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19 sie 2021 · In his mercy, the Lord “put a mark on Cain, so that no one would kill him at sight,” (Genesis 4:15). Cain was exiled to Nod, the land east of Eden, where he later started his own family. What Their Story Teaches Us. The northeast ambulatory window.
14 lis 2023 · Mercy and compassion are rooted in the very character of God. His law commands it. Wisdom teaches it. The prophets enjoin it and the Psalms applaud it. Of course, the fullest expression of the mercy of God is found in the person and work of Jesus Christ, the compassion of God incarnate.
Throughout the Bible, God often shows a preference for the lifestyle of the shepherd over the farmer, and two of the most notable leaders chosen by the Lord were shepherds: Moses (Exodus 3:1) and David (1 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 7:8). In the course of time, Cain brought an offering (Hebrew, minkhah) from the fruit of the ground to the Lord. And ...
God inquires, not because He cannot see the man’s heart, but in order that Cain might know the Lord’s displeasure is due to his own sin. Just as with Adam (3:9), God mercifully gives Cain an opportunity to examine himself and repent.
2 lut 2020 · This article considers how some selected ancient Jewish and Christian sources as well as some contemporary commentators have dealt with the background context for Cain’s enigmatic statement in Genesis 4:13b, “My punishment is too great to bear!”
Why would God allow a diabolical murderer like Cain to go free? In His mercy, God doesn’t give us what we do deserve, and in His grace, He gives us what we don’t deserve. That’s the nature of God.
25 sty 2009 · I think in Genesis 3 and 4 one of the most moving things as I’ve meditated on these texts for years now is that God does not show up and say the first time to Cain, “How dare you question who I bless and who I don’t bless! I mean, don’t you know who I am? Who do you think you are? I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.”
