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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 19:43:19 GMT -6
God put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Which begs the question who was God afraid might kill Cain? The only people alive at that time would have been Adam, Eve, Cain and Seth. They would have known Cain so why the need for a mark?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 21:47:58 GMT -6
Apparently there was someone out there or He wouldn't have marked him up. They did live a long long time then, perhaps he was referring to those who would come later and kill him? Or as the atheists believe we are descended from monkeys, maybe his wife was a monkey. Could that be how evolution got so screwed up? Perhaps. Who knows, no news reports from back then and no documentation. It says he found a wife. It doesn't say what she was though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 23:32:47 GMT -6
God put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Which begs the question who was God afraid might kill Cain? The only people alive at that time would have been Adam, Eve, Cain and Seth. They would have known Cain so why the need for a mark? There were people in the land of Nod. I think there were other civilizations of which we are unaware.. otherwise how did the world continue to populate?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2014 3:11:03 GMT -6
I agree with both of you. There had to be other people that the Bible did not mention for what ever reason.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2014 13:40:44 GMT -6
I agree with both of you. There had to be other people that the Bible did not mention for what ever reason. I think that falls under the category of things which will be explained at a 'later date'
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Post by rdlb on Mar 1, 2014 11:04:40 GMT -6
God put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Which begs the question who was God afraid might kill Cain? The only people alive at that time would have been Adam, Eve, Cain and Seth. They would have known Cain so why the need for a mark? The story of Cain and Abel is allegorical and not exact history and as an allegory does contain a religious connotation.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 11:35:59 GMT -6
God put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Which begs the question who was God afraid might kill Cain? The only people alive at that time would have been Adam, Eve, Cain and Seth. They would have known Cain so why the need for a mark? The story of Cain and Abel is allegorical and not exact history and as an allegory does contain a religious connotation. Does that mean you can't take the Bible literally?
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Post by rdlb on Mar 1, 2014 14:17:09 GMT -6
The story of Cain and Abel is allegorical and not exact history and as an allegory does contain a religious connotation. Does that mean you can't take the Bible literally? One cannot take the Bible in its entirety, literally. The story of Cain and Abel indicates what sacrifice God accepts, one of faith alone (Cain), and one of charity (Abel). In Paul's epistle to the Galatians 4:22-31 we read about an "allegory" from Genesis. In Isaiah 55:12 we read of mountains and hills singing, trees clapping hands. The Bible is replete with examples of scripture that cannot be taken literally. We read in 1 Corinthians 2:12-15 that to receive the "things" of the Spirit of God, we must compare spiritual "things" with spiritual and those "things" are spiritually discerned. ( pneumatikōs: spiritually: i.e. by the aid of the Holy Spirit, i.e. in a hidden or mystical sense; anakrinō: discerned: examine or judge)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2014 7:00:33 GMT -6
On the other hand, can we doubt that God's creation even the mountains, trees and seas do not rejoice with exceeding great joy and happiness when they see Him? I can see that. I heard a rendering of frogs croaking that had been slowed down considerably, it sounded like a hymn. Weird. Some dogs can sense cancer, heart attacks and seizures in humans. They know when an earthquake is going to hit. Many things happen that there are no reasonable explanations for. What song would the trees sing? Perhaps what the Angels sing? Guess we will find out someday.
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Post by rdlb on Mar 2, 2014 11:07:48 GMT -6
On the other hand, can we doubt that God's creation even the mountains, trees and seas do not rejoice with exceeding great joy and happiness when they see Him? I can see that. I heard a rendering of frogs croaking that had been slowed down considerably, it sounded like a hymn. Weird. Some dogs can sense cancer, heart attacks and seizures in humans. They know when an earthquake is going to hit. Many things happen that there are no reasonable explanations for. What song would the trees sing? Perhaps what the Angels sing? Guess we will find out someday. There is energy in everything and it connects to us all. Some are more aware of it than others. Animals, for example, do not have the eyeglasses of dogma or any of the human belief systems to peer through. Elephants in Indonesia fled to the mountains long before the tsunami came ashore. While living in California, our Cockatiel would try and fly in his large cage and hang on the side hours before a major earthquake. Babies sense their mother's emotional state. I know when my wife is hurt even from on the other side of the planet. Our Creator's desire is for us humans to recognize this energy connection and partake of it.
Similarly within the scriptures the symbolism of mountains and trees are representative of something within us. Are we trees of the Lord's planting or of some other planter? The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. Psalms 114:4 Our Shepherd is always looking out for any lost sheep.
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