Lessons from Cain Lesson 03: The Legacies of Cain and Abel
In our previous Bible study we learned about Cain’s punishment for murdering Abel. Surprisingly, God spared Cain’s life even though he deserved to die. What happened to Cain afterwards?
Let’s read together Genesis 4:16-18.
Cain left the presence of God and founded a city. He lived on to have sons and daughters.
Did Cain ever feel any remorse for killing Abel? Did he ever repent of his sins?
Let’s read together Genesis 4:19-24; 1 John 3:11-12; and Jude 1:11.
Sadly, Cain remained an unrepentant sinner. There is no record in the Bible of Cain returning to God. Looking at his family history, his son Lamech twisted God’s act of mercy towards Cain into a defiant boast. Like his father, Lamech showed no remorse for killing another man.
Let’s read together Genesis 4:25-26; 5:1-32; and 6:1-8.
Adam and Eve had another son named Seth, who had sons and daughters of his own. The Bible implies that for a time Cain’s lineage and Seth’s lineage remained separate. In a spiritual sense, there were two races of man on the earth - one loyal to God and one disloyal to God.
However, eventually Seth’s descendants (the sons of God) intermarried with Cain’s descendants. As a result, mankind became corrupt and mostly turned away from God.
It got so bad God ultimately destroyed the world with a flood. (Even then, God gave mankind one hundred twenty years to repent and one last chance to escape destruction if they entered Noah’s ark in faith.)
Let’s read together 1 John 3:11-12 and Jude 1:11.
The New Testament confirms Cain’s legacy as one of evil. Cain killed out of jealousy. His actions revealed a selfish and evil heart.
Let’s read together Matthew 25:35; Luke 11:51; and Hebrews 11:4.
While we have spent much of our time discussing Cain, let us not forget the victim in the story. Abel was the first martyr in history. He was killed because he faithfully followed God’s commands.
Let’s read together John 16:2-3; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Hebrews 12:24; and Revelation 12:17.
The story of Cain and Abel will be repeated in the end times on a much grander scale. In the end times, there will be two groups of people who claim to worship God. One group will engage in true worship of God, while the other other group will engage in false worship. The true worshipers of God will be persecuted even to the point of death.
However, do not fear! Jesus is coming soon for His people. He promises to be with us always, even in the midst of persecution.
Let’s read together 1 Samuel 15:22-23; Matthew 12:17; and Revelation 22:12-15
Cain’s life and legacy is an object lesson of what happens when sin is allowed to continue to exist. Abel’s legacy reminds us God’s people will continue to face trials, persecution, and even death for their faith. Nevertheless, Jesus will redeem his faithful people in the end times.
Friend, will you learn from the legacies of Cain and Abel?
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Blast the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1 from the Bible so we can finally know what was the first creature God created.
[1:1] In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
[1:2] the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
[1:3] Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
[1:4] And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
[1:5] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
[1:6] And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
[1:7] So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.
[1:8] God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
[1:9] And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
[1:10] God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
[1:11] Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so.
[1:12] The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.
[1:13] And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
[1:14] And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
[1:15] and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
[1:16] God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.
[1:17] God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth,
[1:18] to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
[1:19] And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
[1:20] And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky."
[1:21] So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
[1:22] God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
[1:23] And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
[1:24] And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind." And it was so.
[1:25] God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
[1:26] Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
[1:27] So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
[1:28] God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
[1:29] God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
[1:30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
[1:31] God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Closest match: Naumovozyma dairenensis CBS 421 chromosome 11, complete genome
Common name: Budding yeast
(I could not find an image of this organism, so here is an image of Naumovozyma castellii instead.)
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