Transcript Genesis, chapter 4 - Our Savior's, Eyota

Genesis, chapter 4
• NIV Genesis 4:1 Adam lay with his wife
Eve, and she became pregnant and gave
birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of
the LORD I have brought forth a man."
Genesis, chapter 4
• Luther’s translation.
• “I have gotten the man of the Lord”
Very Interesting!
• QACHA -- When Eve was taken from
Adam, Adam said that he RECEIVED
(qacha).
• QANA -- When Cain is taken from Eve,
she said that he was ACOMPLISHED,
ACQUIRED, DONE (qana) with the Lord.
This is what many would come to call
synergism. We work with the Lord to
accomplish our salvation.
Freedom
• Our Lord gives free will but it must always
be in the larger picture of His control and
care, lest all falls apart. To emphasize
this, all glory must be given to God alone
for our salvation to ascertain our
affirmation of this truth.
Martin Luther
• Eve did not call Cain son. For sake of her
great joy and awe, she was unwilling to
call him son but had something even
greater in mind… She calls him the man
of the Lord whom God had promised:
“Your seed will crush the head of the
serpent.”
• Footnote: This is Luther’s quotation of the
verse.
• Actual wording of verse Genesis 3:15.
• Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and hers; he will
crush your head, and you will strike his
heel."
Martin Luther
• She believes Cain will put to an end to the
misfortunes of the serpent.
• She names him, “I acquired him.”
• Cain will have a permanent share in the
LAND becoming a farmer.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked
the soil.
Martin Luther… in summary
• Without doubt, Cain was highly regarded
while Abel was not. His name shows this.
His name means nothing... He was
named such so as not to detract from the
great things his brother would
accomplish…
• Cain was entrusted with something lasting
– Land.
• Abel was given something that would
change and be consumed – Flocks.
• Abel is a wanderer
with no lasting share
of land for his name.
• Cowboy novels often
have a similar theme.
Luther on Genesis ch. 4
• Cain was made to be chief from the start.
• The Lord will show his great reversal that
the least will be shown greatest.
• Discuss other shepherds mentioned
throughout the Scriptures.
Shepherd
• Faith is joyful acknowledgement and
dependence upon the presence and care
of another. An example of this is a sheep
with a shepherd.
• Abraham and his descendants, Moses (for
40 years), David, and Bethlehem
shepherds.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 3 In the course of time Cain brought some
of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the
LORD. 4 But Abel brought fat portions
from some of the firstborn of his flock. The
LORD looked with favor on Abel and his
offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he
did not look with favor.
What types of sacrifices
were these?
• Atonement? To make satisfaction for sin.
• Praise? To be inspired to respond to the
Lord’s grace.
• These were praise offerings.
Helpful Footnotes
• Grain offerings of praise were a staple part
of the Tabernacle / Temple ceremony.
• Malachi stated praise offerings were not
acceptable without graciousness of the
husbands in the home towards their wives.
Malachi 2:13-14.
Genesis, chapter 4
• Cain is a historical person but also
foreshadows all religions that trust selfcontrol. The mentality is this: “Unless I
secure the best for myself, who will?”
• Those who want to be seen as religious
without true sacrificial faith do this all the
time. Many seek friends, popularity,
salary, etc., by withholding their life’s best
from the Lord. This confesses that they do
not trust the Lord can secure a better glory
for themselves than they can.
Christ on the Cross
• Christ poured out His best and all. Yaweh,
the Father, secured His glory for Him.
• We live in the pattern of the cross. We
can pour out our best to others and the
Lord will secure truer and better glory for
us than we can for ourselves.
Genesis, chapter 4
• Abel reflects the true faith. Abel cannot
help but pour forth himself to the Lord (our
original and intended purpose as we
reflect the Lord who pours forth self for
all).
• Stewardship is faith. Looking forwards
and backwards to the pattern of Christ, we
pour out our best and are dependent upon
the Father for a better glory that we are to
receive from Him and in His grace alone.
A Matter of the Heart
• The Lord wants the heart to be included in
the sacrifice. He does not want the
sacrifice to be given merely to be seen as
religious.
• Matthew 6:1 "Be careful not to do your
'acts of righteousness' before men, to be
seen by them. If you do, you will have no
reward from your Father in heaven.
• Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These
people come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips, but their
hearts are far from me. Their worship of
me is made up only of rules taught by
men.
Genesis, chapter 4
• NIV 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the
willingness is there, the gift is acceptable
according to what one has, not according
to what he does not have.
• NIV 1 Samuel 16:7 Man looks at the
outward appearance, but the LORD looks
at the heart.
The Gift of Motives
• NIV Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, "Ananias,
how is it that Satan has so filled your heart
that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and
have kept for yourself some of the money
you received for the land?
• This is another example of Cain worship.
• NIV Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered
God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By
faith he was commended as a righteous
man, when God spoke well of his
offerings. And by faith he still speaks,
even though he is dead.
• PLEAOINA – Greater, more abundant, more
generous.
Genesis, chapter 4
• So Cain was very angry, and his face was
downcast. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain,
"Why are you angry? Why is your face
downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will
you not be accepted? But if you do not do
what is right, sin is crouching at your door;
it desires to have you, but you must
master it.”
Crouching Sin?
Genesis, chapter 4
• As a rabbit would not flirt with the idea of
being prey for a wolf, we must not flirt with
sin – indifference towards the Lord.
Mastered by Sin
or Mastering Sin
Or ANOTHER understanding.
• The literal translation:
• At the door, sin abides.
• The thought: “Sin is at
the door, will it find a
permanent haven.”
• The “crouching” is an
example of where a
traditional teaching
influences the
translation of the text
today.
• Revelation 3:20 Here
I am! I stand at the
door and knock. If
anyone hears my
voice and opens the
door, I will come in
and eat with him,
and he with me.
Holiness is not being immune
from wrong thoughts. Holiness
detests contentment to give
them home, haven, and harbor.
• MISHAEL IT
• NIV Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be your
master, because you are not under law,
but under grace.
SAQ - MISHAEL.
Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be
accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin
is crouching at your door; it desires to have you,
but you must master it.“
• We see an earlier framework of this thought.
Desire and Rule
Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will
greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband, and
he will rule over you.“
This clearly shows the show the contention
in the home with a lack of empathy. The
Bible emphasizes men to be empathetic,
not controlling. In fact men are to pour out
their best as Christ did with hearftfelt
empathy (as they would for their own
bodies).
Genesis, chapter 4
• 8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's
go out to the field." And while they were in
the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel
and killed him.
Cain’s Solution
• Cain’s solution is not personal repentance.
• Cain’s solution is to discredit the one he
sees as a rival.
• This occurred among the religious in
Jesus’ day and occurs with the antichrists
today.
Genesis, chapter 4
1. The mere existence of Abel clashes
with Cain’s pride and worldview.
This is why Christ was crucified and
why the Church is persecuted today.
2. The sin (hostility) directed towards the
Lord’s presence and care is also
directed against His true people who
have first fruits faith.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is
your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he
replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?“
• The Lord questions Cain as He did Adam
and Eve.
• Why did He do this the first time?
• Why now with Cain?
Genesis, chapter 4
• 10 The LORD said, "What have you
done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries
out to me from the ground. 11 Now you
are under a curse and driven from the
ground, which opened its mouth to receive
your brother's blood from your hand.
• With sin as his master, he resides under it
and its curse. Satan and the earth were
cursed before, God did not curse Adam
and Eve.
Genesis, chapter 4
• God cursed Satan and the earth.
• As Cain is under Satan’s power, he also
receives a curse.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 12 When you work the ground, it will no
longer yield its crops for you. You will be a
restless wanderer on the earth."
• Remaining under sin and its curse, Cain
will pass away just like the earth.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 13 Cain said to the LORD, "My
punishment is more than I can bear. 14
Today you are driving me from the land,
and I will be hidden from your presence; I
will be a restless wanderer on the earth,
and whoever finds me will kill me."
• Cain does not want to be treated as he
treats the Lord or others.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if
anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance
seven times over." Then the LORD put a
mark on Cain so that no one who found
him would kill him.
• If someone gives a blow to Cain, they will
receive seven blows in turn from the Lord.
Genesis, chapter 4
• Even though the heart of Cain is not led to
saving faith, God provides protection. God
determined the right retribution for Cain
and mankind was not to interfere with that.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 16 So Cain went out from the LORD's
presence and lived in the land of Nod, east
of Eden. 17 Cain lay with his wife, and she
became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Cain was then building a city, and he
named it after his son Enoch.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was
the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was
the father of Methushael, and Methushael
was the father of Lamech.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 19 Lamech married two women, one
named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah
gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of
those who live in tents and raise livestock.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was
the father of all who play the harp and
flute.
• Notice early man was not primitive.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who
forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and
iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
• What are the two things needed for a
civilization to progress? Domesticated
livestock and ore. We see both in early
man.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 23 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and
Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear
my words. I have killed a man for
wounding me, a young man for injuring
me. 24 If Cain is avenged seven times,
then Lamech seventy-seven times."
Genesis, chapter 4
Notice the DISTORTION AND IGNORANCE of the
history of God’s people among the peoples of the
earth.
1. Instead of using the account of the violence
against Abel as a warning, it is used as
justification.
2. Instead of using the account of the mark of
Cain as a lesson that God alone is responsible
for retribution, the lesson is utterly lost.
3. We see a foreshadowing of the anti-christs.
The Tendency to Corrupt Truth
for Selfish Designs
• Moses wrote the first five books of the
Bible. While the name of Yaweh and
accounts of the beginning of history may
have persisted from Noah’s descendants,
we see the corruption of truth is the natural
tendency of sin.
• In 1448 B.C., Yaweh clarifies what actually
happened.
•
NIV Luke 24:44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with
you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses,
the Prophets and the Psalms."
Genesis, chapter 4
• 25 Adam lay with his wife again, and she
gave birth to a son and named him Seth,
saying, "God has granted me another child
in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."
• The name means “He has established.”
• This is a far cry from “I got him with
YAWEH” in Eve’s attitude. And supports
Luther’s views that Eve believe she
contributed toward the salvation from sin.
Genesis, chapter 4
• 26 Seth also had a son, and he named
him Enosh. At that time men began to call
on the name of the LORD.
• The beginning of prayer.
• As people were no longer face to face with
the Lord and naturally able to recognize
Him in all things, they must resort to
prayer and fellowship with His name.
• This shows the needed work of the Holy
Spirit.
Prayer is a continual attitude
in the restored world to come.
• NIV Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor
destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth
will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the
waters cover the sea. 10 In that day the Root of
Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the
nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will
be glorious.
• NIV Isaiah 65:24 Before they call I will answer;
while they are still speaking I will hear.
Prayer is joy and comfort in Lord’s
presence and sustaining care in
every need and blessing
• NIV Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord
always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let
your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord
is near. 6 Do not be anxious about
anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God. 7 And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding, will
guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
Prayer is Faith.
Joy for Lord’s presence in need and blessing is faith.
• The Samaritan rejoiced in need and
blessing.
• NIV Luke 17:19 Then he said to him, "Rise
and go; your faith has made you well.“
• NIV James 5:13 Is any one of you in
trouble? He should pray. Is anyone
happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
Faith is needed in everything
(worship, life) to please God
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is
impossible to please God, because
anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards
those who earnestly seek him.
The Messianic Old Covenant
• We are only 4 chapters into the Bible.
• We have a Lord who wants to be known
face to face and acknowledged.
• We have a prophecy of the Messiah
crushing the head of Satan.
• We have a prophecy of the Messiah that
the shedding of blood covers shame
(remember the garments of skin).
The Messianic Old Covenant
• We have a prophecy that those who pour
out their best to the Lord are rejected by
the world
• We have a false interpretation of the
Messiah from those deemed the children
of God.
• We have the natural tendency to corrupt
truth for self-justification.