote Galatians ( 1:1; 5:2 ). Unbelievers (or the doomed) reject the Word of God. First for Abel, and when it says He had regard for Abel, it meant that God saw the heart of Abel was in exercising pure worship. So heres a doomed unbeliever. And it came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. God made mankind the crowning point of His creation, i.e., His companions who would enjoy fellowship with Him and bring glory to His name. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Because his deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous. It just ground on him that Abel was righteous. God had regard for Abel and his offering. Am I supposed to be taking care of him? He is saying, Your questions are irrelevant. This is the sinner, hiding from his crime and hiding the truth about his wickedness. Guest. He is himself able to approach God without a sacrifice. Theres more, another thought that comes out of this text, and well hurry to a conclusion. Text: The Whole Bible 17:14; Num. Its reasonable to assume he died somewhere in his teenage years when everybody else potentially lived to be eight or nine hundred years old, so his life was very brief. It spoke nothing of his need for a sacrifice, it spoke nothing of his sin, nothing of his deserving death. 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Isnt it true that even Jesus said to Peter, Put down the sword. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Cant. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. His religion was hypocritical, self-righteous, and false. Patriarchal history spotlights 4 great men: 1) Abraham (Gen. 12:125:8); 2) Isaac (Gen. 21:135:29); 3) Jacob (Gen. 25:2150:14); and 4) Joseph (Gen. 30:2250:26). The sinner resents what God says. By the way, that is the same phrase at the end of verse 7 that is used over in verse 16 of chapter 3. For a brief biographical sketch of Moses read Ex. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. And the answer is, Who knows? Have absolutely no idea what it is. Genesis 12:13 established a primary focus on Gods promises to Abraham. The Bibles Tab is found in the Tools feature on Bible pages: Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. He knew it was God speaking to him. He says to Cain, Look, if you dont do whats right, then youre going to live your life trying to master sin, and sin is going to be like a predatory lion trying to devour you, and you are trying to control it. And because of what you did, theyre going to seek to kill you. This, I call common grace. God made mankind the crowning point of His creation, i.e., And to let it be seen what life is like for those who reject God. Sin is in us, but its not inevitable that we be always mastered by sin unless we choose not to do whats right. Grasping the individual messages of Genesis which make up the larger plan and purpose of the book presents no small challenge since both the individual accounts and the books overall message offer important lessons to faith and works. Genesis 111 (primeval history) reveals the origins of the universe, i.e., the beginnings of time and space and many of the firsts in human experience, such as marriage, family, the Fall, sin, redemption, judgment, and nations. And we looked at that in detail, at the text. God is the interrogator who asks, What have you done? God is the investigator who brings in the evidence, and the evidence is the blood of Abel, crying to God out of the ground, metaphorically. Heres God, confronts Cain and says, Where is Abel, your brother? which means that Abel wasnt right there, which means that Cain had run. John MacArthur's Collection of sermons and other writings Note: "After 24 years of association with the Ministry of John MacArthur, we have now been asked by Grace To You to no longer maintain John's resources directly on Bible Bulletin Board. The Persistence of Love, Part 1. The initial setting for Genesis is eternity past. You can copy the order of your preferred Bible translations from the Bibles Tab to the Version Picker (this popup) or vice versa. Complete vengeance. All rights reserved. Thats why David in Psalm 51 said, Against thee, thee only have I sinned. He knew that every sin reaches God. But if you dont do that, sin is crouching at the door like a predatory lion, and its going to rip and shred you, and youre going to have to spend the rest of your life trying to control it. Reminds us- doesnt it? I need to die, I deserve to die, I thank you that you will provide someone to die in my place, even as you slew an animal to cover my parents. So his attitude was right and his act was right. General Epistles Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. He loved his sin and he was fulfilled by his sin. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Wisdom Literature John Piper Feb 4, 2007. Acts 7:22). Lift up his eyes. The reason is that all of John's works are now available in totality on their website. Youre going to have to try to kill something here or there, try to grab something thats growing off a tree, try to eke out some kind of survival. Johannine Writings 14:6; Ezra 6:18; Neh. The Old Testament Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. It is the Lord who allows us the privilege of having that life come into our family. People say to me so often, you know, Why doesnt someone come to Christ? General Epistles This is that pattern that you see in the sinner who will not acknowledge his sin. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Series: The Battle for the Beginning. Cains history is a tragic, tragic story. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. Poetical Books The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. Follow John MacArthur: Contact Information: Phone: 800-55-GRACE Fax: 661-295-5871 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: PO Box 4000 Panorama City, CA 91412 . And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering. Log In So hes saying, Im not only going to have to hide from you, Im going to have to hide from everybody else. And that opens us up to another mark of an apostate, a mark of a doomed man. 8:31; 1 Kin. While it is difficult to pinpoint precisely the historical moment for which this book was written, Israel first heard Genesis sometime prior to crossing the Jordan River and entering the Promised Land (ca. He was humiliated. You can do whats right, which means acknowledge your sin, acknowledge your self-righteousness, acknowledge your wretched hypocrisy, acknowledge that you have not been willing to see yourself as a sinner, and then obey what I told you and bring a proper sacrifice to me. Here were two sons, two seeds, one on the side of God, one on the side of Satan. And the last point is the doomed settle defiantly outside the presence of God. Let me remind you of it by reading the text to you. Poetical Books He spent much of his early life in Jerusalem as a student of the celebrated rabbi Gamaliel ( Acts 22:3 ). That ground, which has received your brothers blood, that ground which yielded you the crops will be reluctant to yield its bounty to you from now on. Please respond to confirm your registration. In fact, He becomes the protector of the killer, becomes the protector of Cain. Amen. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? If God killed him, there wouldnt be any living example of what an unbelievers life is like. On the case of Cain, God had no regard for Cain or his offering. God doesnt have to do this, He could have killed him. In the book of Revelation, the paradise which was lost in Genesis will be regained. Johannine Writings Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. God responds as the divine avenger. He sees into the heart of Abel and recognizes that Abels heart is right toward God, that he comes as a penitent, humble sinner, and not only is his heart right, but therefore his sacrifice is right. You will never be able to do anything but wander just to eke out survival. The Old Testament 2023 Grace to You. The Old Testament Solid Joys. Here is God- thisll tell you that God is by nature a savior. Theyre like those who rebelled in the rebellion of Korah. And its desire is for you; you must master it. Nothing they ever touch has any eternal value, nothing they ever touch has any lasting meaning. Theyre going to hate you. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. What this does reveal is that Cain was no longer near the body. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical,
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