“And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.”
Cain was condemned to be a wanderer and a vagabond all the days of his life. God protected him from vendetta by placing a mark upon him but Cain built a city. This is exactly the opposite of being a vagabond, he had a home in his city while he was meant to dwell with no fixed address. He was not able to give up his dominant nature even after God had punished him. It is interesting to note that he called the city after his son. This is the first time “son” occurs in the Bible and we learn from this that a son has the same nature as his father. The son was a city dweller even though he was the son of a man condemned to be a vagabond. However, the word son become important later in the Bible when we read about another “Son”, the Son of God. This son also had the same nature as His Father God. Pure, holy, righteous but full of love and tender mercy. Today we can become sons of God and inherit His nature, in an eternal legal sense before God because He became our substitute and paid the full price of our salvation. Praise God that, even though we are sons of Adam by birth and nature, we can become sons of God as far as everlasting life is concerned.
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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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