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Throughout the Script, there’s use of symbolism relating to trees. I’ve already written about the Tree of Knowledge which represents the sum of all possible knowledge, whether true or false, good or evil. It is certainly a tree you could get lost in. I’ve also written about the Tree of Life, which is related in [...]

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Cain created his own destiny. He complained about banishment, but we aren’t told that he showed any remorse for killing Abel. He had seen the way Abel died, and he feared that someone could do the same to him, so God put some sort of mark upon him as a warning. The word that’s translated [...]

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The way we face is the way we go. I noticed soon after I began driving, that if I looked at something off to one side, I would tend to veer in that direction. In Genesis 4:14, Cain speaks as if he is being driven away to be hidden from the face of God, but [...]

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Every wrong has many victims. Those who care for the victim suffer, as do those who care for the person to blame. The guilty are never alone in their guilt, or in the price that is paid. We each think there are things that we would never do, and it may be true. If our [...]

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In the beginning God interacted with man in a different way. It wasn’t really a more personal relationship but a more physical one, so far as physics are concerned. Men knew who God was, but yet they didn’t really know him (Romans 1:21). It’s similar to the time when Jesus lived among us. God met [...]

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There are other Hebrew words associated with the names of Cain and Abel that I didn’t mention earlier. “Qana,” can mean zealous, jealous, or envious. Cain wouldn’t have liked the idea of his brother getting the better of him in anything. He probably felt like he was a better man than his brother. Maybe he [...]

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The Hebrew names of Cain and Abel tell a story. When Cain was born Eve said, “I have gotten (qanah) a man with the help of the Lord.” She may have been thinking that her first child was the “Seed” who would crush the serpent’s head (Genesis 3:15). “Cain,” (Qayin) is phonetically similar to qanah, [...]

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They knew things we couldn’t imagine, yet they were so naive; Adam and Eve. There was so much they didn’t know. Adam didn’t know anything about competing for a girl, or a job. In the garden of Eden, he didn’t know any thing about losing, being cheated, being broke, or broken-hearted. There was no rivalry. [...]

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Patterns of thinking affect the physical construction of the human brain. That is well established by medical science. Our brain is like the rest of our body. It grows stronger in the ways in which it is exercised. Within certain parameters, training on the track makes you a faster runner. It can also make you [...]

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There are two basic ways to learn. One is to learn from someone who knows. In order to learn by that method, it’s necessary to have some faith in the one who’s teaching. We’re not going to be as teachable if we don’t have confidence in the teacher. It often takes a little time to [...]

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