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Ge.4:13-17 "A vagabond"

The curse that now God administers upon Cain is not anything new. Because of disobedience God had pronounced it before Adam, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life." Adam's lot was to return to dust,"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."(3:17-19) "Cursed is the ground for thy sake" was impersonal, setting kingdoms of the world to his act of disobedience. Eden held nothing remotely connecting with the disobedient. 'What concord has light with darkness?'. For this reason His holiness would not allow Adam remain in the Garden.

In acting out his jealousy on his younger brother he showed himself as the hatchet man for Satan. In the world of the body he did away with the righteousness so he served as a sign. He became the servant to sin. "And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever."( John 8:35). Consequently the man who shall redeem the earth of his guilt must have to begin from the world of the Spirit. It explains the logos aspect of the Son.

Cain was a sign for the wicked one. The mark that God set on him was only good for habitations where shadows created more headlines, and genteel folks either thrown under the bus or cast aside were 'muppets.' Alternate reality made them corporate czars and in no time they could also end up as convicted felon. Land of Nod is where playing stocks gave men a chance to succeed and also lose the shirts off their back. God let Cain thrive and take chances as every vagabond heart who chafed at laws. While tempting Jesus Satan showed the glories of his kingdom which Jesus would not take. He came to the earth as light of the world. Satan set up eternal habitations for the dead, and the nightlife in cities, their speakeasies are run by the dead. Jesus did not let him.