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1 | why didn't God sentence Cain to death? | Gen 4:15 | Elice Fox | 54903 | ||
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2 | why didn't God sentence Cain to death? | Gen 4:15 | Robert Nicholson | 54916 | ||
Elice Fox: First of all, when we ask the question "why did God?" we put ourselves in the position of the creature questioning the Creator. Cain was given a fate possible worse than death "Cain went out from the presence of the Lord".Genesis 4:16 At this point in God's revelation of truth to humans God had not specifically set down laws regarding murder. It was not until after the flood that this law was given in Gen. 9:6 I find it interesting that even after this law was given that God made provision for manslaugher by providing cities of refuge for the person who killed a person by accident. Another example of God's grace is King David who took another man's wife, committed adultry with her and then sent her husband into the heat of the battle with orders to his men that Urriah should be killed. David's sin cost him dearly, but did not cost him his life. In Genesis 18:25 we read Abraham's words " Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?" In a more general sense we could ask "why did God not wipe all humankind from the earth after the fall? Or why does God put up with humans today?" I believe it is all of his Mercy Love and Grace, he is the one whose ways are past finding out. Robert |
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3 | why didn't God sentence Cain to death? | Gen 4:15 | Elice Fox | 54921 | ||
thanks for your answer.was not asking God why? was asking the forum why? Quest Study Bible says God did not sentence Cain to death, so as to protect the sanctity if the family,because of the small number of people on earth, it would have been virtually impossible to announce capital punishment at this time. the family would have been badly fractured had it been called upon to act as a prosecutor, judge, jury, witness and executor all at the same time. | ||||||