The First Human Murderer! NOTE:BREAKING OF THE 6TH COMMANDMENT--GOD CREATED 'MAN' (MANKIND) ON THE 6TH DAY AND HAS GIVEN MANKIND 6,000 YEARS TO RULE ON THE EARTH, BEFORE THE 2ND COMING AND REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE REMOVAL OF SATAN (ESTABLISHING GOD'S KINGDOM-GOVERNMENT-RULE-ON THE EARTH; AS IT IS IN HEAVEN). God could not accept Cain's sacrifice, which wasn't the kind God said it should be. (Gen. 4:5.)
When Cain learned that his sacrifice wasn't pleasing to God, he became very envious of his brother, who had done the right thing. The envy turned to anger and then to hatred. Later, when the two brothers were out in a field alone, Cain furiously turned on Abel and struck him with such force that he killed him. (Gen. 4:8.) The first baby born in the world thus became the first murderer! When Cain realized what he had done, he foolishly tried to hide. Of course God knew where he was, and confronted him. "Where is your brother?" asked the Eternal. (Gen. 4:9.) "I don't know," lied Cain, hoping that God wouldn't come across Abel's lifeless body. "How should I know my brother's whereabouts?" (Read Prov. 28:13.) Here was more unhappiness for Adam and Eve. Besides losing their second son, they learned that their first one was a murderer and a liar. As punishment for Cain, God put a curse on him. He had to leave his family and become a lone wanderer in the world. Furthermore, God made Cain a marked man because he had murdered Abel, but he made it plain that Cain should not be murdered by anyone. Instead, he was to live on with the miserable memory of killing his brother. (Gen.4:11-15.) Adam and Eve had more children. They grew up and had children. Cain had married one of his sisters, and they had children. (Gen.4:16-17.) Another son born to Adam and Eve was named Seth. He, too, took a sister for his wife, and they had children and many grandchildren. Many people came into the world as the years passed. The more humans increased, the more they fell away from their Creator. It wasn't a very happy throng. Men were naturally mean and greedy. Instead of working for things they needed and wanted, many of them cheated and robbed and killed for them. Adam lived a long time to see some of the results of his disobedience. He was nine hundred and seventy years old when he died. That's only thirty years short of a thousand. He was able to live so long because of being created with a perfect physical body. But he did die -- just as God said he would if he ate of the Tree of Knowledge. (Gen. 2:17.) Wars Begin By the time of Adam's death there were thousands of human beings on the Earth. Even with unlimited space to live in, they banded together in towns instead of spreading out as God intended. (Gen. 4:17.) Huddled together by adjoining dwellings led only to more strife and misery. Men were so much against God's ways that it wasn't possible for them to love one another. Living too closely together made matters much worse. The more they gathered in towns, the greater the need for one group to protect itself against another group. Other bands of men formed to attack towns and seize their wealth. Nothing was safe from the cruel and greedy. So it was that wars started on the Earth. Men became so evil that killing other men became one of their greatest sports. (Gen. 6:5.)
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