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Genesis 4-8 Analysis

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I’ve always wondered why God didn’t accept Cain’s gift. The judgmental messages of bring your best to the Father didn’t ring in my ear when I read it this time. He worked the soil, he brought what was produced from the soil. I read it over and over again and received new insight of the answers from God. It won’t always be what we are expecting but the bringing of the offering still has to happen. I constantly have to teach my daughter that a high five or affirmation won’t be given every time she is good. Her good behavior is expected daily, you didn’t get it right this time, try again tomorrow. Are we continuing only on this offering journey for favor or because it’s the right thing to do? Oh, you restless wanderer! …show more content…

Just even reading it has me stirring at the same that we do to God. We have killed our brother with shame, guilt and inharmonious words and think we can hide in the garden and field of life. And yet still after suffering consequences he STILL covers his life from death.

“At that time people started to call on the name of the Lord” I am anxious to hear what the class has to say to this. Interesting intersection for this passage. When the sons started to marry anyone God’s disposition changed. Marriages are a catalyst for the movement of God. We hold it to be so secondary and small. The unhealthy decision brings forth God’s attitude of regret towards mankind.

At just a breathe of God the waters receded on earth. His breath continues to recede the overtaking waters of life in my life. Just as he did with Noah, he continues to breath it out on our …show more content…

The conversation between Cain and Yahweh is about his personal choice of what he does with his own anger or sin. The same applies to us today, if we personally recognize the sin at our own door it could lead to maturity, if not mastered it could lead to death. (Towner, 61) It is left up to us to make a decree to grow through what we go through.

Genesis 5 documents the genealogies that at first sight makes us view them as unnecessary necessities, but as we continue to read them they become essential components of our story. (Arnold 83) We can now link us to the story and the beginning. Towner explains this genealogy order as a great list that portrays unity amongst humankind and establishes the bible as a historical archive. (Towner, 73)

Through the generation archive we have linked Adam to Noah. At this exact time that I am writing this I am here in Houston helping my family that was impacted by Hurricane Harvey. It’s even hard to imagine the destruction of all humankind except a few. Although Towner explains the flood in two separate themes of human depravity and God’s flexibility. (Towner, 82) I wouldn’t put them in two separate

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Something I did not see earlier was Eve was deceived (she was never given the command from God not to eat of the tree, Adam was before she was created. See Gen. 2:16-17). Adam was openly disobedient and blatantly blamed God and Eve. “The man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me (Blame!), she gave me from the tree, and I ate (Adam’s rationalization)’” (Gen 3:12, NASB).

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Your view should remain faithful to the bible on mankind connection to Adam and his sin and recognize the guilt and condemnation of an individual. While infants may not understand what sin is and therefor should not be held accountable for their sins when they grow up it is our job to teach them right form wrong. At the youngest age possible we should be teaching children that Jesus came to live the perfect life, died a horrible death, and rose from the dead victorious over all, all for the forgiveness of their sin! It is important to encourage them to make the personal relationship with Christ and repent of their sins. That is the point Adam Harwood is trying to make in this book.

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Abel, a shepherd offers God his best lamb, whereas Cain, a farmer offers God grain. When

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Jonathan Edwards bases his sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," on the words of Deuteronomy XXXII.35 when Moses is warning his people about the power of God. During the time period of Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, many people were abandoning the idea of God and church; as these people were leaving the faith, they did not understand the difficulty of life without the wisdom and strength of God. Humans lack a knowledge of God and are limited due to the fact in which they do not understand His full potential of power. Some have confidence in their own strength and wisdom and do not believe they need the guidance of Christ. The final reason humans are limited in their knowledge of God is they do not understand the reality of Hell.

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This allusion to the Bible recreates the hurt Cain felt when God rejected his gift, however just as Abel did, Adam sacrifices much of his time and money to get his father a gift. Although, Adam did sacrifice much of what he had for the gift, it was for the wrong reasons. This situation conveys that Adam values what his father thinks, but it does not lead to his happiness because it was done selfishly. As he grows older Adam joins the military, as his father wants him to, but he gives up what he wants for his future. Although, this is a sacrifice he does not do it because he loves his father, but rather he wants his father to love him.

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