CAIN
“Now the man had
relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she
said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD." Gen. 4:1
The name
“Cain” means “acquisition,”
expressing Eve’s thankfulness that the Lord was keeping His promise to her, and
her faith that her son would grow to manhood. Possibly Eve jumped to the
unwarranted conclusion that Cain was the promised Deliverer. Actually, however,
he was “of that wicked one” (1 John 3:12), and thus was the first in
the long line of the Serpent’s seed.
Cain is a
type of the mere man of the earth. His religion was destitute of any adequate
sense of sin or need of atonement. This religious type is described in 2 Pet 2.
Seven things
are said of him: he
(1) worships
in self-will;
(2) is angry
with God;
(3) refuses
to bring a sin offering;
(4) murders
his brother;
(5) lies to
God;
(6) becomes
a wanderer; and
(7) is,
nevertheless, the object of the Divine solicitude.
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