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Insight On The Beginning Of Sin And Sacrifice

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The opening chapters to the book of Genesis reveal details concerning the creation of the earth and of mankind, as well as many firsts (first man, first woman, first marriage, first command, first sin, first sacrifices, first children, first murder —you get the point). Genesis is the book of beginning after beginning. And yet within those early chapters were are some often forgotten or seldom mentioned tidbits. Let’s note some of them here.

Insight On The Beginning Of Sin And Sacrifice

David and Bathsheba – The Giant That Brought David Down

David and Bathsheba
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Many notable events in the life of David are recorded in the Scriptures. Perhhaps the two which most define his life were battles with giants. In the first, he slew Goliath, the great champion of the Philistines. This event displayed his great faith in God, and was the first of many successful battles he would fight. In fact, there is no indication in Scriptures that he lost even one conflict. Every time he stepped on a battlefield, he walked away.

However, when David came face to face with another giant, he was unprepared. He entered the arena with a foe he should have ruled over (Genesis 4:7), but instead he would suffer a defeat that would haunt him for the rest of his life. He lost, not to a man of brute strength, but to the unlawful desire of his own heart.

David and Bathsheba – The Giant That Brought David Down

They Have Gone In The Way of Cain

Cain
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In a vivid picture of the wicked, Jude states they have “gone in the way of Cain” (Jude 1:11). John tells us that he killed Abel “because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous” (1 John 3:12). Hebrews reveals that “by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain” (Hebews 11:4) Cain walked contrary to the will of God, and sadly, many today have “gone in the way of Cain” also. Let us discuss the way of Cain in greater detail.

They Have Gone In The Way of Cain

Are children punished for their father’s sins? | Answering the Atheist

Inquiry:

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Who is punished for the sins of the father? Isaiah 14:21 declares, “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathes; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.” Yet, Deuteronomy 24:16 states, “The fathers shall not put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sins.” Is there a contradiction?

Are children punished for their father’s sins? | Answering the Atheist

“I Am Willing, Be Cleansed” – Embrace New Life In Jesus

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Throughout the Bible, we encounter those who suffer from leprosy. This horrid disease brought with it a host of hardships. Of the dreadful affliction, Barnes writes:

“…though the appearance of the disease is at first in the skin, yet it is deeply seated in the bones, and marrow, and joints of the body…A leprous person may live twenty, or thirty, or even fifty years, if he received the disease at his birth, but they will be years of indescribable misery. The bones and marrow are pervaded with the disease. The malady advances, from one stage to another, with slow and certain ruin. Life still lingers amidst the desolation; the joints, and hands, and feet, lose their power; and the body collapses, or falls together, in a form hideous and awful.”

“I Am Willing, Be Cleansed” – Embrace New Life In Jesus
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