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Chapter
4
{Verses
1-24: History of the Man - Soul Development -
For or Against God} {Optimism without Doctrine}
1~~Now
the man {Adam} had sex with his wife - Eve {'Ishah};
and
consequently she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain,
and
said, "I have acquired a 'male child'/man {'iysh}
from
Jehovah/God {the Manifest God - Jesus Christ}".
{Note: Not the first time Eve was wrong. Though technically true, Cain did not live up to this lofty title.}
{Pessimism
with Experience}
2~~However
she continued in her sexual relationship {with Adam}
giving
birth to his {Cain's} brother Abel {'Hebel'}.
Now
Abel was a Shepard/'keeper of sheep',
and
Cain was a farmer/'tiller of the ground'.
{Note: Eve was now disillusioned toward 'manliness' so she called her next son 'Hebel' which means 'nothingness/vapor/vanity'. Greeks transliterated Hebel into 'Abel'.}
3~~So
it came to pass after a lapse of time,
that
Cain brought a {bloodless} offering to the Lord
from
the fruit/produce of the soil/ground.
{Note: The ground was good and the produce was also probably very good. But, this was a bloodless offering, which was outside the plan of God - so was worthlessness/evil. It was his OWN impressive work, but God is never impressed with the human works of mankind.}
4~~But
Abel, he also brought of the first born of his flock
and
of the best parts thereof.
And
Jehovah/God approved of Abel and his offering.
{Note: This offering was acceptable because it was what God directed them to do. Following the will of God is the issue.}
5~~But
of Cain and his offering
He
{God} did not approve.
Consequently,
Cain was extremely angry,
and
his face 'became contorted'/'overtly expressed that anger'.
{Note: Cain was angry and frustrated because God rejected his offering. Cain was proud of his 'work'. He was jealous that God accepted Abel's offering. He rejected the fact that both Cain and Abel were taught doctrine and how the blood sacrifice was a shadow of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Without doctrine, you cannot cope with the disappointments of life and you get angry and frustrated. Injured pride results in jealousy!}
{Interrogation
by God to Awaken Cain}
6~~And
Jehovah/God {Jesus} said unto Cain, Why are you angry?
And
why is your face contorted?
7~~Is
it not, if you do well
{the correct things - Faith in Christ - learn doctrine},
an
uplifting {restoring the face to the proper features}/
'source
of contentment'?
And
is it not, if you do not do well
{reject faith in Christ - self-righteousness/human ighteousnesses},
the
sin bearer {Jesus Christ} is crouching {waiting} at the door.
And
unto you {Cain} is His desire {Jesus desires to save Cain also},
And
{if Cain does become a believer}
you
{as the older SAVED brother - potential ruler only}
shall
rule over him {Abel}.
{Note: Both brothers heard the correct protocol to give offering to God. Cain in his arrogance and self-righteousness would not accept Christ as his substitute and stand on His righteousness. Instead, Cain substituted his own human viewpoint and offered his own human works/righteousness.}
{Cain's
Rejection of Salvation and First Murder}
8~~Now
Cain carried on a conversation with Abel his brother.
And
it came to pass {conversation over - Cain has a plan},
when
they were in the field,
that
Cain 'violently attacked'/'rose up against' Abel his brother,
and
murdered {harag} him {with Cain's sacrificial knife}.
{Note: Watch out for the 'friendly conversation' type. In his jealousy of his brother, Cain was searching for another way he could still rule the family. He was still relying on his own works! His answer - supplied by Satan per I John 3:12 - was the first murder in human history. The Hebrew word 'harag' in the qal imperfect means 'to murder'. It is also the Hebrew word used for the sacrificial killing of animals. We learn in the New Testament, that Cain used Abel's own sacrificial knife when he murdered him.}
{First
Human Murder becomes the First Human Liar}
9~~And
Jehovah/God {Jesus} said to Cain {Qajin},
"Where
is Abel your brother?"
And
he replied, "I do not know {a lie}.
The
one keeping/guarding my brother . . . am I?
{Implying this would be a violation of Abel's privacy!}"
{Note: Qajin/Qayin is the Hebrew word - transliterated into Cain.}
{Note: The question to Cain is designed to awaken his conscience. But Cain is negative all the way. Cain uses the doctrine of privacy in his defense, but murder is the ultimate in destruction of personal privacy. So in reversionism, he is very inconsistent.}
{Cain's
Interrogation and Trial}
10~~And
He {Jesus} said,
"What
have you done/manufactured {`asah}?
The
voice of bloods {plural - streams of blood}
of
your brother screams/shrieks/'cries out' to Me
from
the ground {indicates a burial}."
{Note: 'Asah is the Hebrew word for manufacturing something from something. Murder and many mental attitude sins come from something else - jealousy. Also, apparently Cain buried the body of Abel in trying to hide his deed - he knew he was doing wrong (though 'thou shall not murder' was not written yet).}
{Verses
11-12: Judicial Sentence on Cain}
11~~
"And now you are being cursed
from
the land/ground {the voice coming from the soil},
which
has opened its mouth to receive violently
the
bloods of your brother from your hands."
{Note: Cain was punished but not executed. AFTER the laws of establishment are given, the punishment for murder is capital punishment.}
{Cain
the Farmer Enjoys His Word and Now is Cursed in Farming}
12~~When
you cultivate the ground,
it
shall not 'gather in'/'take in' the seed to give you its strength;
and
a wanderer
and
a fugitive {an established criminal - rejected by society}
you
will be on the earth.
{Cain
Appeals Sentence}
13~~And
Cain said/'appealed' to Jehovah/God,
"My
punishment is too great to bear."
{Note: Cain implies that God's perfect judgment is unfair. This is apparently the same claim that Satan made when he lead the angelic revolt and was sentenced to the Lake of Fire forever - 'how can you send your creatures to such a judgment - not fair!'}
{Note: Cain sets the pattern for future criminals. He is mainly concerned with his own life and his own punishment . . . with little to no thought about the victims of their crimes.}
14~~"Behold,
You have driven me out this day
from
the face of the ground.
And
from Your face shall I be hidden
{outside the nicer material blessings from God}
therefore
I shall become a wanderer
and
a fugitive {rejected by society}
on
the earth.
And
it shall come to pass {hayah},
that
any one finding me shall {try to} murder me."
{Note: You cannot destroy establishment and be protected by establishment. Cain is a murderer. Now as a fugitive, Cain is out of the protection of establishment. He knows he will not be safe as he is forced to wander . . . outside respectable society.}
{Note: Hayah is the Hebrew verb for historical trends. It does mean 'it WILL come to pass' - history teaches us about the future - if we will listen!}
15~~And
Jehovah/God said unto him,
"Therefore
whosoever murders Cain {a vigilante},
shall
be punished sevenfold."
Consequently,
Jehovah/God
set
a mark/sign/warning upon Cain,
lest
any finding him should kill him.
{Note: This is referring to the punishment for being a vigilante. The vigilante lowers himself to the level of the criminal and will be punished for taking the law into his own hands. Law must try the criminals.}
{Cain's
Rejection of the Lord - Maximum Negative Volition}
16~~Then
Cain kept on going out
from
the presence of the Jehovah/God {literally and mentally},
and
kept on dwelling in the land of Nod {means wandering},
on
the east of Eden {most likely Asia/China/the Orient}.
{Verses
17-24: The Seven Generations of Cain}
17~~Now
Cain has sex with his wife {Ishto - his wife/sister};
and
she became pregnant,
and
gave birth to Chanowk/Enoch
{Chanowk - means dedication or consecration}.
And
he {Cain} kept on building {banah}
a
city {an evil city following Cain's ways},
and
called the name of the city Chanowk/Enoch,
after
the name of his son.
{Note: Incest was not forbidden by God until after the flood. Remember what is considered 'sin' and what is 'evil' is up to God. In the garden, sin was eating of the forbidden fruit. Evil was putting on clothes. Each period has its own rules and laws of God.}
18~~And
to Chanowk/Enoch
was
born `Iyrad/Irad {means man of a city}.
And
`Iyrad/Irad became the father
of
M@chuwya'el/Mehujael {means smitten by God}.
And
M@chuwya'el/Mehujael became the father
of
M@thuwsha'el/Methusael {means man of God}.
And
M@thuwsha'el/Methusael became the father
of
Lemek/Lamech {means youth/strong/just}.
{Note: The genealogy in this section gives insight into the trends of history. When one name is given, it identifies a generation. Cain was an unbeliever and a reversionist unbeliever and this was passed down 7 generations before a break.}
{Verses
19-22: Line of Cain Interested in Anything Except God}
{Lemek
- Goes Lusts for Sex - A Law to Himself -
Violence and Polygamy}
19~~And
Lemek/Lamech seized violently to himself two wives.
The
name of the one was Adah {means beauty},
and
the name of the other Tsillah/Zillah
{means tinkling - ornamental type woman}.
{Note: Both names represent sensuality. There is no soul involvement here. Violence lust and sex lust only. Now then, the fact that the wives were pretty and decoratively dressed, in itself is not bad. But, if one concentrates on the outer beauty to the exclusion of the inner beauty (bible doctrine in the soul), then this is outside the plan of God and therefore evil.}
{Capitalist
in Bad Times}
20~~And
Adah gave birth to Yabal/Jabal.
He
was the father of ones
such
as dwell in tents {nomadic people},
and
of such as have cattle {represents great wealth}.
{Note: The key to wealth in this day was to stay mobile. When danger was coming, they could move their tents and belongings to safety. There is nothing wrong in capitalism itself. But if the capitalist gets his eyes on money instead of the source of the money (God) then he goes into monetary reversionism. This is evil.}
{Cain's
Line creates Fine Art and Culture}
21~~And
the name of his brother was Yubal/Jubal
{means causing music}.
And,
he was the father/originator of ones
such
as play musical instruments
i.e.
the stringed {'ten string banjo'/guitar/lyre}
and
wood-wind instruments {flute}.
{Note: Fine art and culture in themselves are fine. But if they are used to replace a relationship with God, then they are 'cultural reversionism' which leads to emotional reversionism - which are evil.}
{Zillah's
Children}
22~~Now
Tsillah/Zillah,
she
also gave birth to 'Tuwbal Qayin'/Tubalcain
{means the inventor of weapons},
The
forger of all tools/weapons of bronze which later became iron.
And
the sister of 'Tuwbal Qayi'n/Tubalcain
was
Na`amah/ Naamah
{means graceful, lovely, pleasure, graced-out}
{she breaks the pattern and follows God instead
of her family trend - she became the wife of Ham}.
{Note: Again as with fine art, in themselves there is nothing wrong with weapons. But the weapons can be misused by unbelievers and believers in reversionism -so it is the misuse/deed that is evil, not the weapon.}
{Lamech
Writes a Song for His Wives - Making Him look 'Good'}
23-24~~And
Lemek/Lamech sang to his wives.
Adah
and Tsillah/Zillah, "Here on my voice {song}.
You
wives of Lemek/Lamech,
concentrate
on my message {an arrogant command}.
~~For
I have killed/slain/murdered a man for wounding me
{lying here - he claims self defense for his 1st degree murder}.
And
{have also murdered} a young male child for striking me
{boy tried to protect his father and Lamech murdered him also}. 24~~
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
then
Lemek/Lamech sevenfold . . .{plus or could be times} seventy
{idiom meaning 'an unlimited amount'}.
{Note: Arrogance is somewhat blind. Cain and his offspring were saying God protected Cain because of who Cain was and how great he was! And, Lamech came from Cain's line, so he should be protected even more!}
{Chapter
5 Should Start Here - Change of Subject - History of the Physical
Body of Man}
25~~And
the man {'adam} knew/'had sex' {yada'}
{meaning he knew her soul before the physical act}
with
his woman/wife {'Ishah} again
{and again and again - probably had hundreds of children};
and
she gave birth to a son,
and
called his name Sheth/Seth
{means gift, buttock, or compensation}.
"For
the 'Elohiym/Godhead", said she,
has
appointed/'given as compensation a replacement' {sheith}
me
another seed as a replacement for Abel,
whom
Cain had murdered."
{Note: Yada` is the Hebrew word meaning 'knowledge in the soul' -as in leaning doctrine. Here it is used in place of 'having the physical act of sex' because Adam knew the 'real' person - his wife's soul before the physical act. This is the pattern for all of us today.}
{Note: Sheth comes from the verb 'Sheith' which means replacement. God gave them a replacement for whatever Abel would have become. Compensation for the loss of Abel.}
{Perpetuation
of the Doctrinal Line}
26~~
And to Sheth/Seth,
to
him also a son was born with difficulty
{change in tense -Puel Perfect - meaning first case of difficulty in
pregnancy} and he called his name 'Enowsh/Enos {means common people
or mankind}. And then was a beginning made to call upon the name of
Jehovah/The Lord.
{Note: In Chapter 5, verse 4, we find the mother was probably one of Sheth's sister. This was before the flood and the laws of God were different (just as in the garden the only sin was to eat of a certain fruit - after the garden other sins were possible). This was NOT incest. This was his having children with the woman GOD provided him! She was his right woman. After the flood, God prohibited abnormal sex - such as bestiality and inbreeding.}
{Note: Enowsh comes from the verb anash, which means 'to be weak or frail'. The noun 'Enowsh is used for common people. This verse emphasizes that grace is given to all people and people are 'weak' and do not earn or deserve anything. All is by the grace of God.}
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