In Post #43 – now faith stated:
Cain was first born Able was second,when Cain slew Able and God sent him out he feared he would be killed for slaying Able God put a mark on him with a curse for anyone who would harm him.
Who was there to harm him?
There were no sisters born at the time Cain was cast out,Ables replacement was Seth.
Then Adam had daughters and sons.
The event timeline does not support Cain waiting for sisters to be born.
He went to nod and knew his wife and had Enoch.
Don't worry bro this makes me crazy!
Who said there were no sisters born at the time? The Hebrew narrative style often deals with important people and or events, or gives an overview, first, then provides related detail thereafter.
(If the following ideas repeat thoughts already expressed in this long thread, please forgive me.)
The common teaching is that the male descendants of Seth after a time noticed the desirability of the daughters of Cain's line. (The proponents of this proposal, of necessity ignore the fact that Adam had multiple sons and daughters, and that their descendants were walking around at the time as well.)
Up until that time, the descendants of Seth are said to have lived in isolation (the proponents of that thought often say they inhabited the high country while the “children of men” [Cain's descendants] lived on the plains [just like the Scripture says – not!]). I wonder where the descendants of Adam's other sons and daughters were living at this time?
The isolation would have involved Seth marrying his sister (necessary), Seth's sons marrying their sisters, their sons marrying their sisters or cousins, and so on for a number of generations. Then suddenly, lo and behold, Seth's male descendants realise that the ladies in Cain's ungodly line have their charms, and break ranks. (Don't forget, the daughters of Adam's other sons are conspicuously ignored in this perspective.)
An interesting theory.
However, I find nowhere in Scripture any statement that Seth's descendants were in any way a Godly line. In fact, all but one man and his family were wiped out in the flood.
Nor do I find anywhere in Scripture that says that the line of Cain was in any way evil or cursed.
In fact, Jude 1:6 apparently defines who the “sons of God” were in Genesis 6:2.
God chose Noah because he met three qualifications:
He was a just man;
He was perfect in his generations [plural];
He walked with God.
Remember, our Saviour had to have purely human DNA, otherwise he could not have been Mankind's Saviour.
These days we are bombarded with news about the wonders of genetic modification, and to a lesser extent leaked news about its dangers. You may or may not be aware that cats have been bred that glow in the dark, because of introduced foreign DNA. In all other respects they seem to be normal cats - they look like cats, they move like cats, they meow like cats. However, they would be barred from normal cat shows because they carry cat-alien DNA.
Could Jude 1:6 be opening a window for us into a cunning attempt by Satan to sabotage God's plan, by generally tainting the descendants of the woman, so there would be no-one qualified to bruise his head?
Also, another thing I've often wondered about:
When does the Bible say that Adam and Eve would have gone to Heaven had they not sinned?
And where does it say it?
