Pastor's Blog (Page 35)
Notable advancements
Cain and his sons and grandsons kept themselves busy with notable advances to civilization: city-building, animal husbandry, music, and metallurgy. But Cain’s brother Seth took a different tack. Genesis 4:25-26 paints asharp contrast between the two families. * When Cain had a son he built a city and named it after him. At Seth’s birth, however, his parents readily saw…
“Corn-fused!”
Need a little humor on this gloomy, rainy day? Did you hear about the family that got lost in a corn maze? No kidding. They became corn-fused. After they couldn’t find their way out of a maze of maize, Dad used his cell phone to dial 911. “Help! We’re stuck in a maze!” Within 9 minutes of entering the maze, rescuers found dad, mom, and their two children. No…
Lamech’s Swagger
Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold. ~ Genesis 4:23, 24 I picture Lamech swaggering a bit, sword in hand, as he ascends a small mound to recite his verse. And why not? He’s got twowives! His son…
Welcome to Enoch
In honor of his son, Cain builds a city and names it after him: “Enoch.” (Genesis 4:16,17) Why build a city, Cain? * For protection? Did you fear those “who will kill me? (4:14) * For distraction or diversion? Did you seek to “drown the clamours of a guilty conscience with the noise of axes and hammers”? (Matthew Henry) * Were you desperate…
Son of Wanderer
So Cain has left God’s presence and gone off to the land of wanderings, “away from the presence of the Lord” (Genesis 4:16-22). And now he fathers a son: Enoch. This son, born to the unrepentant murderer, is reared “away from the presence of the Lord.” In time he learns what happened and no doubt becomes convinced that in this place he, too,…
My punishment is too great to bear
My punishment is too great to bear.You have driven me this day from the face of the land; and from Your presence I shall be hidden… So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod. ~Genesis 4:13-16 The sad story of an insolent rebel. That’s what this is. Cain’s anger has boiled over into murder, but when confronted…